I think we are just about there now Joe. We still have the FIBUA to playtest. Dave and I were discussing that yesterday. I think most of the rest of the bugs are ironed out. I am waiting on a little more input on Austrian tactics from Greg & Arafan in Tuscon.. Dave was having a bit of trouble with the Horse tactics stuff there!
Most other things have played through very well. I am still undecided on Army lists but think I will have to make some recommendations on that.
Our game yesterday went very quickly. I think we got in about 15 turns in 5 hours of play with a very clear cut result. Very few ambiguities, a wide cross section of situations:
Horse v Horse combats
Horse v Foot combats
Foot v Foot combats
Foot v artillery combats
Pike v non pike combats
Squadron consolidation
All or Nothing charges against both Foot and Horse
Commander losses
Multi gun batteries
Colours captured via routs
The no test for victors of close combat was very useful. At the end of the game the Swedes' Horse was all but gone however.. they had done their job.. clearing an entire flank. The 'blown' nature of their surviving remnants seemed very credible.
We got some good clarification on potentially 'tricky' battle situations to include in the text.
Alas.. no one used the DEFEND order.. what an omission however.. SWEDES do not DEFEND!!!!!