Joseph Morchauser Horse and Musket Wargamer

    In Bob Cordery's " The Portable Napoleonic  Wargame", he talks of using Joseph Morchauser's Horse and Musket rules as a starting point for TPNW. He also gives the Morchauser  rules. I haven't play a game using Morchauser rules in many years and these rules seemed like they would give a very quick game so I gave them a try.

   I decided to use my Perry Miniatures Travel Battle game, using one of the boards only. One thing I like about the Travel Battle boards is they are marked on the bottom 1-4 on the sides. The winner of the initiative roll rolled to see which side of the board they would enter on. Red won the toss.

The beginning of the game.  In these rules if a unit takes a hit, it either retreats or is eliminated. I gave each army one elite unit with two elements.

After the first move.

after the first combat. The Red cavalry had attacked the blue infantry on the blue right flank. In close combat, the red cavalry was eliminated. The red elite infantry had refused the right flank, but stupidly exposed it's own flank! Luckily for them they eliminated  the Blue cavalry in the close combat.

The Red elite infantry hits the leftmost blue infantry in the flank. Hit from the front and flank, the Blue unit is eliminated.

The Blue infantry in the woods is eliminated.  The Blue elite infantry manages to destroy one red infantry unit.

The end. The red infantry  is about to fall on the Blue's left flank. The Blue general decides to retreat.
It was a fun, quick game. I think if I do play again, I will use The Portable Napoleonic Wargame.