Review of Bayonets & Tomahawks

Thanks everyone for your comments! Since I told Marty that the Austrian Succession War could be a next game using my system, I hesitate given the incredible amount of research it would involve for me. It is a very complex conflict - in fact a string of conflicts grouped together for convenience ( I am citing an author here).

Furthermore, this conflict is already well rendered with the excellent No Peace Without Spain system (Pragmatic War). And it had slipped my mind that a game is coming using the Clash of Monarch system.

Last thing I’d like is to glue B&T’s system to a conflict where it does not belong so well. The light troops strategy and tactics in North America were quite specific to that theater. In Europe, it was more integrated in large armies operations with clearly defined roles (recon, disrupt supply, etc.). Something Clash of Monarchs renders quite well according to your comments. There is an excellent French book on the subject. The Jacobite Rebellion would stretch the system also.

I will have to be very careful with what I choose next. Probably will have to stick to late 17th to early 19th century in North America as B&T’s system is tailored for that era and theater. The good news is that the system may be scaled down to specific operations/smaller conflicts. And my bookshelf is already filled to the brim with relevant documentation.