Ogniem i Mieczem - By Fire and Sword

I want to build the "The Invincibles" division, with the addition of the Black Coats (4 bases, counting as 2 units).

The rule in the Warsaw supplement, to be able to field the Black Coats, says the following:


What does "all possible regiments" mean? Is it only the 6 mandatory/basic regiments, plus the Carl X Gustav horse lifeguard regiment, or does this also include ALL additional regiments?

LIST A
Carl X Gustav (general)
Base regiments: 4 reiter regiments, 1 dragoon regiment, 1 new type regiment
Additional regiments: Carl X Gustav horse lifeguard regiment
3 light cannons
Black Coats

LIST B
Carl X Gustav (general)
Base regiments: 6 reiter regiments
Additional regiments: 2 reiter regiments, 1 dragoon regiment, 1 new type regiment, Carl X Gustav horse lifeguard regiment
3 light cannons
Black Coats

Basic+additional.

It means, You have to set up 8 regiments and one of them might be Guards regiment.
It is obviouse that Guards regiment must be part of something bigger then "pocket"(small) division.

So, list C.

General: Carl X Gustav
Base regiment 1: Veteran Reiters
Base regiment 2: Veteran Reiters
Base regiment 3: Dragoons
Base regiment 4: New Type Infantry
Base regiment 5: Veteran Reiters
Base regiment 6: Veteran Reiters
Add. regiment 1: Carl X Gustav Horse Lifeguard
Add. regiment 2: Veteran Reiters
Artillery: Major, 3 light cannons
Add. unit: Black Coats (4 bases)

All regiments maxed out within the rules (no grey bases for the veteran reiters).

I also recommend ammo wagon and 2 mercanery armored weterans companies with arcebuses (walonen/westfalen?).

Didn't mention the ammunition wagon here, but it is on the list for sure.

Well... I know there are no necromancers in BF&S... but I will pretend to be one by reviving my old topic.

So; I am finally building everything (not talking about painting just yet ) and working on the Swedish Invincibles list to get Carl X Gustav in the game as mentioned.

I have a question about a rule mentioned in the "Mercenary Reiter Regiment - veterans (1648-60)" on page 150 of the "Republic In Flames" PDF.
The rule in question is:


Does it mean I can take half of the companies as companies of reiters with arquebuses, or does it mean I can take half of the bases?

It is important to get it right, for the following:
The Invincibles can only take the black bases (although they can take additional officers). I take 3 commanders, then I take 4 bases of armoured reiters. This leaves me with other 5 bases.
IF the rule is about companies, I can take 1 2-base and 2 1-base companies for my armoured reiters (3 companies), leaving 2 2-base and 1-1 base companies for arquebuses (3 companies). Although it is only 20cm of danger, I like that better than having to do a suicide charge, just to get my reiters to do something.
IF the rule is about bases, I can only take 4 bases of arquebuses and combining these with 4 bases of armoured reiters I am left with 1 1-base company that can't join any other companies, but has to, forcing me into taking 3 bases of arquebuses and 2 bases of "standard" reiters - which pretty much means, leaving the arquebuses to get an additional base and then do a suicide charge as fast as possible.

Hard to tell what was the Wargamer's idea. Usually, they specifically write either bases or squadrons. Mathematically speaking, it seems to me that it should be interpreted as "bases".