A miniatures rule set for recreating Napoleonic battles. Supplemental rules also provide for recreating Seven Years War battles. Units are infantry battalions, cavalry regiments and artillery batteries. Infantry units with flank and rear support receive benefits in melee, which encourages Napoleonic linear tactics. Rules support large-scale battles well...
Fields of Glory presents 18 scenarios for Shako's Napoleonic rules. These battles are: Castiglione, 1796 Rivoli, 1797 Bagration´s Battle, Austerlitz, 1805 The Russian Guard, Austerlitz, 1805 Halle, 1806 Medina de Río Seco, 1808 Vimiero, 1808 Medellín, 1809 Raab, 1809 Raszyn, 1809 Albuera, 1811 The Grand Redoubt, Borodino, 1812 Utitsa, Borodino, 1812...
Shako II is a fast-play miniature wargaming rule set designed to play large Napoleonic battles with units representing infantry battalions, cavalry regiments, and artillery batteries. The ability to play corps sized battles and larger actions with battalions as opposed to brigades was made possible due to an innovative morale and combat system that...
First scenario book for the Shako 2: Rules for Napoleonic Wargaming rule system, although also usable with other games. Depicts the battles of the 1805 campaign: Wertingen Gunzburg Haslach-Jungingen Elchingen Albeck Caldiero Amstetten Mariazell Durrenstein Schongrabern Raussnitz Austerlitz Stecken Both Caldiero and Austerlitz appear as either...
This is one of five games in The Pipnetic Book of Cut and Play Party Games: Drawing Edition. In this game, players take turns as Director, Artist, or Guesser. The Director is given a secret word and then gives instructions to the artist on how to draw the word ("draw two straight lines, then draw circle next to each, etc.") while other players try to guess...
Sharp Practice are large scale skirmish rules, designed for between 30 and 120 figures a side, with players taking the roles of heroic leaders of the black powder age. Hornblower, Flashman, Sharpe, Bolitho, all can lead their men into battle with these much heralded rule set. The rules are written with an emphasis on the Napoleonic Wars but include rules...
Refighting History is a series of wargame books by Charles S Grant. In this series Charles describes historical actions, provides the detail of the forces involved and the preparation to bring the actions to the wargame table. Each refight is then described both in words and pictures. These will include not only famous larger battles but also smaller...
This Guide to the War of 1812 for Sharp Practice is includes a guide to the history of the war, a comprehensive over-view of the forces involved from Britain, Canada, the United States and the First Nation Indian forces. Their organisation structures and a wide range of Army Lists and full Force Rosters cover the vast majority of troop types for this...
Looking at the Seven Years War, military historians tend to concentrate on the big battles. However, the day to day campaign activity of the combatants included reconnaissance, raids, probing actions, resupply and a host of other minor operations that frequently lead to small skirmishes. What I want to do in this volume of Refighting History is to take...
Looking at the Seven Years War, military historians tend to concentrate on the big battles. However, the day to day campaign activity of the combatants included reconnaissance, raids, probing actions, resupply and a host of other minor operations that frequently lead to small skirmishes. What I want to do in this volume of Refighting History is to take...