On March 1, 1815, The exiled Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte landed a small escort on French soil at Cannes, having escaped from the island of Elba. For the next 100 odd days, he would once again terrorize Europe at the command of the feared imperial French legions. Surrounded on all sides by armies of the great European powers, Napoleon's plan was to march...
This game covers Napoleon at Waterloo. Many previous wargames use luck of the dice to determine the results of combat, but this game instead has players choose one of their combat cards, with modifiers equivalent to dice rolling, to resolve battles. Because of this, victory is determined not by the 'random factor' of one's luck with dice, but with 'reading...
I, Napoleon is a solo biographical card game that puts you in the shoes of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1793 and allows you to explore the paths his life might have taken until his death in 1821. I, Napoleon: The Limits of Glory offers new events, people, politics, and possibilities, but it also adds some complexity, more cards to shuffle and keep track of, and...
Part of the Jours de Gloire Empire series by Frédéric Bey, the updated series rules of which are provided in Vae Victis #71 (this issue). A separate set of game specific rules are also included. This game is the regimental or brigade scale reconstruction of Napoléon's battle of Iéna which is seen by the author as the more important battle as it avenged the...
Very dynamic play with a subtle infinity of tactical variations you can try out. The basic game lasts between 1 and half to 3 hours or so but you can use larger forces than suggested. Each Player has a Division of infantry and cavalry plus artillery and Generals for a typical tournament or pick up game using real historical Orders of Battle with the names...
The complete historical lists for the Eggmuhl campaign in 1809 with a Bonus scenario including three maps in full colour to play the first day of the battle of Eggmuhl. The book contains the orders of battle of all the troops involved from the French and their many allies and the Austrian Army. These are presented in organigram style showing each division...
Complete orders of battle. 37 scenarios plus variants for over 50 taken from areas of this mighty battle. Counters and icons used to make it quick and easy to identify troops from the beautiful organigram army lists. A simple format, short simple texts so easy to understand with the lowest level of English. A visual delight. 64 Full colour pages with...
Imperial Guard is published with ziplock rules. They offer fast playing for Napoleonic era battles with 15 mm or 25 mm Airfix (or similar) miniatures. A quick reference combat table speeds up the game play. A 20-digit percentile die is required, but must be purchased separately. From the introduction: "The Napoleonic wargame! It conjures up images of...
A diceless game of strategy set in the Napoleonic era. The game comes with 3 maps: Austerlitz, Borodino and Villodrigo. The players manage one army each (either blue or white). These armies are identical with only the generals being different. The blue army appear to represent France and the white army seems more generic. This game uses a square pattern...