From Madrid's heart a sudden fire arose, As Spain rejected Joseph's foreign crown, Against Bonaparte’s rule came people's blows, With freedom sought, Empire Français broke down. With blade and musket, line and skirmish bold, The Spanish Regulars with courage fought, While Guerrilla bands in mountain folds, A slow constriction to invaders brought. Then...
From the publisher: The Struggle for Portugal - Peninsular War III contains four battles in Portugal and Spain during 1811: Barrosa, Fuentes de Oñoro, and Albuera. The Struggle for Portugal - Peninsular War III is one of the games from OSG's The Library of Napoleonic Battles series. Details on the series are below, as all the games share a common rules set...
From the back of the book: 'Sea Battles was a marvelously detailed book on recreating naval warfare. ' Donald Featherstone - author of over 40 books on wargaming and military history This book covers all aspects of naval wargaming with a detailed examination of the key factors affecting gunnery and damage. Chapters include: Napoleonic period rules Ironclad...
This is a game for the piecepack game system. The rules and examples of play are in the files section. In the Age of Sail there was the development of the Battle Line to have a combat effectiveness as high as possible. In particular the British Royal Navy laid this doctrine down in the Fighting Instructions and adhered to them in a stubborn manner. This...
Field of Battle is an not overly complex set of miniatures rules covering from 1700-1900. It maintains the Piquet philosophy of organized chaos but has different mechanisms than other Piquet rules sets which eliminate the wilder extremes of activation while maintaining unpredictability. Field of Battle uses combat resolution tables and procedures that are...
Vauban's Wars allows you to become one of the great captains of siege warfare: Vauban, Coehorn, Marlborough, or Prince Eugene of Savoy to name a few. The rules are designed to produce a fun and playable siege in an evening of gaming. The rules cover from 1672 to 1815 with these specific wars in mind: Wars of the Louis XIV (1688-1697) War of the Austrian...
Les Grognards 2nd Edition includes rules for 3 different game scales: Company scale (basic infantry unit is a company), Battalion scale (basic infantry unit is a battalion), and Grand Tactical scale (basic infantry unit is a brigade or regiment). Using the game scales in Les Grognards 2nd Edition, small actions from a few companies up to multiple Corps are...
Pirate Hexes is a simple fast-paced set of rules for naval combat in the age of sail. It is played with miniatures on a hex mat. The object of the game is to capture enemy ships and islands, and with optional rules one can also collect treasure and rescue marooned captives. The movement and combat mechanics are so simple that after playing for a short time...
Pitt’s War simulates the epic struggle between United Kingdom and France from the beginning of the French Revolution to the end of the French Empire at Waterloo on a map with zones covering Europe and the Levant. Each turn is worth a year with a fair and a bad weather impulse. Combat units are multi step historical armies with elite corps and main...
Spanish ship-of-the-line game heavily based on Wooden Ships & Iron Men, but set as miniatures rules. The period covers the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars at sea and the rules have a complete list of ships available for play of different nations: Spain, Great Britain, France, Portugal, the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Sweden, Holland... Also includes turns...