Although the author is a late convert to the joys of Napoleonic wargaming, he soon began to see why so many wargamers love the period. As a result, he set out to write several sets of rules that would use similar game mechanisms to those in his other PORTABLE WARGAME rules, and that would enable him to fight a range of small, medium, and large battles on a...
Post Captain is a solitaire PNP game of sailing, sea chases, and espionage during the Napoleonic Wars. You take on the role of a young captain who has just been given command of his first ship. The game's missions revolve around the the tangled web of political intrigue surrounding Napoleon's plan to invade England. The game play focuses on navigation, 1...
There have been a number of fine games written to simulate the great fleet actions that decided the fate of nations. But, these battles can be counted on two hands. For every fleet action, there were a hundred frigate, sloop and small ship of the line engagements that turned “command of the sea” into the daily reality of using and controlling the sea...
From the publisher: There have been a number of fine games written to simulate the great fleet actions that decided the fate of nations. But, these battles can be counted on two hands. For every fleet action, there were a hundred frigate, sloop and small ship of the line engagements that turned “command of the sea” into the daily reality of using and...
Pour Dieu et Pour le Roy (For God and the King) simulates the war in the Vendée, France 1793, a period poorly covered in games in general. A game turn is one month (March 1793 to October 1793). One point of combat represents 500 to 1500 men. The map represents the Vendée (West coast of France, under the Loire river) and is divided in areas of roughly 10 x...
Pour l'Empereur! miniature ruleset for the First Empire. Miniatures: 15/20mm - 1/72 Sequence of Play Player A phase: A movements - B opportunity fires and charges Fire: A & B Corps a corps A & B Generals status Tests for maneuvers elements of A and B Player B then play phase 1 to 5 Scale: 1 player maneuvers several division or an Army Corps 1cm = 20m 1...
The Pratzen: Austerlitz, 1805 is a two-player Tactical level board-wargame that portrays the fighting on and around the Pratzen Heights at the Battle of Austerlitz. The battle was fought between the French forces of Napoleon Bonaparte and a larger allied army composed of Austrian and Russian forces. The battle is considered to be one of the most important...
Prelude to Leipzig: Napoleon's Spring 1813 Campaign is an Operational level board-wargame. This is a prequel to John Theissen's Campaign of Nations. That game tackled the autumn 1813 campaign that culminated in the climactic Battle of Nations, covering those events with his clean, streamlined approach to operational hex-and-counter gaming. In this game, he...
Miniatures rules to simulate French Revolutionary and First Empire Wars. For 6 / 15 / 25mm miniatures Division / Corps level Features: 3 levels of play: tactical / grand tactical / operational orders to group of units no written orders, simplified system using counters combat resolution per unit cohesion system impacting troop morale and efficiency fast...
The game simulates the Battle of Preussisch-Eylau, East Prussia, on 7 and 8 February 1807, between Napoleon's Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army, who were reinforced by Prussians. The game box also contains a few additional maps (and counters) for other smaller battles that took place at that time in that area: battle of Pułtusk 1806, Gołymin 1807...
Hoff 1807 covers the battle of Hoff, fought on 6 February 1807. It was a rearguard action fought between the Russian rearguard under Barclay de Tolly and the advancing French during the Russian retreat before the battle of Eylau. Battle became famous because of french cuirassiers charge that broke Russian infantry. Game is a part of the Napoleon system by...
A chess variant played on a 11x11 board, with the pieces updated to 18th century warfare. Each player has: 1 King (moves like a King in chess) 2 Life Guards (moves like a Queen) 2 Cuirassier (moves like a Bishop) 2 Dragoons (moves like a Bishop) 1 Life Hussar (moves like a Knight) 2 Winged Hussar (moves like a Knight) 2 Light Cannons (moves like a Rook) 11...