Two days before Waterloo, the French left wing under Mashal Ney encountered Wellington's army at the crossroads of Quatre Bras. Unknown to Ney, he faced only a thin line of troops as the bulk of Wellington's army raced to the front. Uncertainty, compounded by conflicting orders from Napoleon, delayed the French advance for several critical hours. Both...
A simple wargame using map and counters, giving an outline framework for the battle of Quatre Bras. Movement is simultaneous but straightforward. Musketeers, riflemen and artillery can fire at range, hitting on a 6 on a standard die - units take two such hits to destroy them. Melee combat simply consists of comparing the strength of the opposing units, the...
Quatre-Bras 1815 is a game based on the Jours de Gloire series. It covers the battle which occurred on June 16th. It involves Ney and a single French corps attempting to secure a strategic crossroad defended by detachments under the Prince of Orange and Wellington. Game scale : 1 counter = 1 regiment or equivalent, 1 turn = 1 hour Designed in 2011. Free...
Quatre Bras - Oportunidad perdida? (Spanish: "Quatre Bras - Lost oportunity ?") is a Spanish Wargame on the battle of Quatre Bras (16 June 1815). This is an hex-and-counter game that uses the Sombra del Águila (Shadow of the Eagle) system rules. The board hexes are numered as to facilitate the initial positioning of counters and victory points. The...
Rank and File are a set of horse and musket rules that cover the period from 1740 through to 1900. The basic game mechanics are simple and easy to learn with the aim of being able to play large games within a reasonable time frame. The mechanics use a fairly standard D6 system for table top games with both sides taking their actions in phases - either...
"Two player Card game depicting Napoleonic era warfare." The game used three types of cards - Battalion, Commander, and Tactics. The Tactics deck is composed of maneuvers, formations, weapons, incidents, and terrain types. There is a different composition of Battalion and Commander cards given for each of the five nations represented in the game: France...
Red Coats and War Hawks is a historical miniature game that enables and encourages the reader to recreate various battles and skirmishes of the War of 1812, while using model soldiers on their own tabletop battlefield. This game has been set up as a skirmish game in which players are assigned a unit of figures under the command of an officer, NCO or hero....
Red Coats, Grey Jackets is an introductory level wargame on the battle of Chippawa. It is part of the Battles for Canada Series of games that portray famous battles fought for control of Canada during the War of 1812. Players will also need a standard deck of playing cards (a custom series card set is available from the publisher) and a six-sided die to...
Across the Po Valley: Wargaming the Late French Revolutionary War Wargamer and author Tom Garnett provides a view into a lesser known campaign where the successes of Napoleon Bonaparte in his brilliant 1796-1797 campaign were wiped out in 1799 by an equally brilliant campaign led by the Russian hero Marshal Alexander Suvorov. Twelve battle scenarios...
"Simple Napoleonic Miniatures Rules System. Uses Dry Erase Board, Markers, Dice, Risk Figures, and Regular Playing cards." Scale: Each figure represents an infantry battalion, cavalry regiment, or artillery division. Each inch equals one half mile. One turn equals one half hour. The game is played on a white dry-erase board. Terrain features are drawn...
Reign of Witches is the 2020 Hollandspiele Hollandays Sale promotional freebie game, shipped to folks who purchase at least two games during Hollandspiele's annual sale. The subject of this small two-player card game is America's Quasi-War with France, viewed through the lens of factional conflict within the Federalist Party. One player assumes the role of...
On the 18th of June 1815, Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo. The allies decided to exile him to the remote volcanic island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. A few plots were made to save the former Emperor from his exile between 1816 and 1820, but none of them succeeded. But what if one of them had succeeded? Here is YOUR chance to rewrite history by...