Napoleon's Wheel 1805: Danube Campaign I Scenarios depicted: Ulm — Napoleon's Wheel, 9-15 Oct. Dürenstein — Kutuzov's Trap, 11 Nov. Schöngrabern — Bagration's Rearguard, 16 Nov. Austerlitz — The Battle of Pratzen and Sokolnitz, 1-2 Dec. Napoleon's Wheel is the next games from OSG's The Library of Napoleonic Battles series. Details on the series are below...
Napoleon Saga is a strategic card-wargame for two players that lets them play the 1815 Belgium campaign battles opposing the French army to the coalition force. In this game, each player has two decks of cards that represent his army and his strategic plans. They deploy their starting troops on the board and alternate turns to defeat their opponent in one...
This historical game simulates a battle that took place on the 14th of June, 1800, in Marengo (northern Italy) between the army of the Austrian Empire, led by General Melas, and the French Republican army, led by General Bonaparte. The game system is designed to be of medium complexity while remaining historically accurate. The rules, the map, the combat...
On June 18, 1815, one of the most decisive battles in military history was fought in Belgian fields twenty miles southeast of Brussels. Within a short 100 days, Napoleon, former emperor of France, had returned from exile on the island of Elba, again seized power, quickly assembled an army, and marched to defeat the dispersed British and Prussian armies now...
In December 1805, Emperor Napoleon I led about 67,000 men against about 75,000 Russian and Austrian troops near Brunn (modern Brno) in Bohemia, part of today’s Czech Republic. The battlefield, divided by hills and streams, became known as Austerlitz and would be celebrated as Napoleon’s greatest victory. After fierce fighting amid the morning mists, the...
The basic units in Napoleonic Command are the infantry battalion, the cavalry squadron and the artillery battery. In the standard game, these are typically represented by four, two and two bases, respectively, although there is considerable flexibility. The actual miniatures on the bases are largely irrelevant to the game, as is the exact size of the...
Napoleonic GAME OF WAR wargame rules are the second in the series following on from our 18th century set. They are also designed for 25mm or 28mm scale figures, with 16-24 figures per infantry battalion, 4-6 figures per cavalry squadron, and artillery units of one model cannon and up to 4 gunners. They are intended to be in the ‘old school’ stream of...
A brief (two pages) set of Napoleonic miniatures rules published in Panzerfaust #56. Normal units are battalions of 24 figures, split into six stands of four each (for changing formations). No scale or preferred figure size is given, though considering the era 12 or 9mm figures are likely. The main element of the rules was the use of written movement...
Classic work on the subject by one of the luminaries of the hobby. From the inside jacket - "In this book the author considers in detail the actual tactics of Napoleonic armies, discuss weapons capabilities and troop movement rates and, using such data as a basis, provides rules, whereby the wargamer can, with minimal expense and effort, command his...
From GMT Games: "The Napoleonic Wars, 1805 - 1815, brings you a fast-paced, tension-filled, card-driven wargame using a point-to-point movement system that pushes the envelope in a new direction for this pivotal period of history. Having a simple-to-learn strategic system and short rulebook, The Napoleonic Wars, can be played in an evening as the cards and...
Napoleonica is a hex-based wargame where history is mixed with fantasy. In this game you will have to lead one of the leading armies of the 18th century – French or the British Empire’s army – to confront the evil-stricken Legions of Abyss. Napoleonica: Steel and Magic combines the basic elements of a classic hexagonal wargame with a system for issuing...
This is a set of rules for Minatures in the Napoleonic era. Originally published in 1971 as Napoleonique, it was revised and reissued in 1992 as Napoleonique Encore. Here is the description from the back of the Encore edition: "Napoleonique /Encore covers the wars of the French Revolution through the many campaigns of Napoleon and to the final battle of...