Sunday, October 19, 2008
Old Trousers 6mm
Rules Napoleonics
From Baccus miniatures, Old Trousers 6mm is a set of quick-play Napoleonics, played on a 2 foot x 2 foot board.
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Friday, October 03, 2008
Wooden Ships and Iron Men
Rules Napoleonics, Rules Naval
Sadly long out of print, the rules for Wooden Ships and Iron Men have been posted on the internet by Hasbro(!?). Here’s a page that has taken it a step further by also offering counters, boards and playsheets.
Wooden Ships and Iron Men game download
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Friday, September 05, 2008
Muskets and Moustaches Napoleonic Miniatures Rules
Rules Napoleonics
Muskets and Moustaches (sic) is a set of miniatures rules for the Napoleonic era. The author writes:
It is a very simple game to play, all based on a handful of dice and rolls of 1-3 and 4-6. Obviously there is a bit more to it, but that is the essence!
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Monday, September 01, 2008
Mini Nap 6mm Napoleonic Wargames Rules
Rules Napoleonics
Mini Nap is a set of Napoleonic Warfare rules for 6mm figures. The authors write:
MINI-NAP is a set of wargames rules specifically designed for playing a reasonably quick corps sized Napoleonic wargame using the 6 mm scale.
They grew out of my desire for a set of rules that would allow two players to play a traditional style, historically based Corps sized game (of around 35 to 50 units on each side) but one that would allow such a reasonably large game as this to be played and finished within about four hours (which they do).
Under the MINI-NAP rules, the basic force normally fielded is a Corps consisting of several Divisions. Unlike many other wargames systems, there is no points system involved in MINI-NAP. Players are encouraged to use an actual historical corps (and historical corps structures). That means you will need to do some research.
As a guide, the MINI-NAP Corps Guidelines give some general details on how many of the various nationalities involved in this period arranged their Corps (and also the Infantry Brigades, Cavalry Brigades, Mixed Brigades, Reserve Brigades and Reserve Artillery of the Divisions therein) and they also include how to rate units. Brigades are important within the game system.
Individual units manoeuvre, fire, fight hand-to-hand combat, etc, during the course of the game by the Brigade, as they did historically. Several Brigades can also manoeuvre by the Division if circumstances allow.
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Grand Army
Rules 18th C, Rules 19th C, Rules ACW, Rules Napoleonics
In 1975, Don Lowry released a set of rules called Grand Army. Designed for 9mm ! and 15mm figures, it allows players to recreate large scale battles for Napoleonics and the American Civil War. Grand Army now is available online.
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Commodore Fighting Sail Card Game
Free Board Games, Rules Napoleonics, Rules Naval
WarpSpawn offers Commodore, a two player card game of Napoleonic fighting sail.
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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Quick Fire Napononics Rules
Rules Napoleonics
Quickfire Napoleonics is billed as being for quick play of large scale battles. Interestingly for a quick play set, the game uses order chits.
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Monday, November 19, 2007
Quick Napoleonics
Rules Napoleonics
Back when MWAN was still being published, it was my favorite wargaming magazine—in no small part because of the variety of interesting characters who wrote for the magazine. One of those was Friar Aelred Glidden, who is perhaps the world’s only wargaming monk. Glidden’s game rules were always simple, but interesting, and I very much miss reading his works.
Quick Napoleonics is a set of free wargames rules inspired by Friar Glidden.
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Saturday, October 06, 2007
Grand Campaigns 6mm Napoleonic Rules
Rules Napoleonics
Hammer Wargames offers Grand Campaigns, both a set of campaign and tabletop rules for playing Napoleonics in 6mm. One stand of infantry equals 400 men. The rules are based, in part on Fire and Fury, so I’m already predisposed to like them, since I consider Fire and Fury the best set of rules ever written.
The only downside is that you have to join another Yahoo group to get to them.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
The Little Corporal Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wargames Rules
Rules Napoleonics
The Little Corporal is a set of free wargames rules inspired by Jim Wallmans’ “Old Fritz” One Brain Cell Rules.
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