"Best Napoleon wargame" Topic

I want to play for the first time a Napoleon Wargame. I want to buy rulebooks to play napoleon wargames (inclusive war with spanish). Which is the best Napoleon wargame/rules and where to find the best napoleonisc and spanish miniaturas for these games?

thanks

There are many many threads on this issue.

You need to first determine what scale (15mm / 25mm) you will game and what scale of rules (skirmish, battalion, brigade, division/corps) you will game.

The best way to make this determination is to see what those close to you use. Go with the flow.

mjc

15mm battalion and 25mm skirmish…

and 25 battalion too

thanks

I agree with what quidveritas said with the addition of;
How much money do you want to spend?

15mm = good price for a fair number of figures
28mm = fewer larger figures for the same money as 15mm

After that determine what size of units you wish to play with.
Then choose a ruleset.

28mm rage.. good rules?

Well for skirmish I would recomend Song of Drums and Shakos by Ganesha Games, and you can play it with 15 , 20 or 28mm figures.

Robert

This is a good book, but a little short 35-40 minuter for a full game. Maybe another rulebook for a longer game and more miniatures… 15mm or 28mm, it doent matter.

For full battles, try Volley and Bayonet

who will fire the first shot…oh i will….lol
Shako 2…..large following, played alot by many clubs, lots of fun.

For figures there is a very good spanish company that makes everything you'll need. You might ask them about rules as well:

warmodelling.com

15mm General de Brigade..big battles
28mm Sharp Practise..Skirmish

To be released this autumn:

LaSalle part of the upcoming Honour rules system by Sam Mustafa:

link

LaSalle is "petit tactical" level, but the identical basing will be used for the second release in the modular series Blucher to be released next year.

I've been involved with the extensive play-testing. It's well worth the wait.

Second vote for Shako 2, great game!

Hi and welcome to Napoleonics.

For figures
6mm – you can get everything for a good price. Baccus minis are easy to paint and look great.
10mm – Cute.
15mm – Everything available. Not too expensive.
25/28mm – Grand scale – will take you years to build up to a big game. For skirmish no problem.

I'll start selling ready painted 28mm Napoleonics soon. In about 3-4 months I'll be selling ready painted 15mm Napoleonics.

Sharpes practice is very popular for 28mm skirmish at the moment. The same people (too fat lardies) make a big battaliosn game called Le Sacre Feu (or sommint like that).

Shako II will be very popular as it follows from the incredibly successful Shako. Fun game which does not last too long.

If you like big scale games General de Brigade and In The Grand Manner are popular but complicated.

Cheers

Neil
reinforcementsbypost.com (painting service)

To try out a few relatively simple games at various levels, you cannot do better than but Paddy Griffith's Napoleonic Wargaming For Fun, reprinted by John Curry in his History of Wargaming Project: skirmish, brigade, division, army level and the innovative generalship game in which one moves whole corps and organises one's day all in one handy volume!

Available from John Curry at link

Thanks for the information! I want to play 15 mm miniatures for a big scale games and 28mm for skirmish. The rules I have chosen:

28 mm skirmish – Song of drums and Shakos

15mm – Shako 2

And now the last question: Where to find the cutest and best napoleonic miniatures in both 15mm and 28mm?

15/18mm, has to be AB figures, with Warmodelling (Ex Fantassin) adding a bit of variety.

Tally Ho!

6,10 or 15mm mass battle = Napoleon's Legacy

28mm skimrish= Sharp Practice.

15mm, AB figures or Battle Honors
28mm, Front Rank, Foundry, Sash and Sabre, Old Glory

I think I will buy Shako 2…

Old Glory 15s are almost as good as AB but they cost a fraction of the price. You can get a 40% discount from Old Glory with an Old Glory army card @ $50. USD

I'm about to put in an order for bundles of Old Glory 15mm Naps and 7YW. It is great stuff.

I would like to play the peninsular wars too with a spanish army. Wich game is good for that? Shako 2? Grand Armee? honour?

Thanks for the info… Im still looking for my napoleonic rules.Its so difficult to begin.. This is what im looking for:

- rules for 15mm miniatures
- I want to all the scenarios of the napoleonics wars, but specially the Peninsular war
- I want to play with a few miniatures (around 30 each player), and large games with more miniatures

If doesnt matter if i need to buy two books or only one who has all on it. recommendations?

For skirmish try albanminiatures.com mixed with Sharpe practice rules from toofatlardies.co.uk