"Gerard de Gre/Charles Sweet's Napoleonic Wargame Rules" Topic
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| Bob the Temple Builder | 20 Jan 2013 1:46 p.m. PST |
Dick Bryant – the former editor and publisher of THE COURIER – has sent me scans of the Napoleonic rules used by Charlie and David Sweet. They are based upon those used by Gerard de Gre, and were published in THE COURIER back in the 1970s. As far as I know they have been 'lost' to the general wargaming public for many years, and I think that their 'rediscovery' will be of interest to quite a few wargamers who may have heard of them but who have never seen them. Dick has given me permission to re-publish them via my blog, and I have spent most of today transcribing them so that this will be possible … and I uploaded them less than an hour ago. The rules are a very interesting combination of the old and the new. There are links back to H G Well's rules in that all artillery fire is conducted with small toy cannons (for field and horse artillery fire) or catapults (for howitzer fire). It also has what I believe is a unique method for resolving melees that is somewhat akin to the traditional ‘scissors, rock, paper' game many of us played as children. The rules are available to read at link |
| normsmith | 20 Jan 2013 2:04 p.m. PST |
Bob, thanks for taking the time to get that together. Going back into it now with coffee and biscuits. |
 Nashville  | 20 Jan 2013 6:31 p.m. PST |
be aware that the 4 inch square wargame board reached its zenith with this game: TMP link |
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