"Has anyone ever done or published a Leipzig 1813 campaign?" Topic

I'm in the midst of planning to run a series of linked games or an open campaign at the end of the year recreating the series of maneuvers for the Leipzig campaign.

Initially, I thought of using the Struggle of Nations boardgame as a campaign device which i can then translate into table-top battles but the more I examine it, the more complicated it becomes. We're also using the FoGN rules for table-top battles.

Has anyone or any company ever come up with a workable campaign ruleset or linked battles scenario for Leipzig?

Would this help? :

napoleongames.com/NL5.html

Le vol de L'Aigle II could be used. It has maps and the oob. When ever units clash use your favorite minis rules for the battles

This is a whole link dedicated to the Leipzig campaing.(for years).
Rafa is a very good friend of mine, so if you want to wrote to him I can give you his mail.

rafaelpardoalmudi.com

Hope it's help you.

Amicalement
Armand

TheDrake is spot on with the Link – this game will have the most up to date information including orbat, quality and number of troops. Having helped on this boardgame release NLB: Napoleon at Leizpig by OSG in terms of the orbat information and the historical analysis of the campaign of Leipzig, you are going to come across a number of factors that will inhibit you getting the Corps movements right leading up to the battle see my own request for Request for help – that went unanswered says a lot about how little we really know and undertsand the military movements of the Corps leading up to Leipzig. For NAL5, a timeline was created and then each Corps undeneath showed it's movements and on what dates, inlcuding engagements and other notes etc.

There is a better boardgame Napoleon at the Corssroads by OSG.

I have all the above including all iterations of Napoleon at Leipzig.

However, you do have a number of books that provide you with a feel and a flow of the campaign:

Napoleon at Leipzig by Nafziger
A very old osprey wargame campaign book Leipzig
1813 Leipzig by Digby Smith
Osprey Campaign book on Leipzig
Napoleon's Grand Armee of 1813n by Bowden
Europe Against Napoleon by Brett-James
Napoleon & Berlin by Leggiere
Leipzig Campaign by Maude
Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany by Petre

I believe Kevin Zucker and the otehr members of the team who worked on NaL5 will be one of your best sources for this battle and are easily accessible via Consim World.

Please contact me if you require further assitance.

Oh and this book Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred in and Near Leipzig Immediately Before, During and Subsequent to, the Sanguinary Series of Engagements Between the Allied Armies and the French From the 14th to the 19th October, 1813 is free on Aamzon Kindle Amazon Free

Not read it so cannot verify it's authprity on the subject matter, but I suspect it will be popular pulp matter from or near the time, the event occurred.

Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany can be read here link

Regards

Maude's work is available online also.

I would look at the John Tiller computer game, Campaign Leipzig. It has a Campaign Scenario that links together a number of battles based upon a players choice of strategy and how you did in the previous battle (if one was fought). Also, some of the regular game scenarios are played out on very large maps over the course of several days and allows players the opportunity to maneuver in their approach to the enemy that is somewhere that a way. There is a wealth of information on OOB's.

johntillersoftware.com

Many thanks for all the replies. I'll need to check out all the links and info given.