| Footslogger | 23 Apr 2015 4:35 a.m. PST |
If there were awards for positive contributions to Napoleonic gaming, who would you nominate? Feel free to invent your own categories. I would nominate the Perry twins for sculpting, John Gill for his books on the 1809 Danube campaign, and John Franklin and Stephen Summerfield (jointly)for generous sharing of their knowledge on TMP. |
 Artilleryman  | 23 Apr 2015 5:19 a.m. PST |
The Perrys definitely get my vote. |
| Steve64 | 23 Apr 2015 5:24 a.m. PST |
Georg Leopold von Reiswitz |
| Steve64 | 23 Apr 2015 5:38 a.m. PST |
Prominent rules authors who have shaped how we play today : Scott Bowden
Todd Fisher
William Keyser
Bob Coggins
Matt DeLaMater
Nigel Marsh
Phil Barker
Rick Priestly
David Brown
Arty Concliffe
Bob Jones
Sam Mustafa All deserve an Oscar for creating the game/simulation systems that we all use today, in one form or another. I have probably missed a few dozen in this list …. but I think its fair to say that all tabletop Napoleonic games that we play today include some input from all/some of the above authors. Anthony Barton has made a huge contribution to the quality of sculpting and the explosion of 15(18)mm minis for the period. + the early modelling pioneers who made all those 1st edition Hinchcliffe and Minifigs 25's that covered the whole period (just about) |
| Winston Smith | 23 Apr 2015 5:43 a.m. PST |
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| daler240D | 23 Apr 2015 5:52 a.m. PST |
Love him or hate him, Bernard Cornwell… |
| arthur1815 | 23 Apr 2015 5:55 a.m. PST |
Paddy Griffith for 'Napoleonic Wargaming for Fun' Bill Leeson for translatin von Reisswitz's 1824 Kriegsspiel into English |
| Footslogger | 23 Apr 2015 5:58 a.m. PST |
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| John Franklin | 23 Apr 2015 6:16 a.m. PST |
I must mention Osprey, for the many and varied titles they have offered over the years. (With a special mention to Martin Windrow for providing a guiding hand to many aspiring authors.) John P.S. Long may TMP members contribute to, and enjoy, this wonderful hobby. |
| Frederick | 23 Apr 2015 6:16 a.m. PST |
Airfix as an Oscar for A Long History of Attracting Gamers to Napoleonics Perrys for Best Sculpting Perrys for Innovation (plastic 28mm) CS Forester for Best Naval Warfare Writing I will be willing to acknowledge Bernard Cornwall for Land Warfare Writing but I like Conan Doyle's Brigadier Gerard – and I would nominate Brigadier Gerard for memorable imaginary characters (sorry, Captain Sharpe) |
| Broglie | 23 Apr 2015 6:47 a.m. PST |
Doesn't the Napoleonic Historical Society in America grant awards like Oscars every year?? I think they call them Legion d'Honneur. Very prestigious I believe. |
| rick32 | 23 Apr 2015 9:17 a.m. PST |
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| IronDuke596 | 23 Apr 2015 9:48 a.m. PST |
Charles Grant, past and present. |
| 1960boot | 23 Apr 2015 10:13 a.m. PST |
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| Marcel1809 | 23 Apr 2015 11:01 a.m. PST |
my nominees
Alec Brown from Front Rank, still remember the amazing french infantry he brought out many years ago (and now!)
Peter Gilder, remember his massive battles at hte original wargames holliday centre.
Bruce Quarrie, his book real set me of on years of research and we gamed his system many years.
Last but not least RUDI GEUDENS the then owner of the Tin soldier shop in Sint Niklaas Belgium who set so many people on the path towards wargaming, he can be considered the father of modern wargames in the Low countries, he deserves not only an oscar but a statue on the marketplace of sint Niklaas |
| 22ndFoot | 23 Apr 2015 12:11 p.m. PST |
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| gunnertog | 23 Apr 2015 12:40 p.m. PST |
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| The Young Guard | 23 Apr 2015 1:48 p.m. PST |
Darn it Gunnertog, I was going to say that! |
| brunet | 23 Apr 2015 2:12 p.m. PST |
Without doubt; David Chandler |
Ligniere  | 23 Apr 2015 2:22 p.m. PST |
Well if Christopher Plummer has been mentioned:
Rod Steiger
Dino de Laurentis, and
Sergei Bondarchuk and I guess the wardrobe master/mistress – for a reasonably good job! |
| Ligniere | 23 Apr 2015 2:26 p.m. PST |
Also
Liliane and Fred Funcken |
 Mserafin | 23 Apr 2015 6:23 p.m. PST |
Phillip Haythornthwaite. How many Napoleonic wargame armies is that guy responsible for? CS Forester for Best Naval Warfare Writing Don't forget he also wrote some landlubber fiction, including The Gun, which was made into a movie with Sophia Loren (and what could be better than that?). Also Rifleman Dodd (although I prefer the more prosaic UK title Death to the French). And tons of other, non-Napoleonic stuff. But if forced to choose, it would be Chandler. Campaigns of Napoleon is a huge, intimidating book – until you start reading it. How many of us were drawn into this obsession by Chandler's book? |
| nsolomon99 | 23 Apr 2015 11:16 p.m. PST |
I think James Arnold should be added to the list for his remarkable works on the Campaigns hitherto less well covered in English. He started with 1809 and made that much more accessible many years ago, before it was fashionable. Then more recently he's done the research and presented us with eminently readable, highly detailed accounts of the 1800 Campaigns of Marengo and Hohenlinden, then his 2 wonderful volumes on the 1807 Campaign in East Prussia. And now he's releasing a work on Bautzen 1813. Major contributor. |
gets started with Flintloque.
