| harbringerxv8 | 17 Aug 2016 12:33 p.m. PST |
Hey guys, I've been looking at getting a campaign or two rolling for my Napoleonics, but I'm not really sure where to start with regards to the ruleset. I currently use Black Powder for the actual battles, but I'm wondering if there is some other system that can be used, preferably in a map-based format, to link those battles together. I'm looking for something fairly simple, to be honest, as my group goes through many different systems. Thanks in advance for the help, guys. |
 Whirlwind  | 17 Aug 2016 1:12 p.m. PST |
Okay, you could try: The Charles Grant Napoleonic Campaign Rules here: link Henry Hyde's "Wars of the Faltenian Succession" campaign rules in here: payhip.com/b/7he8 or in his "Wargaming Compendium" link or in Battlegames Issue 09: payhip.com/b/LU1d There are Napoleonic Campaign rules in:
Wargames Illustrated 082 (Peninsular War)
Miniature Wargames 031 (Northern Italy) (but the rules could be used for any theatre) Plus here are some Polemos campaign rules for the ACW here: PDF link
There are some (good!) specific Napoleonic rules in their "Polemos Napoleonic Companion" link but you could use the ACW ones for the Napoleonic period with a few amendments. There are some specific Napoleonic campaign rules in Don Featherstone's "Wargaming Campaigns" link There are some good Napoleonic campaign rules plus maps here: link Simple but quite intensive on a stylized map by Paddy Griffith here: link Hope that is some help. These ones are all picked for simplicity – I'd make different suggestions if you prefer complex |
| Broglie | 17 Aug 2016 1:19 p.m. PST |
What a great response to this query. This is the true spirit of TMP. |
| Big Red | 17 Aug 2016 1:24 p.m. PST |
Whirlwind thank you, that was indeed a whirlwind response! |
| Whirlwind | 17 Aug 2016 1:32 p.m. PST |
No worries, I needed to get it in the break between innings in the Cards-Astros game… |
| mad monkey 1 | 17 Aug 2016 1:34 p.m. PST |
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| mikeda | 17 Aug 2016 1:40 p.m. PST |
There Le Vol de L'Aigle that is a double blind Kriegsspiel like system where Corps and Divisions move on period maps. The 3 sets cover all the major claim pains from 1805 to 1815. And they already have the rules in place form movement |
| harbringerxv8 | 17 Aug 2016 2:06 p.m. PST |
Wow, thanks for the quick and helpful responses! I'll definitely be looking into some of these. Those maps from murat.ca are great, and will work much better than what I was intending to use haha. Looks like I've got plenty of homework to do. |
| elsyrsyn | 17 Aug 2016 7:19 p.m. PST |
You might look into Berthier, as well. link Doug |
| Lascaris | 17 Aug 2016 9:17 p.m. PST |
Any particular campaign you are aiming for? |
| Dan 055 | 18 Aug 2016 6:00 p.m. PST |
Don't overlook the option of using a small simple boardgame of the proper period. |
| Ben Avery | 18 Aug 2016 6:31 p.m. PST |
Depending on how many players, if you have an umpire, you could use these PDF link |
| madcam2us | 19 Aug 2016 3:35 a.m. PST |
The Murat maps are the pinnacle for sure… He had at one time a running on line campaign… Not sure whatever happened or if its still active…. Would love to see this particular maps used for my own campaign… Anyone know what the distance between nodes was supposed to represent? Madcam |
| thistlebarrow2 | 19 Aug 2016 3:58 a.m. PST |
My campaign is a fictional one set in 1813. There are five campaign areas in Germany and Spain. Each has a French army fighting a Prussian, Russian, Austrian, English or Spanish army. There is an ongoing series of mini campaigns, each lasting about ten campaign days and providing about three to five battles. It is suitable for solo or multiplayer. The campaign diary, which includes all the details of the campaign can be found here link The labels on the right are an index to different parts of the campaign. The current phase is set in Northern Spain and is the campaign for Tordesillas between Wellington and Soult. If you select labels 40, 41, 42 and 43 you will find the introduction, orders of battle and a running summary of the current campaign. The rules are quite simple, and consist of just 8 pages, can be found here link If you would like to use it let me know if you have any questions |
| Grognard1789 | 19 Aug 2016 5:24 a.m. PST |
Kevin Zucker has a great set of map based games as well as Operational Studies which give added value. You may want to consider looking at those. napoleongames.com A google search of possible board games might turn up something useful as well link Some of the older school war games can be put to good use also link EMPIRE III actually has a campaign system module you could use link |
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