"Revolution & Empire Appendices" Topic

I am new to Empire and Revolution and Empire and recently picked up copies of a few of the rulesets after spending a long time waiting for some to become available on places like eBay and Noble Knight. Everything is great and I am loving what I am reading (been looking for games like this for a long time); however, my copy of Revolution and Empire does not have any of the appendices. Is there a way to get my hand on these short of hoping I get lucky and a copy with them shows up again or am I just out of luck? Thanks in advance and I am excited for my first game soon.

I got my copy of R&E from "On Military Matters". It included all the appendices. Still seems to be available.

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Sorry, it didn't let me post for a little bit because I am a new member. Thanks for the link! I went ahead and ordered it.

@chaoticparadigm, great. Let us know how you get on with R&E. I have had challenges understanding how the bits and pieces of R&E fit together. It's, as the say, same-same with respect to Empire (i.e., the same except where it's not). Usually I find the answer somewhere – e.g., a brief mention in a section far from where one might expect to find the answer. Thankfully, there is a sometimes useful index.

Example – recovery from being disordered.

I found the index entry for "disordered" where a sub-entry "removal" refers one to p.71. On that page a penultimate sentence of the paragraph for section 12.18 on "Advance Non Front-line units" reads, "Alternatively, any non-front line units may remove disorder if not still exposed to a disordering situation." Okay, I mistakenly thought front line units couldn't remove disorder. I failed to notice the index entry above "disordered" which was entitled "disorder" where a sub-entry "recovery" refers one to p.83 and section 14.14 "Disorder Recovery". Doh! One option is to use a "Commander Action". It is obtusely listed as a tactical Commander Action on p.67 where it reads, "Direct a Maneuver, Formation Change, or Re-order that does not sacrifice initiative." Oops.

Time to read through the rules again and take notes.

I'll definitely let y'all know how it goes. My first game is with another newbie to the rules in a week or so. Good to know the index is sometimes helpful. Just received it in the post today and will spend the weekend reading it.

I will need far more than a weekend but enjoy. Myself I use a mix of Empire III & V plus R & E