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Tango01 | 26 Dec 2024 3:58 p.m. PST |
"I have long been a fan of the old Command & Colors:Napoleonic system and own all the expansions. I'm not remotely convinced that it models Napoleonic warfare in any meaningful sense but it has always scratched a strong Napoleonic itch of mine. It's nice to be moving blocks that represent real Napoleonic unit types around on a map and make them do real Napoleonic things like fire, melee, form squares, make combined arms attack, all that malarkey; nicer still to be able to do this using a system so simple that it feels effortless and enables you to chat and enjoy your opponents' company while you play, as opposed to endlessly looking things up in overly long dense rule books or checking combat result tables. It's also a system that never fails to produce strong and memorable narratives, which to me are one of the greatest pleasures of wargaming generally…"
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