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This is What It Would Take to Recruit You!	7	15 Aug 2026 2:52 a.m. PST
Raison d'Etre de Cuirassier	11	15 Aug 2026 2:44 a.m. PST
cavalry vs attack columns	6	27 May 2026 7:52 a.m. PST
Shouldn't canister fire outrange musketry?	48	22 May 2026 1:10 p.m. PST
How to base artillery?	19	12 May 2026 3:26 p.m. PST
Fake Flags for 1815?	10	10 May 2026 9:39 a.m. PST
Scratch-built Spanish Village	4	20 Apr 2026 8:14 a.m. PST
Understanding the role of Grenadiers	18	19 Apr 2026 9:52 a.m. PST
Single Sheet Rules?	4	01 Apr 2026 10:35 a.m. PST
Wargaming on the train...	4	08 Nov 2025 3:46 a.m. PST
Skirmish level Napoleonics with character development	12	20 Oct 2025 10:59 a.m. PST
legacy of glory	14	10 Aug 2025 4:24 p.m. PST
Getting started with BBB	1	12 Jun 2025 1:21 a.m. PST
Empire Basing Questions? 1809	11	31 Mar 2025 2:01 p.m. PST
Looking for 1813 campaign maps (~1:200,000)	9	21 Mar 2025 6:07 p.m. PST
Guns for Austrian Cavalry Batteries	8	30 Nov 2024 3:50 a.m. PST
Valour & Fortitude	9	02 Sep 2024 9:29 a.m. PST
Approaching Napoleonics Part 2	20	27 Aug 2024 6:18 a.m. PST
Help on basing conversion	8	24 Aug 2024 7:38 a.m. PST
Off the paint-table and right into battle	7	29 Jul 2024 8:53 p.m. PST
Painting ten battalions of 28mm in 2 weeks?	15	25 Jul 2024 10:40 a.m. PST
Help finding Revolutionary French NCOs (28mm)	4	08 Jul 2024 9:45 p.m. PST
Quick questions re: Rev. French headgear	3	04 Jul 2024 10:06 p.m. PST
Approaching Napoleonics	20	27 Jun 2024 1:58 a.m. PST
Placement of battalions within the Brigade	2	26 Jun 2024 7:38 a.m. PST
28mm Perrys Duchy of Warsaw Infantry Battalion	10	18 May 2024 6:04 a.m. PST
Napoleonic tactical primer recommendations?	11	15 May 2024 2:28 a.m. PST
Gaming SYW v. Napoleonics	23	02 May 2024 4:19 a.m. PST
Alternatives to Empire?	15	01 May 2024 2:28 a.m. PST
Quarrie child coming back to Napoleonics	13	01 Apr 2024 3:07 a.m. PST
1793, 1798, and powdered hair	10	21 Mar 2024 11:16 a.m. PST
Army Painter Speed paints - on Napoleonics?	22	13 Mar 2024 7:59 a.m. PST
I have too many imperial guard figures	30	12 Mar 2024 5:47 a.m. PST
Franznap 20mm Napoleonics	9	17 Feb 2024 10:29 a.m. PST
Basing 1/72 Napoleonics?	17	11 Feb 2024 12:53 p.m. PST
Thoughts on Carnage & Glory On Campaign?	2	03 Feb 2024 5:24 a.m. PST
Warlord Epic Napoleonics	15	02 Feb 2024 4:08 p.m. PST
Confused about scales - what "level' of game scale is this?	20	21 Jan 2024 11:34 p.m. PST
Rules for Age of Sail Fleet Actions?	13	22 Dec 2023 1:30 p.m. PST
Command & Colors Napoleonic	9	21 Dec 2023 3:53 p.m. PST
25/28mm Napoleonic Infantry Size Comparisons	4	17 Dec 2023 12:54 p.m. PST
Great Video for Understanding French Infantry	6	16 Dec 2023 5:25 p.m. PST
Napoleon and Kleber for Grand Battles Napoleon	8	08 Dec 2023 10:15 p.m. PST
Napoleon in Egypt Camel Supply train	9	02 Dec 2023 2:02 a.m. PST
Napoleon in Egypt Balloon unit for Grand Battles Napoleon	6	09 Nov 2023 9:47 p.m. PST
Basing question in 2mm.	6	21 Oct 2023 5:31 a.m. PST
Dismounted French Dragoons for Egypt Grand Battles Napoleon	8	09 Oct 2023 9:34 p.m. PST
Bases for Valor & Fortitude	3	06 Oct 2023 10:46 a.m. PST
Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimer	11	19 Sep 2023 7:06 p.m. PST
Bayonets on Hold - Preview	7	15 Sep 2023 1:24 p.m. PST
Wesencraft Corps Level Game	7	11 Sep 2023 6:23 p.m. PST
Difference between OG 10mm Foot and Horse Limbers French	1	04 Jul 2023 9:17 a.m. PST
Which Nation?	20	06 Jun 2023 9:55 a.m. PST
Looking for Napoleonic Rules	36	12 Apr 2023 7:07 a.m. PST
10mm cavalry flags	3	09 Apr 2023 2:17 a.m. PST
War of 1812 - My 18mm US Army	7	08 Apr 2023 5:38 p.m. PST
New to Napoleonics? Ask a Book!	8	17 Mar 2023 1:25 p.m. PST
Some advice on starting a Napoleonic project please	18	17 Mar 2023 11:04 a.m. PST
Supporting Units Black Powder	2	16 Mar 2023 5:50 p.m. PST
Basing mounted infantry colonels	5	12 Mar 2023 5:49 p.m. PST
How to base for DBN and other rules @15mm?	5	11 Jan 2023 1:53 p.m. PST
My First ever painted Napoleonic miniature	22	04 Dec 2022 8:14 a.m. PST
Ordering From WoFun?	6	28 Nov 2022 1:56 p.m. PST
Russian way of fighting	19	27 Nov 2022 6:44 a.m. PST
Peninsular British	9	22 Nov 2022 11:52 p.m. PST
1st/2nd Coalition books and resources	14	10 Nov 2022 1:26 a.m. PST
Looking to add national symbol to bases	19	24 Oct 2022 2:54 p.m. PST
28mm Prussian 1813 infantry brigade under construction	15	01 Oct 2022 9:12 p.m. PST
What are the Problems with huge Divisions?	26	22 Sep 2022 7:13 p.m. PST
What "accessories" do i need to play BP?	3	22 Sep 2022 4:41 p.m. PST
Waterloo- British Officers Red Jackets	21	19 Sep 2022 2:50 a.m. PST
Supposed size of prussian bataillons	10	11 Sep 2022 8:54 a.m. PST
Soldiers of Napoleon rules - Artillery?	9	06 Sep 2022 8:26 a.m. PST
Silly question regarding reading British OOB	7	30 Aug 2022 1:26 p.m. PST
French Grande Armee starter set	7	30 Aug 2022 7:47 a.m. PST
Napoleon's Battles -- DANGER DANGER	12	29 Aug 2022 1:53 a.m. PST
Sabots for Skirmishers Help	7	18 Aug 2022 5:52 a.m. PST
Small Napoleonic Battles --help	9	15 Aug 2022 5:33 a.m. PST
Computer based games	14	04 Aug 2022 1:21 p.m. PST
New basing help!	12	23 Jul 2022 5:40 p.m. PST
Landwehr and Skirmishers	29	22 Jul 2022 2:07 p.m. PST
The 2022 Plan: 1st Quarter Update	8	11 Jul 2022 4:16 p.m. PST
Storage Solution For Miniatures?	11	23 Jun 2022 2:37 p.m. PST
French and Austrian flag resource needed	6	23 Jun 2022 2:50 a.m. PST
North America Based Building/Terrain Suppliers?	11	11 Jun 2022 7:36 p.m. PST
New Napoleonic Player Needs Help Please!	13	04 Jun 2022 2:52 p.m. PST
WoFun Peninsular War Starter Set Part 2: The French Army	5	02 Jun 2022 10:56 a.m. PST
What does a wargamer do with £1 of matchsticks?	19	26 May 2022 11:39 a.m. PST
WoFun British Riflemen in Skirmish Order from Starter Pack	3	15 May 2022 3:14 p.m. PST
Diversifying my 18mm Napoleonic French Army	9	02 May 2022 8:31 a.m. PST
British and Allied Officers for the Peninsular by WoFun	6	17 Apr 2022 6:08 a.m. PST
10mm Napoleonic figures?	24	11 Apr 2022 12:38 p.m. PST
WoFun Dutch Infantry: French Allied Conversions	5	08 Apr 2022 1:30 p.m. PST
WoFun Games Peninsular War: The Confederation of the Rhine	8	07 Apr 2022 5:13 a.m. PST
French Napoleonic Mounted Commanders from WoFun Games	3	07 Apr 2022 5:11 a.m. PST
WoFun Games: Baden Center Companies, 4th Regiment	3	05 Apr 2022 1:46 p.m. PST
How to start Napoleonics on a shoestring budget?	13	04 Apr 2022 4:40 p.m. PST
WoFun Miniatures Peninsular War Unit "Add-ons": The French	3	31 Mar 2022 7:42 a.m. PST
WoFun Miniatures Peninsular War Unit "Add-ons": Some Allies	9	31 Mar 2022 5:48 a.m. PST
Game Box Painting Service	8	05 Mar 2022 4:50 p.m. PST