General de Brigade Deluxe Edition
David C.R. Brown
ISBN: 1-85818-610-8
184 pages (full colour) + four-page card playsheet
220mm x 307mm
Hardback
Deluxe Edition £27.50 GBP
Gentleman's Edition £39.50 GBP
TAKE COMMAND OF REGIMENTS, BRIGADES & DIVISIONS TO RECREATE THE DECISIVE ACTIONS OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS!
Now you too can order French cavalry to assault British squares at Waterloo, hold the Grand Redoubt at Borodino, or order the British Light Division forward to engage French columns in Spain!
General de Brigade Napoleonic wargame rules cover divisional-sized actions (or even corps-actions), providing straightforward yet comprehensive rules for Napoleonic tactical combat.
Comments on General de Brigade:
If you like that 'down in the mud' feel of commanding a division or corps in Napoleonic combat, the game scale and mechanisms mean that some epic fight over a barricaded village, key height, or bridge can be recreated with all the ebb and flow of the original. The rules are a very successful attempt to combine great historical accuracy with playability. I have fought around 50 battles with them and still long for more.
General de Brigade Deluxe Edition brings changes and enhancements to a number of key areas within the rules, although the basic mechanisms remain the same. The key challenges in playing General de Brigade Deluxe are command and control, correct formations, (for both battalions and brigades), and appreciating or compensating for particular national traits. Brigade orders contribute significantly to command and control, these orders limit the "nippy little battalion" syndrome and restrict the wargamer from doing more or less whatever he wants with any unit whenever it suits him. In addition, generals are now graded as to their ability and this directly impacts on their capacity to command on the battlefield. For example, the number of charges they can order per turn is now linked to their ability (see below) and this effects the timing and deployment of attacks, e.g. players will now notice the greater use of attacks en echelon and less reliance upon massed column formations. General de Brigade Deluxe still allows wargamers the freedom to command and maneuver most of their battalions or squadrons, but continues to stress the importance of those higher command decisions such as brigade formations, brigade objectives, the timing of assaults, and the deployment of reserves.
The Deluxe Edition also includes more information on the organisation of the major armies, (including the Ottoman Turks), new pick-up-and-play divisions, a reworked Victory & Defeat chapter introducing a corps/divisional breakpoint (so permitting the easier identification of victory), revised points values, and also three new scenarios!
General de Brigade Deluxe Edition is available in two formats:
- A standard 'beer-proof' gloss-laminated hardback, ideal for repeated handling by the common man.
- For discerning wargamers and gentleman of quality, the book is also available in a Gentleman's Edition. This fine example of printing craftsmanship and design is matt-laminated with foil embossing with debossed details, the cover illustrations enhanced with a superior reflective coating to caress your eyes like the fair hands of dusky maidens (not included).
Both versions of the rulebook come with a gloss-laminated, full-color four-page Quick Reference Sheet.