Corps Command Napoleonic Miniatures Campaign System 4th Edition Released

Mem691 writes:

I have ordered Corps Command Campaigns IV, it arrives next week. I have previously posted a review on TMP of Corps Command Campaigns (http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=516146). Since that review, I have been introduced to Empires in Arms (from a recommendation on TMP). The two are similar in many respects: the seven major powers are the same, the map of Europe is similar (I prefer the Empire in Arms map).

Some differences:
Empires in Arms is an amazing game, but it is designed as stand-alone game. Corps Command Campaigns is designed to generate miniatures battles (both land and naval). I use Corps Command Campaigns with HRG's Corps Command miniatures rules, but with minimal adjustments it would work with any Corps/Division level miniatures rules.

Empires in Arms is primarily the European side of the Napoleonic wars. Corps Command Campaigns is Europe plus the rest of the world. With Corps Command Campaigns: Tsar Paul can send a Cossack army to India to cause great frustration for the British; major powers can organize a joint-operation to clear out Jean Lafitte's pirates; Spain may need to intervene and put down Mexican independence movements; the United States could possibly send a division to Europe. (I am reading Alexander Mikaberidze's "The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History", Corps Command Campaigns gives me the mechanic to draw these events into a Napoleonic campaign.)

Corps Command Campaigns differentiates between Napoleonic Armies (corps system) and European Armies (division-based armies). Eventually, most major powers adopt the corps system, but until they do, the French forces are more effective.

Corps Command Campaigns has mechanics built in for minor power diplomacy.

Supply is simpler in Corps Command Campaigns than Empire in Arms.

I enjoy Empires in Arms—it is the best Napoleonic campaign board game I've played. Corps Command Campaigns is not designed a as stand-alone board game, it is designed as a campaign game to generate miniature wargames.

If between the previous review and this one, you have questions, please send them. I really enjoy Manny Granillo's rules (but I don't enjoy the 'eclectic editing').

Matt Johnson

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Corps Command Campaigns Fourth Edition is a complete system to recreate the Napoleonic Wars around the world. Players will no longer feel constrained by their European boundaries and can expand their colonial powers on a global level.

Will the United States Get Involved?

First released in 1992, Corps Command Campaigns has brought campaign gaming to thousands of gamers worldwide. Now in color, the 4th Edition is one of the most playtested miniatures campaign systems available.

Features Campaign Scenarios From 1792 to 1815 for Up to 7 Players

Can be used with any scale and no rebasing needed.
All major and minor nations' naval and leader lists.
Campaign in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, and more.
Features HRG's Terrain Generation System.
Follows historical organization and army capabilities.
Includes fast-play land and naval rules when you have more battles to resolve than time!
Designed for use with Corps Command IV miniatures rules.
May be used with any divisional- or brigade-level Napoleonic rules system.
Covers political combinations and alliances with European and native empires.
Complete economic, diplomatic and supply systems.
Full-color global map!

The new edition features new and improved fast-play charts and materials to make the gamemaster's role easier.

Now available from the HR Games store at panzerkorps.com or from various dealers such as onmilitarymatters.com, nobleknightgames.com and in the U.K. from caliverbooks.com.

Join the CORPSCOMMAND@hopliteresearchgames.groups.io to download various battle scenarios and the fast-play charts for free.

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