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From Eglinton Books

Watermarked PDF – $6.23 USD

The Portable Napoleonic Wargame

Although the author is a late convert to the joys of Napoleonic wargaming, he soon began to see why so many wargamers love the period. As a result, he set out to write several sets of rules that would use similar game mechanisms to those in his other Portable Wargame rules, and that would enable him to fight a range of small, medium and large battles on a relatively small tabletop. This book is the result.

Please note that all the rules have been designed to be used with a gridded tabletop made up of squares or hexes.

This book has ten chapters, four sets of rules, three exemplar battle reports, four appendices, a bibliography, and over 140 illustrations.

Contents

Introduction
My first step: Modifying Joseph Morschauser's rules
Organising and basing units
The Portable Napoleonic Wargame: Brigade rules
The Portable Napoleonic Wargame: Brigade rules in Action: The Battle of Porter's Ridge
Division vs. Division battles
The Portable Napoleonic Wargame: Division rules
The Portable Napoleonic Wargame: Division rules in Action: The Battle of Helmstedt
Corps vs. Corps and larger battles
The Portable Napoleonic Wargame: Big Battle rules
The Portable Napoleonic Wargame: Big Battle rules in Action: The Battle of Twee Heuvels
After the Napoleonic Wars
Appendix 1: Playing card-driven unit activation mechanisms
Appendix 2: Grading commanders and units, and adding a bit of personality
Appendix 3: Alternative Terrain Maps
Appendix 4: Order Counters
Bibliography

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