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Wargaming => Age of Gunpowder => Topic started by: Eluminati on December 16, 2020, 09:04:39 AM
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Hey fellow gamers--
I have a question about your wonderful Napoleonic tabletop videos. What rules do you guys use? Do you ever have game gatherings for new people? I had no idea Tabletop Simulator even existed until a few days ago, and I would love to learn the rules and take part some time in the future. I'm a quick study, have a background in military history (though probably not as extensive as most of you) and am an experienced war gamer.
Any help would be appreciated!!!
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Cyrano is yer man to answer that; I do know that they use the C&C rules quite a lot.
Oh, and 'Blucher'
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Cyrano is familiar with Napoleonics? :whistle:
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One hears rumours.
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Austerlitz & Leipzig are being played with the Blucher rules
The C&C games are more clearly C&C b/c of the use of cards to drive the action each turn
There's also a set of rules called "Snappy Nappy" that (IIRC) are a little higher-echelon than Blucher
There have been others that Jim's dabbled with, like Sharps Practice, but I think those are lower echelon.
The old SPI quads were clearly using the rules for those specific hex-and-counter games
So yeah, there's a bunch of different rules being played, depending on which game you're watching.
Tonight's Austerlitz game is using Blucher
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Brant's trying to take Tolstoi's job! There can be only one Tolstoi!
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<snort>
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Brant's trying to take Tolstoi's job! There can be only one Tolstoi!
hey, I'm happy to let him do the grunt work. I was just trying to be helpful
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Cyrano is familiar with Napoleonics? :whistle:
There's a front page and a podcast too!
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??? :o
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As we are assembled here... do we have members experienced with Orders to Eagles or Morale Napoleon and want to share their opinion on these rulesets?
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Brant's trying to take Tolstoi's job! There can be only one Tolstoi!
:bigthumb:
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Brant's trying to take Tolstoi's job! There can be only one Tolstoi!
I'm only a month late and... :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:
Thank you bbmike for making me smile!
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Brant's trying to take Tolstoi's job! There can be only one Tolstoi!
hey, I'm happy to let him do the grunt work. I was just trying to be helpful
:bigthumb:
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>:D
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Hey fellow gamers--
I have a question about your wonderful Napoleonic tabletop videos. What rules do you guys use? Do you ever have game gatherings for new people? I had no idea Tabletop Simulator even existed until a few days ago, and I would love to learn the rules and take part some time in the future. I'm a quick study, have a background in military history (though probably not as extensive as most of you) and am an experienced war gamer.
Any help would be appreciated!!!
Howdy Eluminati,
I realize this is a month late, so you might already be in contact with Cyrano, or you found the answer elsewhere. There are a TON of Napoleonic rules out there and many of them can be used in TTS. Cyrano uses Sam Mustafa's Blücher and he likes The Wargaming Company's Et sans résultat! I'm sure Cyrano could provide you with many other examples. I've tried many other Napoleonic rules, such as Ned Zuparko's Vive L'Empereur and Avalon Hill's Napoleon's Battles and a few others as well. For my money, Sam Mustafa's are the best; however, as they say, ymmv.
I guess the questions we should have asked you are what level of Napoleonic wargaming are you interested in? The individual soldier or company level? The battalion or regiment level? The brigade or divisional level? There is a cool list of Napoleonic tabletop miniature games (https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/245017/napoleonic-tabletop-miniature-games) you might consider. Each has their pros and cons. Let us know what you try and how it works. :)
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Funny you should ask...on all counts...
Please see new post in the Saturday Night Fights, &c., forum...
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May I pull this up again? Anyone got thoughts?
As we are assembled here... do we have members experienced with Orders to Eagles or Morale Napoleon and want to share their opinion on these rulesets?
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No experience of "OtE".
"ME" is built around the THW engine which thinks a great deal of itself, particularly its ability to apply the same mechanics to many periods. It can't. I like it a lot for Colonials, WWII, and Zombie fighting, but, in the Napoleonic period, it lacks much.
I don't think the command structure is credible, I don't care for the way it organizes units, and I am hard put to imagine how you'd build a battle with it. The scenarios in the book suggest as much as they're slightly buffed versions of the same scenarios from "Colonial Adventures".
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Ha, thanks for your take, Jim!