Aug 6 by Pete S/ SP As I enjoyed my short stint as Napoleon so much in the Pennine Megagame’s Jena 1806 (see an earlier post) I decided to pick up a copy of Paddy Griffith’s Napoleonic Wargaming for Fun from the History of Wargaming Project. You could try using the Generalship Game from Paddy Griffith's Napoleonic Wargaming Fo Fun (Ward Lock, 1980; since reprinted in John Curry's History of Wargaming Project) which has a very simple, stylised, boardgame-like system for resolving map movement and non-played engagements. Have thus far got La Patrie and Last Gamble, but will be geting the rest in due time. When we discuss Napoleonic wargaming with miniatures, players around the world have extremely strong opinions on how they view warfare of the period. I am no different than any other historical miniatures enthusiast. It was founded in 1998 for the enjoyment of playing Napoleonic computer games with people from all over the world. This is probably the best book on war-gaming I’ve ever read. Taking Pelennor Fields to DWG 2. Please follow the link for a short AAR and some thoughts on using the skirmish rules from Paddy Griffith's "Napoleonic Wargaming for Fun": link Codsticker 13 Feb 2017 6:21 p.m. PST (Besides, I had fun with each and every one of them !) Napoleonic Wargaming for Fun by Paddy Griffith The book has a variety of rules in it covering skirmish, brigade and divisional level games, but the real treats are the introduction to Kriegspiel and the description of Tactical Exercises without Troops, a sort of wargamers country ramble. London : Ward Lock, 1980 (OCoLC)987914698 Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC) - Dedicated to Napoleonic Wargaming in a Fun and Casual Place - About the Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC) The Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC) is the oldest online Napoleonic wargaming organization. That is what my wargaming army is based on and whenever I start to paint a new unit, it is with these rules in mind.

They allowed the new, not necessarily young, wargamer to fight the glorious actions they had heard about in their school history lessons. March 13, 2020 by Mel If you are looking to start collecting and painting troops to wargame in the Napoleonic period, my advice is to start with the Black powder rules set. Napoleonic Wargaming for fun and Little Cold Wars- book reviews.

Somehow I permitted the book to go out of my possession.

Napoleonic Wargaming For Fun Revisited In my gaming group, we have the habit of writing our own rules for our wargames. Napoleonic War Gaming for Fun In a recent posting on his blog spot, Bob Cordery had a piece on the late Paddy Griffiths book, Napoleonic Wargaming for Fun, published, I think, in the late 1970s (see Bob's piece, here). The search for the "holy grail" of Napoleonic rules is never-ending. Napoleonic wargaming for fun. Although very simple, the Neil Thomas' rules do give a bit of a challenge - the saving roll morale mechanism does keep things nicely unpredictable, especially when the sides are even in numbers. Genre/Form: History: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Griffith, Paddy. I am a strong believer in simple rules that capture the feel of the period, yet avoid all complications, modifiers and exceptional cases that do not add substantially to the game. Category: Devon Wargames Group | Tags: 28mm Lord of the Rings, 28mm Terrain, Fantasy, Games, Games Workshop, Hobby, Lord of the Rings, Miniatures, Pelennor Fields, War of the Ring, War of the Ring Wargame, Wargaming. From the publisher:" In the early days of ‘modern’ wargaming, Napoleonic games were tremendously popular. The series is easily my favourite wargame system because of the well balanced rules, and outstanding maps and components which give the right balance between fun and accuracy. Neil Thomas' Wargaming: A Napoleonic Scenario ... since both the scenario and the rules are well-written and designed for fun. I never really did much with it - though I found the ideas interesting.