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April 22, 2008

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Some eye-catching games that also featured at Salute (more later in the week)

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New Napoleonic Rules

As mentioned I have put up a page on the blog with the new version of my napoleonic rules (Napoleonic Squares v2), which I tested out at Partizan last week. Since then I have simplified the movement by reverting more or less back to my previous rules. As with my Bloodybacks! I'm sure there will be future tunkering and editing, but for now they are usable and should give a good grand-tactical game for those who don't want to worry about handling battalions but are more interested in corps-sized actions and above.

Further thoughts on Fireball Forward

Following on from my previous post I thought I'd offer a few comments on my approach to Fireball Forward and some house rules I used in the demo game at The Other Partizan. 1. Chits versus Cards I don't really like playing cards in tabletop games. It's a personal thing, but I find them quite intrusive even if just on the edge of the table. My preference is to use MDF tokens drawn from a bag or bowl. Luckily I have a stash of suitable ones that I bought from Great Escape Games who make them to support their Iron Cross rules. I simply put one chit per unit (with the appropriate Allied or Axis marking) in a recepticle, draw them out an line them up face-down to create the order of unit activation. As units are activated the chit used is placed next to them so that it clear who has and hasn't done anything in the turn. This also simplifies the rules as written, which use cards for activation AND on-table makers to show the order of unit activation. This is further twea

The Battle of Foneytown, 1777

With nothing much planned for the long Easter weekend I decided to set up a game that I could dip in and out of to play solo. Rather than selecting a historical battle I picked scenario #1 from the venerable "Scenarios for Wargamers" by CS Grant, published many moons ago by the Wargames Research Group. The scenario itself is inspired by the Battle of Fontenoy and I further bastardised it by transferring it to become a fictional encounter set within the 1777 Saratoga campaign of the American War of Independence. Here is the map presented in the book: I allocated the rebels the role of defender with a force composed of the following: Brigade 1 (Good commander: 4) 3 x New Hampshire Continental regiments, each of 20 figures, quality 3 1 x Continental riflemen, 8 figures, quality 5 1 x Continental artillery section, 6-pounder field guns, quality 3 Brigade 2 (Good commander: 4) 2 x New York Continental regiments, each of strength 20, quality 3 1 x Continental riflemen, 8 figures, q

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