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Grand Battery: a Guide and Rules for Napoleonic Wargames First Edition
Author(s): Jonathan Sutherland (Author), Diane Canwell (Author)
- Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
- Publication Date: 20 July 2010
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 192 pages
- ISBN-10: 1844159418
- ISBN-13: 9781844159413
Book Description
How would you have fared as one Napoleon’s marshals, or in command of a division of redoutable British redcoats under Wellington? Grand Battery offers you the chance to find out. This book includes all the rules you need to play miniature wargames set in the Napoleonic Wars, plus plenty of useful background information you need to get started.There is a concise historical overview of the events and battles of the period, as well as sections on the weapons and tactics of the various armies. The buyer’s guide gives an up-to-date survey of the wealth of ranges of miniatures available and advice on which are compatible with which. Organizational tables give a breakdown of typical formations for all the major combatants and most of the minor ones (any one for a Wurttemburg infantry division?), allowing you to structure your collection and also to organize hypothetical games quickly with ‘off the peg’ orders of battle. Three historical scenarios are also included, each with their own specific orders of battle, maps, objectives and victory conditions.The rules themselves, which utilize an innovative card-driven turn sequence to simulate the unpredictable ebb and flow of battle, are designed for playability, while still giving ‘realistic’ results and rewarding sound tactics. Though designed primarily for division level games with 25 or 15mm figures, the command and control sysyem takes account of corps or even the largest army level games and they are easily adaptable to any figure scale. Get ready to march to the sound of the guns!
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About the Author
About the authors: Husband and wife team Jon Sutherland and Diane Canwell are professioanl writers with many works of military history to their credit. Jon is also a lifelong avid wargamer with a penchant for spectacular large games. The two of them are now also running residential wargaming holidays. Diane’s ‘continuing tales of a wargames widow’ are a regular feature in Battlegames Magazine. They live in Norfolk with thousands of model soldiers and model terrain made from things Diane still had a proper use for.
