26 February 2015

Engagement at Kalisz

My gaming will switch back to Montreal this weekend. We will be playing Lasalle, the first Napoleonic game in over a year for our small group. I put together a fictional scenario for the 1809 period so we could get some of our new troops on the table. Myself and Nico will be taking on Iannick and Rusti.

What will be particularly interesting for me personally is that this will be the first IGO-UGO game I have played in well over a year. This year's gaming has been taken up with Chain of Command and Dux Britanniarum, two games with variable activation. I am not sure how it will go with me.

We really have put work in on a lot of different Napoleonic rulesets over the years and I have to admit they all have had drawbacks to me or others in our gaming group.

Anyway, we will have to see. I am looking forward to getting a game in with my friends there.
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  1. Iannick26 February 2015 at 14:38

    Death to the white and black coats! ;-)

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  2. AdamC177626 February 2015 at 14:52

    I suppose Longstreet isn't exactly an IGO-UGO game as both players can play cards and affect the results that campaign ended last July so not quite more than a year ago. :) Vive L'Roi! er.. Emperor

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    1. john de terre neuve26 February 2015 at 17:01

      Yes I did think about Longstreet, but I felt the turn is still IGO-UGO, although you can play some fun tricks with the cards.

      John

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    2. AdamC17763 March 2015 at 14:34

      Very true its sort of in a gray area between the two.

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  3. Gonsalvo27 February 2015 at 00:35

    I look forward to the game, pictures and report!

    It sometimes seems like there are more sets of Napoleonic wargames rules than there are Napoleonic wargamers, doesn't it?

    Field of Battle 2nd edition is my own choice, and after a year of card activation games, you might find it more attractive than originally... or not!

    Shako/Saho 2 is a solid system, and there are many others, of course, as intimated above. I honestly think you could play a Napoleonic game once a month for the rest of your life, each with a different rule set, and never exhaust the sets already existing and the new ones introduced as you worked you way through them all! :-)

    Of course, there's always writing your own set to add to the paper mountain, too! :-)

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    1. john de terre neuve27 February 2015 at 08:29

      I actually like FoB, but some of the guys I game with did not like it.

      I really think a lot of this is not the rulesets but the gamer. A lot of gamers like IGO-UGO, they like the certainty that they can put their plan in place. They like to know when their turn is and how far they can move. Not really like war though!

      TFL is working on a CoC derivative for Napoleonics, I am hopeful.

      John

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