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Napoleonic: Republic to Empire Price: £27.50 Napoleonic wargames rules from Wordtwister Publishing Brought to you by the same team behind Beneath the Lily Banners, the book combines the writing of Barry Hilton with the creative talents of illustrator and designer Clarence Harrison. The book is lavishly illustrated with over 200 original photographs shot especially. 150 pages of full colour with 210 photographs of some of the finest wargaming models around. The rules come with a six sided gate-fold full colour play sheet on thick gloss finish card. The rules require no rebasing of collections. Unit basing is immaterial as long as it follows the general conventions of tabletop gaming. Republic to Empire can be used for all scales although they are primarily written for 28mm scale Divisional to Army level games. Unit sizes can vary from 16-60 for infantry and 10 – 60 for cavalry. The game play is smooth and free flowing with minimal need to refer to the main text once concepts have been mastered. New players usually pick up the key mechanisms within three to four game turns. The rules contain comprehensive detail on Scales – Creating your Army – Setting up the game – Command – Orders – Exploitation – Formations and Movement – Terrain effects – Skirmishers – Play Sequence – Artillery – Shooting – Charging – Close Combat – Resolve – Fighting in Built up Areas. More ...

Main Catalogue |  MINIATURES WARGAMES & RULES |  Napoleonic |  Republic to Empire