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At the start of October 1813, the Prussians and Russians were trying to evict the French from Saxony. The Prussian corps of Bülow was aware that a French corps under Bertrand was operating in the area south of Chemnitz, in Saxony. By early afternoon, the Prussian advanced guard had passed the village of Ehrenfriedersdorf. They…
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Download the free Army List and Label Generator program for Field of Glory Napoleonic. Written by NWA member John Shaw, this is a spreadsheet for Excel 2010 which has been endorsed by Slitherine Ltd. It uses pull-down menus to easily choose the units you want in your FOGN army. The program automatically generates the points…
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The turn sequence for Field of Glory Napoleonics is straightforward, but it does have some subtle effects that make the game very interesting. To fully understand the turn sequence, please see the Field of Glory Napoleonic rulebook. But before you do that, click on “read more” for a discussion of some of the points of…
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John R. reckons he can write my After Action Reports himself; “If only I’d done…”, “I should have done…”, “I didn’t spot…” etc. etc. Funny b*stard! Unfortunately he’s right, though: Last Saturday’s game at the Croydon venue turned out to be exactly this sort of game! Robin and I took on Jim’s Austrians with our…
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John R. reckons he can write my AARs himself; “If only I’d done…”, “I should have done…”, “I didn’t spot…” etc. etc. Funny b*stard! Unfortunately he’s right, though: Last Saturday’s game at the Croydon venue turned out to be exactly this sort of game! Robin and I took on Jim’s Austrians with our respective French…
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In preparation for the upcoming Wagram re-fight, we played a 1:120 scale battle French versus Austrians. Tim and Andrew S. playing the horrible Hapsburgs, while Tony and I commanded the Emperor’s finest. I hadn’t really got my head around what 1:120 meant, assuming that for the same number of points, I’d have half the number…
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The Battle of Maria occurred in the early part of the Peninsular War. The Spanish were attempting to push the French back out of Zaragoza (Saragossa). Blake was moving up from the south to put pressure on the French, in the hope of making them evacuate Zaragoza. Suchet decided to move out of Zaragoza to…