tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947824704954401077.post2779219315178652377..comments2024-03-28T10:14:30.723+01:00Comments on Sole Member of the Napoleonic Connoisseur's Club: Glossy glossy glossyDavid Dormvikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905748770456474627noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947824704954401077.post-1932672389360384292012-06-25T01:01:24.515+02:002012-06-25T01:01:24.515+02:00Thanks for the quick overview. I have pretty much...Thanks for the quick overview. I have pretty much the same list, but haven't picked up the latest edition of GdB yet. My thoughts are very similar to John's. BP is more familiar to me from playing Warmaster and is probably the easiest to rule set to get my friends excited about playing.<br /><br />The fact that the game moves quick and the rules work nicely with bigger multiplayer games is also a plus. The fact that I can use the same basic rules plus the appropriate supplement (waiting to see how those turn out as well) for Nappies, SYW, or ACW is also a plus for my future plans.<br /><br />I think the Waterloo book is great for giving to someone you hope to get interested in the period as everything is in there including a quick and dirty history for newbs. I think the Warhammer label some give it is misleading as I recognize more elements of GW's War of the Ring game in the book. Even if it were my rules of choice, the lack of any future support is also a killer. Although I won't be using these rules, I'll definitely borrow some ideas from it.<br /><br />Down the road when I get a more solid foundation in 28mm Napoleonics I hope to find at least someone to play some more "serious" games using GdB, but right now I'm concentrating on the visuals and the fun.<br /><br />JasonJason Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510878862274931588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947824704954401077.post-62740711464542005522012-06-05T16:55:16.089+02:002012-06-05T16:55:16.089+02:00John, as I understand it we are basically at the s...John, as I understand it we are basically at the same point but we reached it from different approaches. <br />Regarding Warhammer bias have nothing against it, almost all my friends play warhammer, and I used to also. I found the guess range cumbersome then, and still do.<br />I really think you should GdeB a go :) For lack of better words I would describe it more as a "old school" set of rules compared to the others in the pile. Almost like a son of In the Grand Manner (I have a copy of that to). With no "gimmicky" rules to rely on it plays as well fielding brigade as fielding a corps.<br />However playing solo BP's command rolls might give you that uncertainty and friction you might look for in a solo game. GdeB is by far the more detailed of the two, for good and for worse.David Dormvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14905748770456474627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947824704954401077.post-35106188445565659262012-06-05T15:22:29.935+02:002012-06-05T15:22:29.935+02:00Yes, I have all 5 myself. I have not played Napole...Yes, I have all 5 myself. I have not played Napoleon (never will). I have yet to play GdeB, I have had a flick through, still just not sure. Lasalle is a great set, but am less interested for the exact reason that you state. I think this is why I like BP, and why I am eagerly waiting their supplement. I actually liked very much how you set up your forces in Waterloo, but the lack of support really killed it for me. I actually liked the artillery mechanism (I have none of the Warhammer biases, as I have never played). One ruleset you did not mention is Field of Battle, great card driven mechanism, but that plague Lasalle for me affect FoB. I really like a set that you can play asymmetric battles with (La Haie Sainte), and details skirmishers etc. So I think that BP or GdB are the only sets in your list that would work for me. I suppose where I started with BP, I am less interested in GdB, as I have what I want.john de terre neuvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898285039988448895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947824704954401077.post-69178746254813549492012-06-05T13:11:44.562+02:002012-06-05T13:11:44.562+02:00Thanks for your overview of your fave rules. I am ...Thanks for your overview of your fave rules. I am going to get a set of GdB!Nathan Woolfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16466919825684206833noreply@blogger.com