Napoleonic
Add Rules For This Period
1750 - 1850
By WRG the main wars in this period being those against Napoloen. The set included here are the orginal set published in January 1971 with the amendmends, issued in March 1972.
2 by 2 Napoleonics
Rules for 2mm Napoleonics. Designed to be able to play a complete battle in an hour or less.
6 Page Napoleonics
Simple Napoleonics to Play in 4 or 5 hours.
A l'Ombre des Aigles
Tactical battles in the Napoleonic wars. Units represent infantry battalions, cavalry regiments and artillery batteries. Puts the player in the division commander's shoes.
A Marvellous Victory
A simple set of rules designed for 25 and 28mm.
A Toda Vela
Napoleonic Naval rules Spanish language.
A Near Run Thing
Fast, Furious and Fun rules for Napoleonic wargaming. Uses ideas from several rulesets.
Admiralty
Admiralty is a set of miniature wargame rules that re-create battles from the age of the fighting sail. The game concentrates of the core features of period naval combat including sailing, cannon fire and boarding actions.
Basic Rules for the Horse & Musket Period
These Rules will provide a quick and bloody Game without too many complications.
Battle of Waterloo - Hougoumont (1815 AD)
Fast play rules for models or paper figures.
Bayonet Point
A Napoleonic skirmish rule-set, Bayonet Point. Please note that it is a work-in-progress.
Beat to Quarters
These rules are a streamlined approach to Napoleonic Naval Wargaming. They can be used for boardgame actions or miniature actions using 1: 1200 or 1:2400 scale miniatures.
Belle Alliance
This set of wargame rules for the Napoleonic period was developed through trial games during the years 1996-2000. For the battalion level. Available in English, Danish and French.
Bill's Fast Play Napoleonics
Simple rules for Napoleonic Battles.
Bonaparte
The game was designed in 1mm = 1meter scale (1 infantry base 5cmx2,5cm represent 100 soldiers).The system was written in Portuguese.
Bravado
A set of core rules and add-ons for the Napoleonic War.
Brigades and Batteries
Napoleonics rules for 15mm size figures. Playsheet.1:50 version.
Brigade Commander
The inspiration and model for this rules set has come from two very fine existing published rules sets. They play fast and are easy to pick up.
C3: Command Control and Communications
The aim of these rules was to simulate combat in the period 1789-1815.
Cannonade
Set Piece Cannons, Cavalry and Infantry.
Chakoten
Battalion level rules based on simultaneous bounds. Danish Language.
Chosen Men
Napoleonic skirmish rules - One of the simplest rule systems available. Chosen Men doesn't provide a quick reference sheet as all the rules fit on to 1 side of A4.
Chosen Men - Fat
A modified extended Version of Chosen Men Napoleonic skirmish rules.
Cold Steel
Tactical rules for the Horse and Musket period.
Column, Line and Square
There are still quite a few players of the old rules set Column, Line & Square. These rules have long been out of print. This page represents the efforts to collect the various rules sets, errata, scenarios, etc. and make them available to the gaming public once again.
Darrell's 15mm Napoleonic
Rules where one stand equals a company or squadron.
Death or Glory
These rules are designed to simulate Napoleonic Brigade/Division sized battles. The basic manoeuvre units are the infantry battalion, cavalry squadron and artillery battery. The rules are designed to be playable, without sacrificing too much realism.
eRules Napoleonic,txt
A set of rules for the Napoleonic wars designed by WargameSystems promoting wargaming that is fun and fast while producing results as close as possible to historical accuracy.
Eagles over the Empire
A complete set of rules for 6mm and 15mm Napoleonic miniatures. By Steven McPeak and gamers around the World Wide Web.
Easy Napoleonic
Rules from Don Lowry where Infantry stands represent forces of from 1,500 to 4,000 men.
Eightbells
Tabletop naval war games from the late 1600’s through 1860. It comes in two parts with a Word document and an iPhone App. The Document describes the preferred way to conduct naval actions whilst the iPhone app takes care of all your calculations and remembers information about ships and fleets.
Elan Deluxe
Elan Deluxe is the latest evolution of these tactical-level Napoleonic wargame rules designed for 15-25mm miniatures. Players can use any basing system and the default scale is 1:50, but players can use any ratio such as 1:20 or 1:60.
En Avant
One Brain Cell Napoleonic war low level game designed for very fast play. Designed for 25mm figures for brigade-sized forces. Play a brigade attack in about 20 minutes! Includes order cards and status markers.
En Avant En Masse
An expansion of the original En Avant! rules this time allowing a player to control an entire division, and aimed at using either counters or 1/300 figures. Example Divisional Cards.
Fast Play Napoleonic Rules
These rules provide a fast paced game with simple rule mechanisms that allow players to concentrate on their tactics and enjoy the 'look' of their tabletop battle, rather than have their heads buried in rule tables.
Fast Play Napoleonic Rules II
These are a DBA-esque via Fire and Fury set of rules for Napoleonic wargames.
Fire and Discipline
Fire and Discipline was originally published (in 1988) to cover tactical warfare from 1740-1850. It is now in two versions, one focusing on firepower, the other on discipline.
From Ulm To Waterloo
Wargame rules for Napoleonic battles and campaigns. Italian only, English rules coming soon.
Full Sail Rules
A Full Sail modification based on the above Full Sail Rules. Also download the Squadron Sheets and the Windrose to complete the game.
General Chase
A variant for Victory at Sea by Mongoose Games covering the Age of Sail.
Grand Army
This web version of Grand Army, rules from the 1970's by Don Lowry. Designed for 15mm.
Green Jackets
These rules are designed around playing small scale skirmish actions in 25mm on a small table top. About 10-50 figs per side is the usual size of game. The rules are written primarily for the Peninsular war of 1807-1814.
Grenadier
Miniature wargames rules for the Napoleonic wars. Tactical units are infantry battalions, cavalry regiments, and artillery batteries. Army lists for these rules are also available.
Guards du Corps
Guard du Corps is a miniature gaming system that is designed to bring as much realism as possible to the operational level of Napoleonic Wargaming.
Her Majesty's Navy
A hex based age of sail game which is still in development.
Hex Command Gunpowder
A set of rules that combines board game mechanisms with miniature figures.
Horse & Musket Rules SIP
Neil Thomas Simplicity in Practice Rules.
Horse, Foot and Guns
Phil Barker's (WRG) beta version of Horse, Foot, Gun which is free to download and play test. The period covers 1700-1915. Army Lists.
Huzzah!
Tactical Napoleonic rules that make a feature of morale and leadership.
Huzzah GTx
Variant of Huzzah on Grand Tactical Scale. Based on Martian Empires. Join the yahoo group to download.
If Only We Could All Be Napoleon
Larry Reeves' rules for 15mm Napoleonic games. Units are Infantry battalions, Cavalry regiments, or Artillery Batteries. Larry adapts the best of Larry Brom's rules with "Fire and Fury" to come up with this fast-playing set. We finished a game with 30 battalions, 7 cavalry regiments and about 12 batteries in 4 hours.
In The Name Of Glory
Started life as a set of Demo rules. Can be used with any existing basing system. Join the yahoo group.
Into Glory Ride
Fast table-top gaming with model soldiers, dice and rules covering the period 1500AD - 1900AD.
Jack Scruby's Basic War Game Rules
These can be used for any Musket Period war game merely be extending or shortening the range of musket and artillery fire. Thus for Civil War you would extend the range for Napoleonic you would shorten it. For use with N gauge figures.
Jeu Des Batailles
A tactical set of rules that simulates any sized battle during the musket and bayonet era. The basic unit scale is the multi stand battalion or regiment.
L'Ordre Mixte
This set of rules is a Napoleonic supplement to the 'Fire and Fury' set for the American Civil War. It allows players to simulate Corps and Army level combat in the Napoleonic wars. The basic unit is the Brigade, and the rules emphasise playability.
Le Aquile
Italian language rules for the Napoleonic era.
Le Baton Napoleonic Rules
A set of rules for 15mm figures.
Led Shot - Shot Nervz
Skirmish Rules For the 1770-1815 Period (for very small engagements).
Leipzig Lite
The rules used by Baccus for their 6mm game shown at conventions.
Les Champs De Batailles
Napoleonic rules by R.J. Rockerfeller for battalion level, rescued by freewargamesrules.
Letters of Marque
A light but involving naval wargame for use with Pirates of the Spanish Main. It combines a simplified version of the movement and wind rules from Wooden Ships & Iron Men, with much of the combat system from Man O' War.
Make Ready
Rules for warfare in the age of muskets. The rules system DBM (De Bellis Multitudinis) version 3.1 is needed to play these rules.
March Towards the Sound of the Guns
Very fast play Napoleonics rules, "March Toward the Sound of Guns", using Games Workshop's Warmaster rules as inspiration, that allow corps sized battles to be comfortably finished within 4 hours of play.
Men 'O War
Rules for naval warfare in the age of sail - from Drake to Nelson. For models about 100mm long on a 75mm hex grid.
Mini-Nap
A set of wargames rules specifically designed for playing a reasonably quick corps sized Napoleonic wargame using the 6 mm scale.
Most Irregular
A very early draft of rules to play horse and musket era battles with Fast and Dirty. Only infantry so far, but its playable on its own.
Muskets and Moustaches
A simple set of rules for Napoleonic Gaming.
Muskets and Moustaches (v2)
A revised set of rules from the original. Close combat revised.
Napnuts Peninsular Campaign
These rules are for campaigning the French invasion of Portugal in 1810-1811, although some modifications from historical fact have been made for the sake of game balance. They are meant to be used in conjunction with Republique grand tactical rules.
Napoleon Kriegsspielreglen 2011
Rules for napoleonic battles at corps-level (small battles or parts of big battles) on a grided tabletop (square grid 4x4cm, 1 square = 100x100 meter) with 15mm figures; 1 base = 1 infantry company or cavallery squadron or artillery battery; 1 turn = 1-10 minutes; should display the typical combat formations of that period (line, column, square, squirmish), German language only.
Napoleon Wars
An adaptation of Battlelore rules for the Napoleonic Period.
Napoleon's War
A brigade level simulation of the battles waged in Europe during the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Uses 3 inch square bases.
Napoleonic
Battalion sized games.
Napoleonic DBA
These rules derive from the combined concepts put forward in the rules sets "De Bellis Antiquitatis" and "Chef de Battalion". It was envisioned that a player is likely to control a single Battalion within these rules (a battalion having 15 bases or more).
Napoleonic DBM
By Steve Kerr.
Napoleonic DBM(2)
By John Murphy.
Napoleonic Flames of War
A french only amendment to the WW2 period converting it for the Napoleonic Period.
Napoleonic Fury
This rule set was inspired to take the movement mechanics of the Fire & Fury ¸ rule set written by Rich Hasenauer and apply it to the Napoleonic period. Basing, scale, and some concepts are taken from the game Napoleon's Battles¸ by Avalon Hill.
Napoleonic Grand Campaigns
This is a book of rules for deploying and manoeuvring troops in the Napoleonic Wars on a campaign map and on a tabletop battlefield. Designed for 6mm. Join the yahoo group and find the rules in the files section.
Napoleonic Quick
DBA rules for napoleonics.
Napoleonic Rules
A set of rules by Gettysburg gamers.
Napoleonic Squares
More a set of guidelines than rules for refighting napoleonic battles with 6mm figures.
Napoleonic Strategy Battle Game
Napoleonic version of Games Workshop's Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.
Napoleonic War Wargaming
Based on Neil Thomas wargames rules as published in his books "Wargaming: An Introduction", "Ancient and Medieval Wargaming" and "Napoleonic Wargaming".
Napoleonic Wargames Rules
A new set of rules written via a blog, complete.
Napoleonics DBM
Napoleonics by Mike Campbell.
Napoleonics DBM
By Alan Patrick.
Nelsons Wars
Naval rules for the Napoleonic wars.
Off To War
Recreate the battles of the Napoleonic wars using this easy/moderate, brigade/divisional level game, where the smallest tactical unit is a Battalion. Uses the number of figures in a unit for resolving fighting and firing and has figure removal casualties.
Old Trousers
Rules for Warfare in the Horse and Musket Era. Old Trousers is meant to be a fast playing set of battalion level rules.
Old Trousers 6mm
Variant of the Old Trousers rules for Baccus 6mm Leipzig Lite game at conventions.
On To Waterloo
A Napoleonic variant of the popular On To Richmond wargame rules. Army Lists available.
One Day Napoleonic's Campaign
These rules are designed to play entire campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Based on the "Snappy Nappy" rules of Russ Lockwood as described in MWAN , they have been extensively redesigned and reworked to give the ability to fight a campaign in a single 8-10 hour day of gaming.
Paintingshed Napoleonic Rules
6mm rules that have a great deal of experimentation to allow large battles to be recreated.
Pas ce soir, Joséphine
A set of fast play Napoleonic rules (French language), rated "Best Napoleonic rules of all times" by famous rules critic Jean Phil Imbouc.
Portable Wargame 2: Musket Period
Musket rules for hexed or gridded terrain.
Pro Patria!
Pro Patria! are wargames rules for the Napoleonic wars. They are a culmination of a number of years work by a large number of people and are designed predominantly for the large number of players who have their armies designed for the old WRG 1685-1845 set of war games rules.
Quick And Dirty Napoleonic Naval Rules
Simple Naval rules for the Napoleonic Era.
Quick Napoleonics
A rules set based on Quick Tricorne for 15mm and 25mm Napoleonic Battles.
Quick Rules For Napoleonics
A one page set of skirmish rules.
Regiments and Roundshot
Simple Napoleonic Miniatures Rules System.
Republique
Napoleonic rules from The War Times Journal.
Resolve
A Napoleonic miniatures game by R.Bracey.
Rules For A Napoleonic Wargame
Originally published in the Courier, these gridded terrain rules were written by Gerard DeGre and modified by Charles and David Sweet.
Serrez les Rangs
Battalion level rules in Spanish for the Napoleonic wars. Army lists for all the mayor and minor powers.
Shako and Musket 1803-1814
Rules for scaled battles of the Napoleonic Wars in Northern, Eastern and Central Europe.
Shako and Musket 1808-1814
Napoleonic wars rules for the Iberian Peninsula.
Shako and Musket 1815
Rules for 100 days campaign.
SHAM (Steve's Horse and Musket Rules)
Simple Horse, Foot and Musket rules that can be used for ACW, Napoleonic and 19th Century Periods.
Sharpe's Skirmish
The rules for the Durham's Chosen Men 40mm demo game. This game did all the rounds in 2006 and won many awards for best demo game.
Shot and Sail
Napoleonic Period small ship actions. Originally written for a Great Lakes action during the war of 1812.
Simple Musket Era Rules
The rules are a return to the simple game, using playing cards instead of dice, a new way of resolving combat, and individual figures rather than groups of men on stands.
Simple Sails
Fastplay Naval Rules For The Age Of Sail by Alan Young.
Sound The Charge
Napoleonic version of the Old Dessauer rules.
Sound The Charge - 25mm European Edition
25mm version of Sound the Charge, modified for a European style of play by Alex, a gamer from the Netherlands.
The March of Eagles
These are the rules included in each box of Victrix figures. Written by Barry Hilton and fast play.
The Immortal Memory
Naval rules for Trafalgar.
The Little Corporal
One brain cell army level rules for the Napoleonic and Revolutionary Wars. Inspired by Old Fritz by Jim Wallman.
The Thin Red Line
Napoleonic rules based on Flames of War. Army Lists.
Throne of Bayonets
Napoleonic rules written by Andrew Fisher and used for the clubs 1809 Saxon campaign. The title comes from a line in a speech given by Boris Yeltsin during the famous coup of August 1991: "You can make a throne out of bayonets, but you cannot sit on it for long". He wasn't talking about Napoleon, but he might as well have been.
Tinsoldaten
Battalion level rules based on simultaneous bounds. Danish.
Tough Men With Iron Balls
These rules have been developed to allow fleet actions, involving between 12 and 30 ships in a single gaming session, rather than ship to ship actions (requires PIQUET).
Tout Soldat
This is a draft competition set of Napoleonic Rules based at the large Division to Corps level. It was originally designed for fast play 20mm to 25mm. Download the Reference Sheet.
Trafalgar
Rules for refighting Nelsons famous battle on the Tabletop.
Volley Fire
In Volleyfire there are three types of bases. There are artillery, cavalry and infantry. While artillery bases are standalone units in themselves cavalry and infantry are split up into units.
Voltigeur
Napoloenic Skirmish variant of Lord Of The Rings Strategy Game.
Warhammer Napoleonics
Conversion of Warhammer rules for the Napoleonic period.
Waterloo
Tabletop Wargaming in the Napoleonic Era. Scenarios and armies lists available too.
We Have Met the Enemy and They Are Armed with Pennies
Naval rules for the battle of Lake Eerie, September 1813.
Wellington
Italian language Napoleonic rules.
Why These Are Regulars
Fast Play Rules for the Battle of Chippawa (1814).
Wooden Ships and Iron Men Lite
A conversion of WS&IM for using Pirates of the Spanish Main ships. There is a set of Scenarios for use with the rules too.
WRG Wargames Rules 1750 - 1850
The 1st Edition of WRG rules for the Napoleonic Period.
1750 - 1850
By WRG the main wars in this period being those against Napoloen. The set included here are the orginal set published in January 1971 with the amendmends, issued in March 1972.
2 by 2 Napoleonics
Rules for 2mm Napoleonics. Designed to be able to play a complete battle in an hour or less.
6 Page Napoleonics
Simple Napoleonics to Play in 4 or 5 hours.
A l'Ombre des Aigles
Tactical battles in the Napoleonic wars. Units represent infantry battalions, cavalry regiments and artillery batteries. Puts the player in the division commander's shoes.
A Marvellous Victory
A simple set of rules designed for 25 and 28mm.
A Toda Vela
Napoleonic Naval rules Spanish language.
A Near Run Thing
Fast, Furious and Fun rules for Napoleonic wargaming. Uses ideas from several rulesets.
Admiralty
Admiralty is a set of miniature wargame rules that re-create battles from the age of the fighting sail. The game concentrates of the core features of period naval combat including sailing, cannon fire and boarding actions.
Basic Rules for the Horse & Musket Period
These Rules will provide a quick and bloody Game without too many complications.
Battle of Waterloo - Hougoumont (1815 AD)
Fast play rules for models or paper figures.
Bayonet Point
A Napoleonic skirmish rule-set, Bayonet Point. Please note that it is a work-in-progress.
Beat to Quarters
These rules are a streamlined approach to Napoleonic Naval Wargaming. They can be used for boardgame actions or miniature actions using 1: 1200 or 1:2400 scale miniatures.
Belle Alliance
This set of wargame rules for the Napoleonic period was developed through trial games during the years 1996-2000. For the battalion level. Available in English, Danish and French.
Bill's Fast Play Napoleonics
Simple rules for Napoleonic Battles.
Bonaparte
The game was designed in 1mm = 1meter scale (1 infantry base 5cmx2,5cm represent 100 soldiers).The system was written in Portuguese.
Bravado
A set of core rules and add-ons for the Napoleonic War.
Brigades and Batteries
Napoleonics rules for 15mm size figures. Playsheet.1:50 version.
Brigade Commander
The inspiration and model for this rules set has come from two very fine existing published rules sets. They play fast and are easy to pick up.
C3: Command Control and Communications
The aim of these rules was to simulate combat in the period 1789-1815.
Cannonade
Set Piece Cannons, Cavalry and Infantry.
Chakoten
Battalion level rules based on simultaneous bounds. Danish Language.
Chosen Men
Napoleonic skirmish rules - One of the simplest rule systems available. Chosen Men doesn't provide a quick reference sheet as all the rules fit on to 1 side of A4.
Chosen Men - Fat
A modified extended Version of Chosen Men Napoleonic skirmish rules.
Cold Steel
Tactical rules for the Horse and Musket period.
Column, Line and Square
There are still quite a few players of the old rules set Column, Line & Square. These rules have long been out of print. This page represents the efforts to collect the various rules sets, errata, scenarios, etc. and make them available to the gaming public once again.
Darrell's 15mm Napoleonic
Rules where one stand equals a company or squadron.
Death or Glory
These rules are designed to simulate Napoleonic Brigade/Division sized battles. The basic manoeuvre units are the infantry battalion, cavalry squadron and artillery battery. The rules are designed to be playable, without sacrificing too much realism.
eRules Napoleonic,txt
A set of rules for the Napoleonic wars designed by WargameSystems promoting wargaming that is fun and fast while producing results as close as possible to historical accuracy.
Eagles over the Empire
A complete set of rules for 6mm and 15mm Napoleonic miniatures. By Steven McPeak and gamers around the World Wide Web.
Easy Napoleonic
Rules from Don Lowry where Infantry stands represent forces of from 1,500 to 4,000 men.
Eightbells
Tabletop naval war games from the late 1600’s through 1860. It comes in two parts with a Word document and an iPhone App. The Document describes the preferred way to conduct naval actions whilst the iPhone app takes care of all your calculations and remembers information about ships and fleets.
Elan Deluxe
Elan Deluxe is the latest evolution of these tactical-level Napoleonic wargame rules designed for 15-25mm miniatures. Players can use any basing system and the default scale is 1:50, but players can use any ratio such as 1:20 or 1:60.
En Avant
One Brain Cell Napoleonic war low level game designed for very fast play. Designed for 25mm figures for brigade-sized forces. Play a brigade attack in about 20 minutes! Includes order cards and status markers.
En Avant En Masse
An expansion of the original En Avant! rules this time allowing a player to control an entire division, and aimed at using either counters or 1/300 figures. Example Divisional Cards.
Fast Play Napoleonic Rules
These rules provide a fast paced game with simple rule mechanisms that allow players to concentrate on their tactics and enjoy the 'look' of their tabletop battle, rather than have their heads buried in rule tables.
Fast Play Napoleonic Rules II
These are a DBA-esque via Fire and Fury set of rules for Napoleonic wargames.
Fire and Discipline
Fire and Discipline was originally published (in 1988) to cover tactical warfare from 1740-1850. It is now in two versions, one focusing on firepower, the other on discipline.
From Ulm To Waterloo
Wargame rules for Napoleonic battles and campaigns. Italian only, English rules coming soon.
Full Sail Rules
A Full Sail modification based on the above Full Sail Rules. Also download the Squadron Sheets and the Windrose to complete the game.
General Chase
A variant for Victory at Sea by Mongoose Games covering the Age of Sail.
Grand Army
This web version of Grand Army, rules from the 1970's by Don Lowry. Designed for 15mm.
Green Jackets
These rules are designed around playing small scale skirmish actions in 25mm on a small table top. About 10-50 figs per side is the usual size of game. The rules are written primarily for the Peninsular war of 1807-1814.
Grenadier
Miniature wargames rules for the Napoleonic wars. Tactical units are infantry battalions, cavalry regiments, and artillery batteries. Army lists for these rules are also available.
Guards du Corps
Guard du Corps is a miniature gaming system that is designed to bring as much realism as possible to the operational level of Napoleonic Wargaming.
Her Majesty's Navy
A hex based age of sail game which is still in development.
Hex Command Gunpowder
A set of rules that combines board game mechanisms with miniature figures.
Horse & Musket Rules SIP
Neil Thomas Simplicity in Practice Rules.
Horse, Foot and Guns
Phil Barker's (WRG) beta version of Horse, Foot, Gun which is free to download and play test. The period covers 1700-1915. Army Lists.
Huzzah!
Tactical Napoleonic rules that make a feature of morale and leadership.
Huzzah GTx
Variant of Huzzah on Grand Tactical Scale. Based on Martian Empires. Join the yahoo group to download.
If Only We Could All Be Napoleon
Larry Reeves' rules for 15mm Napoleonic games. Units are Infantry battalions, Cavalry regiments, or Artillery Batteries. Larry adapts the best of Larry Brom's rules with "Fire and Fury" to come up with this fast-playing set. We finished a game with 30 battalions, 7 cavalry regiments and about 12 batteries in 4 hours.
In The Name Of Glory
Started life as a set of Demo rules. Can be used with any existing basing system. Join the yahoo group.
Into Glory Ride
Fast table-top gaming with model soldiers, dice and rules covering the period 1500AD - 1900AD.
Jack Scruby's Basic War Game Rules
These can be used for any Musket Period war game merely be extending or shortening the range of musket and artillery fire. Thus for Civil War you would extend the range for Napoleonic you would shorten it. For use with N gauge figures.
Jeu Des Batailles
A tactical set of rules that simulates any sized battle during the musket and bayonet era. The basic unit scale is the multi stand battalion or regiment.
L'Ordre Mixte
This set of rules is a Napoleonic supplement to the 'Fire and Fury' set for the American Civil War. It allows players to simulate Corps and Army level combat in the Napoleonic wars. The basic unit is the Brigade, and the rules emphasise playability.
Le Aquile
Italian language rules for the Napoleonic era.
Le Baton Napoleonic Rules
A set of rules for 15mm figures.
Led Shot - Shot Nervz
Skirmish Rules For the 1770-1815 Period (for very small engagements).
Leipzig Lite
The rules used by Baccus for their 6mm game shown at conventions.
Les Champs De Batailles
Napoleonic rules by R.J. Rockerfeller for battalion level, rescued by freewargamesrules.
Letters of Marque
A light but involving naval wargame for use with Pirates of the Spanish Main. It combines a simplified version of the movement and wind rules from Wooden Ships & Iron Men, with much of the combat system from Man O' War.
Make Ready
Rules for warfare in the age of muskets. The rules system DBM (De Bellis Multitudinis) version 3.1 is needed to play these rules.
March Towards the Sound of the Guns
Very fast play Napoleonics rules, "March Toward the Sound of Guns", using Games Workshop's Warmaster rules as inspiration, that allow corps sized battles to be comfortably finished within 4 hours of play.
Men 'O War
Rules for naval warfare in the age of sail - from Drake to Nelson. For models about 100mm long on a 75mm hex grid.
Mini-Nap
A set of wargames rules specifically designed for playing a reasonably quick corps sized Napoleonic wargame using the 6 mm scale.
Most Irregular
A very early draft of rules to play horse and musket era battles with Fast and Dirty. Only infantry so far, but its playable on its own.
Muskets and Moustaches
A simple set of rules for Napoleonic Gaming.
Muskets and Moustaches (v2)
A revised set of rules from the original. Close combat revised.
Napnuts Peninsular Campaign
These rules are for campaigning the French invasion of Portugal in 1810-1811, although some modifications from historical fact have been made for the sake of game balance. They are meant to be used in conjunction with Republique grand tactical rules.
Napoleon Kriegsspielreglen 2011
Rules for napoleonic battles at corps-level (small battles or parts of big battles) on a grided tabletop (square grid 4x4cm, 1 square = 100x100 meter) with 15mm figures; 1 base = 1 infantry company or cavallery squadron or artillery battery; 1 turn = 1-10 minutes; should display the typical combat formations of that period (line, column, square, squirmish), German language only.
Napoleon Wars
An adaptation of Battlelore rules for the Napoleonic Period.
Napoleon's War
A brigade level simulation of the battles waged in Europe during the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Uses 3 inch square bases.
Napoleonic
Battalion sized games.
Napoleonic DBA
These rules derive from the combined concepts put forward in the rules sets "De Bellis Antiquitatis" and "Chef de Battalion". It was envisioned that a player is likely to control a single Battalion within these rules (a battalion having 15 bases or more).
Napoleonic DBM
By Steve Kerr.
Napoleonic DBM(2)
By John Murphy.
Napoleonic Flames of War
A french only amendment to the WW2 period converting it for the Napoleonic Period.
Napoleonic Fury
This rule set was inspired to take the movement mechanics of the Fire & Fury ¸ rule set written by Rich Hasenauer and apply it to the Napoleonic period. Basing, scale, and some concepts are taken from the game Napoleon's Battles¸ by Avalon Hill.
Napoleonic Grand Campaigns
This is a book of rules for deploying and manoeuvring troops in the Napoleonic Wars on a campaign map and on a tabletop battlefield. Designed for 6mm. Join the yahoo group and find the rules in the files section.
Napoleonic Quick
DBA rules for napoleonics.
Napoleonic Rules
A set of rules by Gettysburg gamers.
Napoleonic Squares
More a set of guidelines than rules for refighting napoleonic battles with 6mm figures.
Napoleonic Strategy Battle Game
Napoleonic version of Games Workshop's Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.
Napoleonic War Wargaming
Based on Neil Thomas wargames rules as published in his books "Wargaming: An Introduction", "Ancient and Medieval Wargaming" and "Napoleonic Wargaming".
Napoleonic Wargames Rules
A new set of rules written via a blog, complete.
Napoleonics DBM
Napoleonics by Mike Campbell.
Napoleonics DBM
By Alan Patrick.
Nelsons Wars
Naval rules for the Napoleonic wars.
Off To War
Recreate the battles of the Napoleonic wars using this easy/moderate, brigade/divisional level game, where the smallest tactical unit is a Battalion. Uses the number of figures in a unit for resolving fighting and firing and has figure removal casualties.
Old Trousers
Rules for Warfare in the Horse and Musket Era. Old Trousers is meant to be a fast playing set of battalion level rules.
Old Trousers 6mm
Variant of the Old Trousers rules for Baccus 6mm Leipzig Lite game at conventions.
On To Waterloo
A Napoleonic variant of the popular On To Richmond wargame rules. Army Lists available.
One Day Napoleonic's Campaign
These rules are designed to play entire campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Based on the "Snappy Nappy" rules of Russ Lockwood as described in MWAN , they have been extensively redesigned and reworked to give the ability to fight a campaign in a single 8-10 hour day of gaming.
Paintingshed Napoleonic Rules
6mm rules that have a great deal of experimentation to allow large battles to be recreated.
Pas ce soir, Joséphine
A set of fast play Napoleonic rules (French language), rated "Best Napoleonic rules of all times" by famous rules critic Jean Phil Imbouc.
Portable Wargame 2: Musket Period
Musket rules for hexed or gridded terrain.
Pro Patria!
Pro Patria! are wargames rules for the Napoleonic wars. They are a culmination of a number of years work by a large number of people and are designed predominantly for the large number of players who have their armies designed for the old WRG 1685-1845 set of war games rules.
Quick And Dirty Napoleonic Naval Rules
Simple Naval rules for the Napoleonic Era.
Quick Napoleonics
A rules set based on Quick Tricorne for 15mm and 25mm Napoleonic Battles.
Quick Rules For Napoleonics
A one page set of skirmish rules.
Regiments and Roundshot
Simple Napoleonic Miniatures Rules System.
Republique
Napoleonic rules from The War Times Journal.
Resolve
A Napoleonic miniatures game by R.Bracey.
Rules For A Napoleonic Wargame
Originally published in the Courier, these gridded terrain rules were written by Gerard DeGre and modified by Charles and David Sweet.
Serrez les Rangs
Battalion level rules in Spanish for the Napoleonic wars. Army lists for all the mayor and minor powers.
Shako and Musket 1803-1814
Rules for scaled battles of the Napoleonic Wars in Northern, Eastern and Central Europe.
Shako and Musket 1808-1814
Napoleonic wars rules for the Iberian Peninsula.
Shako and Musket 1815
Rules for 100 days campaign.
SHAM (Steve's Horse and Musket Rules)
Simple Horse, Foot and Musket rules that can be used for ACW, Napoleonic and 19th Century Periods.
Sharpe's Skirmish
The rules for the Durham's Chosen Men 40mm demo game. This game did all the rounds in 2006 and won many awards for best demo game.
Shot and Sail
Napoleonic Period small ship actions. Originally written for a Great Lakes action during the war of 1812.
Simple Musket Era Rules
The rules are a return to the simple game, using playing cards instead of dice, a new way of resolving combat, and individual figures rather than groups of men on stands.
Simple Sails
Fastplay Naval Rules For The Age Of Sail by Alan Young.
Sound The Charge
Napoleonic version of the Old Dessauer rules.
Sound The Charge - 25mm European Edition
25mm version of Sound the Charge, modified for a European style of play by Alex, a gamer from the Netherlands.
The March of Eagles
These are the rules included in each box of Victrix figures. Written by Barry Hilton and fast play.
The Immortal Memory
Naval rules for Trafalgar.
The Little Corporal
One brain cell army level rules for the Napoleonic and Revolutionary Wars. Inspired by Old Fritz by Jim Wallman.
The Thin Red Line
Napoleonic rules based on Flames of War. Army Lists.
Throne of Bayonets
Napoleonic rules written by Andrew Fisher and used for the clubs 1809 Saxon campaign. The title comes from a line in a speech given by Boris Yeltsin during the famous coup of August 1991: "You can make a throne out of bayonets, but you cannot sit on it for long". He wasn't talking about Napoleon, but he might as well have been.
Tinsoldaten
Battalion level rules based on simultaneous bounds. Danish.
Tough Men With Iron Balls
These rules have been developed to allow fleet actions, involving between 12 and 30 ships in a single gaming session, rather than ship to ship actions (requires PIQUET).
Tout Soldat
This is a draft competition set of Napoleonic Rules based at the large Division to Corps level. It was originally designed for fast play 20mm to 25mm. Download the Reference Sheet.
Trafalgar
Rules for refighting Nelsons famous battle on the Tabletop.
Volley Fire
In Volleyfire there are three types of bases. There are artillery, cavalry and infantry. While artillery bases are standalone units in themselves cavalry and infantry are split up into units.
Voltigeur
Napoloenic Skirmish variant of Lord Of The Rings Strategy Game.
Warhammer Napoleonics
Conversion of Warhammer rules for the Napoleonic period.
Waterloo
Tabletop Wargaming in the Napoleonic Era. Scenarios and armies lists available too.
We Have Met the Enemy and They Are Armed with Pennies
Naval rules for the battle of Lake Eerie, September 1813.
Wellington
Italian language Napoleonic rules.
Why These Are Regulars
Fast Play Rules for the Battle of Chippawa (1814).
Wooden Ships and Iron Men Lite
A conversion of WS&IM for using Pirates of the Spanish Main ships. There is a set of Scenarios for use with the rules too.
WRG Wargames Rules 1750 - 1850
The 1st Edition of WRG rules for the Napoleonic Period.
