Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Gentleman,

It has arrived! The 100 days campaign tournament 2009.

The French challenged the Allied a couple of weeks ago and of course the Allied army couldn’t refuse.
Once and for all we will decide which army is the strongest. We will do that on the field of battle.

This tournament is between French and Allied army only.

Honourable officers of both armies can NOW send in their letter of interest to join this great tournament.

Address this letter to:

Allied: Luitenant-Generaal Marco Bijl Marco@nvforest.com
French: Marechal Chuck Jensen 7985631jen@comcast.net

In your letter you state:
Your name, rank and position in the army.
And your 3 preferred scenarios (in order of importance).

This is you list to choose from:

The Battleground "Waterloo" engine (we play with vs 2.06).
• The Battle of Waterloo (historical) 44 turns.

The Battleground "Prelude to Waterloo" engine (we play with vs 2.04).
• The Battle of Ligny 28 turns
• The Battle of Quatre Bras 28 turns
• Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras 28 turns

The HPS Waterloo engine (we play with vs 1.03).
• #9 Historical Ligny No fixed units 36 turns
• #19 Ligny and Quatre Bras I Corps variant release 36 turns
• #22 Quatre Bras Historical 36 turns
• #37 Historical Waterloo 52 turns
• #43 Waterloo and Wavre Variant 52 turns
• #44 Waterloo and Wavre Quick Response variant 52 turns

You may also ask to be part of the Multi player game, of which we play only one in this tournament.

After receiving your letter we will match you up with an opponent that has more or less the same rank and game preferences. Then we will report back to you, and place your game at the tournament website below.


Time
You send your letter by courier before 8-6-2009, 20.00 hours. That means that you have one week the time to brush your uniform, load your weapons, saddle you horse and report to the tent of the tournament commanders.

All details can be found at the special tournament website here:

http://home.scarlet.be/~tsh40803/Tourna ... 202009.htm

Read this carefully and see that you can win a special medal with this tournament!!

With honour and regards,

Luitenant-Generaal Marco Bijl
Marechal Chuck Jensen

Sorry, gentlemen, I may not participate in your tournament
but at least I can be helpful proposing to you my Realism & Historicity House Rules, may be they will evoke your concern:

1. Command-control:
All NEW moves and maneuvers may be started only after getting the order from Commander,
and with presence of a leader (Brigade Leader opens move of his Brigade, Division Leader - of his Division etc. etc., the leader must be with a leading unit herewith);

2. March Order:
a) No unit stacks on the road march;
b) Cavalry Regiment may moves along ways only by Squadrons, and by Sqns and Divisions (2 Sqns) elsewhere;

3. Battle Order:
a) no more than 8 guns in one hex (1Battery + 1Btn./or 1Sqn. in Column is possible);
b) no more than two Btns (till 1,100 men) or two Sqns (till 200 horses) in one hex;
c) no more than 300m (3 hexes) between a Skirmish chain and the parent Brigade in the open fields;
d) no Infantry units in Line order in Village/Town, Forest/Orchard hexes;
e) only Light Artillery (till 6pdr.) may be positioned in Village/Town hexes, and only in the village/town edge hexes, or in road hexes inside the village/town;

4. Attack Order:
a) Infantry may attack with fire on ANY Cavalry only from the maximal range first, if the cavalry unit persist and do not leave their position then Infantry may attack from the minimal range;
b) Infantry/or Cavalry may encircle an enemy unit only with coming on their flanks first, if the enemy unit do not retire then the infantry/cavalry may encircle them completely;
c) disordered unit may attack/advance only with a leader;

5. Infantry/or Artillery may not shot across their skirmishers are in front of the infantry/or artillery unit;

6. If any disordered/or routed/or isolated troops without a leader find themselves AFTER A MELEE behind the enemy's front line, they must to capitulate and draw themselves into a location indicated by an opponent;

7. Conquered and occupied hostile Objective points in towns and villages must have some garrisons (a troop/company of infantry or troop/squadron of cavalry, or a wagon-train);

8. Once a unit (except Guards) has lost 50% of their strength, it can no longer engage in offensive actions.



General-Adjutant Prince Vladimir Repnin
2nd Grenadier Division
8th Corps
2nd Russian Army,
His Imperial Majesty
Chevalier Guards' Chief

Enjoy guys! [:)]

Colonel Bill Peters
Armee du Rhin - V Corps, Cavalerie du V Corps, 20ème légère Brigade de Cavalerie, 13ème Hussar Regiment
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram, Jena-Auerstaedt and ... more to come)

Monsieur I like your rules but I don't think that they will be in use now I think we should have a choice to pick what rules we play under!

General de Brig Kliff Marbot
II Corps Art Res Division .Commander
Marechal de Camp AN

Gentelmen,

I like your idea and have dispatched my courier to participate. Bon chance!

Vladimir,

I like the look of your rules and would be keen to discuss them with you. With a little tweaking i would be interested in a game using them.

Regards

Col Mike Ellwood
Konig Regt
1 Bde, 22 Div
VII Saxon Corps, ADR

Oh man and here I listen to Harlan Howard's "Heartaches by the Number" look half those battles have Prussians in them!! [:)] Shame on you both!! [8D] Of course let the old men of the club battle it out...the AdN and AAA are yesterday's armies anyways...the AdR, Russians, Austrians rule these days...and us Prussians do our own thing...[:p][}:)]

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