Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Hi Scott ,

Hope all is well with you

What is the process to know whether one is in the tournament or not ? these spots seem to fill up quickly for sure

Roy, you have time. I will be sure to send every single officer in this club an invitation to participate in the tournament once I get the website finished. As I said, I am running behind.

If you simply send me an email, and copy it to Todd Schmidgall, I will put it in my Inbox folder for officers interested in the tournament. You will need to let us know if you want to participate in the Single Player, Elimination Division, the MP Army Bragging Rights Division, or both.

Hi Mark , had sent an email back when it was first posted but did not copy Todd - I will send new one , thanks greatly for the prompt response to my question

Officers, salute!

well, me too. I would be interested in the solo 1 v 1 match as a Junior Officer, General Membership and the Multiplayer match as a Junior Officer, General Membership.

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Général de Brigade Cezary Pluskwa,
17ème Régiment de Dragons,
1ère Brigade,
4ème Division de Dragons,
3ème Corps d'Armée,
La Grande Armée.

Salut!
Young officers have a lot of responsibilities and one privilege - to take part in the battle for the glory of the Emperor. I'd like to report my readiness for Junior, General 1 vs 1 mtach and MP team match as well.
Salut!

Greetings officers,

The response so far to the call for enlistment in the SON II tournament is going well.
But, there is still plenty of space for more officers to join up!

Particularly in the MP category.

The French are swelling these ranks but the Coalition is lagging behind.

To arms! To arms!

Regards,

Todd,
I believe the Black Menace will be fielding a 2 man team for the MP part of the tournament. Any idea when the tournament will commence?

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Hi David,

My understanding is that the custom designed scenarios for the solo matches are still being constructed.

A webpage for the tournament is also being built.

The MP portion will be a stock scenario from Leipzig, and is one round of play only.

Here we are in early October, and I would hope that the tournament can begin by November. These always take awhile to get underway.

It is good to hear that the Black Menace will be fielding a team.
The Tirailleurs et Dragons! will be fielding two teams for sure, and possibly a third as well.

In the meantime, we are also working on getting a game (or two) underway in the Divisional Tournament.

I am currently on vacation (unable to play games) with limited access to the internet.

Looking forward to my return to steady communication.

Regards,

Hi Todd,
Early November sounds good, I believe there will be other Prussian teams taking part. Enjoy your vacation.

regards

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Just as an update, I completed the Tournament Webpage last night. It is currently being checked for errors, but will be posted tonight. The design of the scenario for the Single Player Division will be completed by the weekend. It will then be forwarded to an independent reviewer to check the play balance. All of this will be completed by Monday, October 15th.

The deadline for the registration remains October 15th, so officers who are interested need to respond by then. I will make the Tournament Pairings webpages by the following weekend and post them for the participants to view. I will also follow that posting up with an email which is my habit. The tournament matches will begin on Monday, October 22nd.

Todd did not realize the progress I have made in the last few days, or know where the scenario design stood. I am sure he was also unaware of the independent scenario reviewer, as I just concluded that arrangement with Colin Knox within the last hour. November was a safe answer and I am glad he chose discretion.

Sharpen your swords and saddle your horses, gentlemen! The battles will be upon you before you know it!

And get those registration requests to us, especially my fellow Coalition officers for the MP Division as they seem to be lagging a bit behind. The number of players in the Single Player Division has some flexibility, but we must have an equal number of pairing between the French and Coalition forces in the MP Division for it to work. If there is an imbalance, we will no doubt be asking for volunteers on the less numerous side to double up. We would prefer not to have to do very much of that, so enlist now. The honor of your armies are at stake, gentlemen.

(Did I mention the fact that every player that on the winning side of the MP Division will receive a medal? It's a 50-50 chance guys. Army Bragging Rights and a shiny medal to prance about in the faces of your vanquished foes. You can't beat that with a stick!)

Further to Mark's note I just wanted to add I am not participating in the tournament so my neutrality is gauranteed. Although if you are French you will of course naturally have the gods of war on your side. .

I jest. I think its good to have these scenarios looked at by someone independent.

Naturally such a review is subjective however it will be both quantitative and qualitative. As regards the latter I will take the view if I was happy to play either side they are pretty balanced. If they fail this test they are not. .

Good luck sir's!

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Marechal Knox

Prince d'Austerlitz et Comte d'Argentan
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur

"What is history but a fable agreed upon"

Colin
I just wanted to take the time to thank you for taking on this responsibility. I know through your review efforts we shall all enjoy a better tournament. Take care, Bill

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Thanks Bill I am glad I can help. Its important the scenarios are balanced and especially as I understand they are smallish. So a minor imbalance can become a major in a relative sense.

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Marechal Knox

Prince d'Austerlitz et Comte d'Argentan
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur

"What is history but a fable agreed upon"

Gentlemen Officers of the 2012 SON Tournament:

The Tournament Webpage has been completed and posted as promised. Simply go to the NWC Home Page, look in the lower left corner for the link to the Struggle of Nations Tournaments, and follow the succeeding links to 2012.

"The design of the scenario for the Single Player Division will be completed by the weekend. It will then be forwarded to an independent reviewer to check the play balance. All of this will be completed by Monday, October 15th."

Gentlemen,
one earnest and even exacted appeal:
the scenarios need to have Objective points; without them our games lose any operative-tactical content and subject, and just transmute to a primitive slaughter. Please, do not indulge. It is not interesting and not worthily for our noble club.

Votre serviteur -

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General-Feldmarshal Prince Vladimir N. Repnin
Imperial Russian Corps Commander
Prince Braine-Le Comte & The Adjutant-General of His Imperial Majesty
Chevalier Guards Regiment