Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

As the Club President:

Welcome, gentlemen! Very glad to have you with us and I hope your games in this club are fun and rewarding.

As the Hanoverian Officer:

Hmmmppf! Two more Parisian dandies parading about in their nicely pressed uniforms and perfumed hair. You misguided 'gentlemen' would be better served by laying your decorative swords on the table of a brave Coalition officer and going back home before you get hurt.

"nicely pressed uniforms and perfumed hair"
Why didn't I see it!!?? One of my riflemen had the Sous chef LT Hornsby in his sights but thought it was one of his dandies that accompany him into battle and didn't take the shot. He was raised not to harm the weaker sex. But if he had, my beleagured troops would have been better off now. Damn him and his tactical ways!

On the other hand, congratulations to you both and may you bring honor and just a little distinction to your Army.

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Major General Richard Bradshaw, 1st Viscount of Manchester

Lloyd's Battery, Royal Artillery
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Reserve Artillery & Engineers

Welcome to the club guys.

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Field Marshal Sir Edward Blackburn, 1st Duke of Aberdeen K.G.
85th (Buck's Light Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
16th British Brigade
7th Division
III (Peninsular) Corps
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards

Welcome Mark and Carlos to the club, and specifically to La Grande Armee!

I have already enjoyed reading the battle of posts you have been in Mark (with the equally brash ensign Bradshaw), and believe you will have a fine career here at the NWC.

And it has been my pleasure to serve as Carlos' trainer in the Ecole Militaire, and I'm very much looking forward to watching you take the fight to the Coalition upon the battle maps.

I salute you gentlemen, may you bring glory to L'Empereur's eagles!

Regards,

Congratulations guys!

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1. Husaren-Regiment
1. Infanterie-Brigade
I. Armee-Korps
Königlich Preußische Armee

Thank you, gentlemen. It's a pleasure to become a member of this club.

I must say it has been great to be taught by Monsieur Schmidgall, who has been my trainer this last weeks. I have learned a lot from him and I think I'm ready to serve the French Empire against its foes.

VIVE L'EMPEREUR!

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Colonel Carlos Summers
La Grande Armée
4ème Corps d'Armée
3ème Division - 2ème Brigade
75ème Règiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
Vive L'Empereur!

Welcome sir's always good to see new officers filling the ranks of our beloved Grand Armee!
Helga drink here please

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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"

Welcome to the club and you have certianly made the right choinc in selecting the la Grande Armee as opposed to the allied rabble

May your eagles soar and find much glory

Welcome

Welcome.

Some general advice:

• Shoot Hanoverians on sight, especially if they appear to be warming up for singing and because their leader appears to have adopted a split personality
• Carry some extra vodka with you at all times, very good for distracting Cossacks that seem to multiply like rabbits in the 1813 campaigns
• If an enemy officer on an angry horse (or is it horse and angry officer, I get them mixed up at times) shows up at the tavern covered in mud, just stay out of his way. It's better for all involved

To your future victories. Cheers!

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Marechal Jeff Bardon
Duc de Castiglione et Prince de Wagram
Commandant de la Garde Imperiale

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I'm schizophrenic...

...and I am too!