Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

You know for all the bad mouthing done to the Emperor Napoleon it needs to be pointed out...

No other king or emperor in Europe had an Era named after them in the history books! The Napoleonic Era!

Battle On

..."Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Actually, Al, for all of the ribbing, everyone (I think) recognizes Napoleon for his genius. He was indeed a most exceptional man, but also had his share of flaws, which is simply to say that he was human.

As for me, well to be honest, I do not indulge in any sort of hero worship for anyone. I respect the achievements of every individual, and believe it is the responsibility of each of us to strive to become better every day. I do not personally hold the accomplishments of a man who conquers nations above that of an amputee who learns to walk again. There is a difference in ability to be sure, but it is the likeness of spirit to which I am drawn. Some people are born with greater abilities than others. The important point is that you make the most of whatever you have. I always respect the mind of a man, but what truly matters to me is his heart.

I only jest! No man is what he thinks he is but only what others see!

Another fallen Leader once said, "you are not what you preseve, but what others preseve you to be"

Richard Nixon

Not sure if I have the quote exactly.

As we are getting philosophical; Peter O's character in night of the generals said.

'Kill a thousand men on a battlefield and you are a conqueror, kill one man in a street and you are a murderer'.

I believe even for tacky old Holywood this is good. That said warfare is only one of many forms in which excellence can be expressed, and indeed a bit of a sad form really. However it's extreme nature does tend to bring out the best and worst of the human condition though. General Lee leaps to mind.

Ok moving on from that perhaps a slightly more poetic approach from Billy Shakespeare

'life is but a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage'.

Or in the end there is really only Patton (he said with Clint Eastwood voice). I am sure Anton won't agree , perhaps it's Vatutin,,, I do love the muscular Russian perspective, I mean Putin....... ).

Now back to Patton

'Glory is fleeting'

Or perhaps in reality in the end there is one small step from the sublime to the ridiculous

N must have coined this retreating from Moscow.

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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"

Oh, really? What about Queen Victoria?

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Who? well I jest again, Yes Queen Victoria had her era, but my original statement was "no man". So I have an out!

Battle On

Lest we forget what this post was about: I am looking forward to battling along side of Col Purcell against the enemies of the Emperor Napoleon!

Battle On

Don't you tell me that Lrrr of the Omicron Persei 8 does not count as well just because he isn't a pitiful human being!!!

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Who or What?

But we are playing these games because of Napoleon Bonaparte and John Tiller and his minions!

Battle On

His lowness de President once again this hireling stick there long noises in someone else business and massed up or wine pay no mind to them Bravo! If no one else in the Gran Armee is doing nothing the Prov Corps are moving on Vive l' France