Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

I've been re-assembling my games library and I still have my original Waterloo, PtW and NiR discs. I know that they are not compatible with the new Win Vista/7/8+ OS's, but I did also have my originals patched to 32bit versions and burned off on CD years ago. Even they won't work. I can't even install the games to patch them anew as my Win7 laptop won't even try to - so how would one upgrade to 32 bit now? Basically the Battleground discs are only good for drink coasters? I just want to be sure before I throw them out!


I broke down and bought the John Tiller Waterloo campaign so I could play games in the club again, but I have to say, the "newer" games still don't have the visual appeal of the Battleground series. That's a sacrifice to allow for easier modding if I remember, the Battleground maps were painted and the new game maps are made of hex tiles.

Anyway, I have more than enough to get me going again:
JTS Waterloo
JTS Campaign 1814
HPS Wagram
HPS Eckmuhl

I think I'll put Bautzen on my Christmas list!

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Rob Hamper
General der Kavallerie Robert Prinz Hamper von Lusatia
2. Kavallerie-Brigade
Reserve-Kavallerie-I. Armee-Korps
Königlich Preußische Armee

Hey Rob,

If you need a Frenchman to show you the place around at Waterloo I will be more than happy to oblige you.

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Général David Guegan

3ème Régiment de Grenadiers - Bataillon d'élite du 3ème Légère
2ème Brigade
Grenadiers de la Réserve
Réserve
La Grande Armée
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"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."
Napoléon Bonaparte

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx

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Ernie Sands
1ère Brigade of 2ème Division de Grosse Cavalerie, Réserve de Cavalerie
de la Grande Armée
President, Colonial Campaigns Club

I think, you'll put Leipzig on Christmas list, simply are more flexibility of battles, longer campaign, more realistic and historical.

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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.

What about the Matrix Battleground set, it works with Win7?

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Maréchal d'Empire Paul Johnson
1er Escadron de Régiment de Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale
1ère Brigade
Cavalerie de la Garde Impériale
Réserve
La Grande Armée

@David G.: Alright, I'll look you up after I get a refresher under my belt. Plenty rusty ...

@Cezary: Ok, Leipzig then! I was actually part of the play test team until I had to leave because of sporadic internet when I went overseas for work. I think I still have the original disc Bill sent me. It's no good now of course. Leipzig always seemed more intimidating to me, even more than Borodino. And I'm in the Prussian Korps, so Bautzen and 1813 has interest for me. Oh damn, Leipizig AND Bautzen!!!

@:Captain Noble: Yeah, I wanted to avoid buying essentially the same game twice, but hey, if I liked them that much right? And I think it's only something like $20 for the series, so it's a steal really. I'll just reduce the Timmies frequency Nice medals by the way, Yugoslavia, Afghan., NATO and 12 yr. Thanks for your service.

@Ernie: Nice dental work!

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Rob Hamper
General der Kavallerie Robert Prinz Hamper von Lusatia
2. Kavallerie-Brigade
Reserve-Kavallerie-I. Armee-Korps
Königlich Preußische Armee

Rob,

Certainly pick up the classic three. Also as a Prussian I endorse Leipzig! Well worth it. Also you'll find more folks to play than Bautzen. Leipzig also has some good smaller sized scenarios too. Also get Waterloo before Bautzen as well. Frenchies are fickle about Bautzen...

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Generalfeldmarschall Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen
Kommandeur des Königlich-Preußischen Armee-Korps
Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Allied Coalition
Allied Coalition Webmaster & Club Website Support

Thanks Rob, it will be 32 yrs next October, what part of the great white north do you hail from?

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Maréchal d'Empire Paul Johnson
1er Escadron de Régiment de Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale
1ère Brigade
Cavalerie de la Garde Impériale
Réserve
La Grande Armée

I just sent in mail on Matrix asking if it works in win 7

I have win 8 and it works great here

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Général de Division Einar Jon Masson

Rob I recommend that you try some of the mods we have(have we? I think the page is currently down).
Currently I use the stuff of Philippe as he is updating them from time to time, just now he updated some mods for the Napoleonic series, take a look here:
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread. ... eonic-mods

That he still updates them should also help with the latest released patches and the patches still to come.

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That's weird the link on the NWC was working a few days ago...

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Général David Guegan

3ème Régiment de Grenadiers - Bataillon d'élite du 3ème Légère
2ème Brigade
Grenadiers de la Réserve
Réserve
La Grande Armée
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"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."
Napoléon Bonaparte

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx

[quote="Einar Jon Masson"]I just sent in mail on Matrix asking if it works in win 7

I have win 8 and it works great here[/quote]

The MATRIX Nappy Battleground Series does work in WIN7 (and probably win8). The Matrix Civil War, Battleground also works fine in WIN7.

I have both series working and playing on WIN7.

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Ernie Sands
1ère Brigade of 2ème Division de Grosse Cavalerie, Réserve de Cavalerie
de la Grande Armée
President, Colonial Campaigns Club

Thank you Ernie

I have been installing lot of old (and good) games on my computer ,I have no disc drive (so I got got loaned disc drive).
I have got all of the John Tiller Nwc games and all of the HPS Nwc games and Matrix Nwc ,I'm stopping with two discs
and like Rob I feel a little sadness as it is Jason Patricks disc of Egypt and G Gorsuks disc of Eylau.
Is there a way to use them...
Does any of you have Jason Patricks mail address...

Regards

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Général de Division Einar Jon Masson

Nova Scotia.

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Rob Hamper
General der Kavallerie Robert Prinz Hamper von Lusatia
2. Kavallerie-Brigade
Reserve-Kavallerie-I. Armee-Korps
Königlich Preußische Armee

I also have Eylau, a great mod. Greg did awesome work on that one. (Also Pultusk? I remember play testing it for him and sending in map corrections etc.) Unfortunately, I never did get the Egypt one. I had the Wavre mod too (who did that one?). I'll have to dig that out .... errr well, doesn't really matter does it

Funny someone hasn't come up with an emulator like DOSBox. I've run the old 360 (?) games Gold/Juno/Sword, Velikyie Luki etc on my Win Vista desktop no problem. What a treat to play those old games again.

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Rob Hamper
General der Kavallerie Robert Prinz Hamper von Lusatia
2. Kavallerie-Brigade
Reserve-Kavallerie-I. Armee-Korps
Königlich Preußische Armee