ScottWashburn  | 06 Jul 2010 10:10 a.m. PST |
What sets of rules for the Franco-Prussian War are currently popular? |
| Jovian1 | 06 Jul 2010 10:11 a.m. PST |
They Died for Glory was a set we used. I don't know what the latest and greatest is currently. They Died For Glory worked well for what they were and they did emphasize the relatively distinct differences between the two antagoists. |
| nickinsomerset | 06 Jul 2010 10:40 a.m. PST |
A second vote for TDfG, we have played a few large games in 28mm. Currently looking at 1870 for 6mm games, Tally Ho! |
| Martin Rapier | 06 Jul 2010 10:51 a.m. PST |
'To the Last Gaiter Button' are interesting, Square Bashing for the FPW and include a rather neat campaign. I wrote my own rules, but I would, wouldn't I:) |
 ColCampbell  | 06 Jul 2010 10:55 a.m. PST |
Larry Brom's Chassepot and Needlegun (from sergeants3.com ) are used by the Jackson Gamers. They make for a medium sized 28mm game with a corps on each side. Maneuver units are infantry battalions of 18 (French) or 24 (German) figures, cavalry regiments of 24 figures, and artillery batteries of 3 guns and 6 gunner figures. Commanders are required for the regiment, brigade, division, and corps. You can see some battle reports here: link link They are also usable for 15mm since Larry included a set of scaled rulers. We played several games using a group member's 15mm armies: link link link Jim |
| lkmjbc3 | 06 Jul 2010 11:17 a.m. PST |
Volley & Bayonet…. You can refight entire battles…
We've done… Spicheren
Loigny
Werth Plus some pickup games… Joe Collins |
| alincoln1981 | 06 Jul 2010 11:38 a.m. PST |
We use the excellent and free 'Fire & Furia Francesa' rules here – wfgamers.org.uk |
| John Leahy | 06 Jul 2010 11:44 a.m. PST |
Some good sets mentioned. A lot depends on what level you want to play at. VnB is good for fighting multiple Corps. For a Corps per side I like Field of Battle. A new set allowing you to fight a few corps per side is being playtested for Field of Battle. Thanks, John |
| JCBJCB | 06 Jul 2010 12:09 p.m. PST |
Another vote for Field of Battle. |
 Stosstruppen | 06 Jul 2010 12:19 p.m. PST |
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 Saber6  | 06 Jul 2010 12:53 p.m. PST |
We used a home grown variant of Fire and Fury. |
| nickinsomerset | 06 Jul 2010 1:03 p.m. PST |
As a thought, on a 12 x 6 table we managed 3 1/2 Prussian/Bavarian Corps vs a couple of French Corps on a 12 x 6 table, the scenareo made sure it was not just a case of loads of blokes in Blue advancing forwards to attack slightly less blokes in Blue, but in the end we had a good result: link Also in the album are my 6mm chaps, I am looking at playing with these on a 12 x 6 table to the 1870 rules for grand multi Corps/Army level games, Tally Ho! |
| coopman | 06 Jul 2010 2:21 p.m. PST |
The answer depends a lot on what size unit the OP wants the maneuver elements to represent. Whether he wants to fight a tactical type of battle or a big battle in a reasonable amount of time is important too. |
| Blake Walker | 06 Jul 2010 5:09 p.m. PST |
My vote is for Chassepot and Needlegun for 28-mm FPW. But I've also run a FPW mini-campaign using 15-mm figures for They Died For Glory. It just depends what organizational level type and figure scale you want to play. |
| John Leahy | 06 Jul 2010 6:31 p.m. PST |
Great looking game Nick! How long did the game last? Thanks, John |
| nickinsomerset | 06 Jul 2010 10:19 p.m. PST |
John, that was a 2 day game, started with Cavalry Recce from both sides, and following some large, un FPW like! Cavalry scraps the hordes of Blue appeared! Tally Ho! |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 07 Jul 2010 1:44 a.m. PST |
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| advocate | 07 Jul 2010 1:56 a.m. PST |
following some large, un FPW like! Cavalry scraps Wasn't there a very large cavalry action towards the end of the battle at Mars-la-tour (as well as the more famous death ride)? Oh, and I'm for 'To the last gaiter button' |
| ezza123 | 07 Jul 2010 2:06 a.m. PST |
We use 'Fire & Furia Francesa' rules too. One of our group wrote out a playsheet similar to the original Fire & Fury one. Easy to pick up even if you haven't played Fire & Fury before. The link provided by alincoln also contains a few Franco-Prussians scenarios to try. Ezza |
| Repiqueone | 07 Jul 2010 10:08 a.m. PST |
Zouave-see : repiquerules.com Reviews: link See also Vae Victis #93 page 56-7 for a full color illustrated review. There is an excerpt at: link Very active forum at: link At Historicon on Saturday, July,10th, Dr Tim Couper and Peter Anderson will be hosting an American Civil War battle using Repique/Zouave at 10 AM that morning. |
| Red3584 | 07 Jul 2010 10:10 a.m. PST |
I have assorted sets…THey Died for Glory, Polemos FPW, To the Last Gaiter Button and Black Powder. TtLGB [as it shall now be known] is indeed quite a neat combination of campaign game and a rather Peter Pig-ish tabletop game. Not sure how practical it would be to combine the 2 in practice but a very nice set and lots of ideas in there. I'm not entirely convinced by Polemos and haven't actually played TDfG [as they shall now be known] but of them all I'd recommend Black Powder for a good straightfowrward game that you can ammend happily to your hearts content [I know you can do that with the others too but BP does seem to actively encourage this]. Last Hussar posted some interesting ideas for FPW scenarios on his blog which I've taken the liberty of linking to… link Very useful and interesting. |
| Namseer | 19 Mar 2013 10:08 p.m. PST |
Does anyone know were to get they died for glory rule set? |
| Blake Walker | 20 Mar 2013 2:45 a.m. PST |
Hi, I have a new copy of They Died for Glory for sale for $10.00 USD including shipping in CONUS. If interested, PM or email me at blakewoodwalker(at)yahoo(dot)com Thanks,
Blake |
| Namseer | 20 Mar 2013 5:48 a.m. PST |
Mr Walker how would i go about paying for it? |
| Old Contemptibles | 20 Mar 2013 10:15 a.m. PST |
Another vote for TDFG. Use them a lot, our club is very happy with them. |
