"Old Napoleonic Ruleset - Search" Topic

I'm trying to recall a set of Napoleonic rules that I played in the ‘90s or maybe back in the ‘80s. They were comb bound. Pretty much the same basing and scale as Empire.

While it may be wrong, I seem to recall the word "Clash", "March" and/or "Eagles" was in the title. Of course these words are in many ruleset titles, so when I Google, I am getting more recent unrelated rulesets.

I also seem to recall that they were written by the same author as Old Trousers II, John Kelly, maybe being an earlier version under a different name.

The rules had full army charts.

I recall really liking these rules and cannot find my old copy.

Have you tried looking on Wargames Vault?

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Lots of rule sets listed here – 2 pages

Yes, I've looked around. I'm pretty sure the rules were called "Clash of Eagles" and I am confident that I was playing them in the 1980s,certainly by the early 1990s.

However, since Warlord now has a supplement set with the same name, getting a Google hit on them has been impossible as of the moment.

Can't help with your mystery rules, but John Kelly's "Old Trousers" are available on the FreeWargamesrulesWiki:

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There are army lists and leader lists for O.T. there as well. Perhaps these rules are similar to his earlier work?

I have Old Trousers and like them. But to me, the Activation System of the other was really good at capturing the differences in armies throughout the period.

Perhaps it is the syndrome that McDonalds fries are not as good as they were when I was a kid, but I actually listened to a Podcast by Malcolm Gladwell, and evidently they were better. Clog your arteries, but that's that.

Since you brought it up :-)

Mcdonalds has really gone downhill. Smaller portions for increased prices, and less quality. I've started going to Jack in the Box and, we're lucky, Culvers.

The original fries were made fried in beef tallow. The cholesterol craze hit and they morphed into whatever.

There is an episode on Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast that is a must listen for anyone who grew up in the '60s or '70s and went to McDonalds. He had a food lab in CA recreate them for a blind taste test and everyone was blown away.

Well my rules using the same basing and scale were played in several areas. We had a one on one divisional commander tournaments conducted at several shows. The first edition was comb bound, the 2nd stapled and last disaster was Xeno red box edition. I never should have given him the rights.

Guard du Corps.

I have a copy and recall liking them.

Have you looked at my list here?

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I posted on the vintage rulebook group on FB…we'll see if we get a hit…

The 1st version of Old Trousers was by Howard Whitehouse and published in the Courier.

OK, maybe I was wrong then. It was 95% Clash of Eagles. Had gothic type font on the cover I believe.

Was it March of Eagles? Published in 1989 by American Eagle Games?

Just to add to the mix.
'Fall of Eagles: Late 19th Century Warfare Rules' by M.O.D. Games, Sheffield, 1986.