Franco Prussian rulessets - what are you using?

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Gents,

Recently at a Bring & Buy, I purchased two Franco-Prussian armies
(impulse buy - we've all been there!).

Anyway, I know little about this period, so I'm starting to research
it.

Can anyone recommend a ruleset they are using for Franco-Prussian?

I like rules that are fast, require little reference back to
multitudes of tables and give an historic feel but place gameplay
above simulation.

Thanks,

Mike

PS - My figs are 15mm.
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Hi Mike,

Check out "1870" or perhaps "Chassepot & Needlegun" by Larry Brom or
Frank Chadwick's "Volley & Bayonet" grand tactical multi-period rules.
These are all good rules sets for the FPW.

Regards,
Clay





mike.sd@btinternt.com (Mike Seddon) wrote in message news:<4115f1d9.1969211@news.btinternet.com>...
> Gents,
>
> Recently at a Bring & Buy, I purchased two Franco-Prussian armies
> (impulse buy - we've all been there!).
>
> Anyway, I know little about this period, so I'm starting to research
> it.
>
> Can anyone recommend a ruleset they are using for Franco-Prussian?
>
> I like rules that are fast, require little reference back to
> multitudes of tables and give an historic feel but place gameplay
> above simulation.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
> PS - My figs are 15mm.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Do you have problems with formatting your Word documents?
> Try HealthChecK.
> Full software on 25 day free trial and the chance to win your own free copy.
> http://www.kutchka.com/products/producthealthcheck.asp

 

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Eventually I will have a "hyphonated-wars" Fire & Fury variant coming
out, but it will be a while. The commercial Napoleonic variant
(completely integrated into the original rules) is due Christmas, then
after that the Lace Wars variant.

Personally, I have always enjoyed Bruce Weigle's 1870 set of rules, so
that is my recommendation.

Regards, Bill Gray

ccooper@eagle.org (Clay Cooper) wrote in message news:<f6e90257.0408080910.691a878a@posting.google.com>...
> Hi Mike,
>
> Check out "1870" or perhaps "Chassepot & Needlegun" by Larry Brom or
> Frank Chadwick's "Volley & Bayonet" grand tactical multi-period rules.
> These are all good rules sets for the FPW.
>
> Regards,
> Clay
>
>
>
>
>
> mike.sd@btinternt.com (Mike Seddon) wrote in message news:<4115f1d9.1969211@news.btinternet.com>...
> > Gents,
> >
> > Recently at a Bring & Buy, I purchased two Franco-Prussian armies
> > (impulse buy - we've all been there!).
> >
> > Anyway, I know little about this period, so I'm starting to research
> > it.
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a ruleset they are using for Franco-Prussian?
> >
> > I like rules that are fast, require little reference back to
> > multitudes of tables and give an historic feel but place gameplay
> > above simulation.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > PS - My figs are 15mm.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Do you have problems with formatting your Word documents?
> > Try HealthChecK.
> > Full software on 25 day free trial and the chance to win your own free copy.
> > http://www.kutchka.com/products/producthealthcheck.asp

 

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I have a free set of rules online plus scenarios. They are based on the
popular Fire & Fury set.

www.wfgamers.org.uk

Nick Dorrell

p.s Hopefully I will have the updated rules done soon.

"Mike Seddon" <mike.sd@btinternt.com> wrote in message
news:4115f1d9.1969211@news.btinternet.com...
> Gents,
>
> Recently at a Bring & Buy, I purchased two Franco-Prussian armies
> (impulse buy - we've all been there!).
>
> Anyway, I know little about this period, so I'm starting to research
> it.
>
> Can anyone recommend a ruleset they are using for Franco-Prussian?
>
> I like rules that are fast, require little reference back to
> multitudes of tables and give an historic feel but place gameplay
> above simulation.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
> PS - My figs are 15mm.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Do you have problems with formatting your Word documents?
> Try HealthChecK.
> Full software on 25 day free trial and the chance to win your own free
copy.
> http://www.kutchka.com/products/producthealthcheck.asp

 

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I use (and have for years) Hallowed Ground 2nd edition from Piquet. Works
great for FPW.

Brent Oman
Piquet Inc.

 

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I'd like to suggest that you try "THEY DIED FOR GLORY". They are designed for
15mm figures, but there are rules for adapting them to 5/6mm and 25/28mm
figures.

In the interest of full disclosure, I should point out that I'm the co-author
of the rules.

If you try the rules, please feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions.

Robert Burke