Napoleonic Wargame Club

Gents,
I was wondering what the prefered mode was when playin.

2D or 3D and why.

I would guess that the newer generation would like 3D.

I prefer 2D because I am used to it, playing many board games. I like he top-down view gives a better perspective of the battle situation. But that is me.

Note: I just posted some S&T mags for sale.

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General en Chef Pierre D.
La Grande Armee
25ème Régiment de Dragons,
Détachement de la 3ème Corps d'Armée,
3ème Corps d'Armée

I find the 3D harder to use in a practical sense. I used it more during the days of Talonsoft's Battleground series because of the lovely maps. Now I much prefer the old boardgame style of view.

There are advantages to playing in 3D over 2D in any case where the roads or trails cannot be distinguished easily in the wood terrain. I use the 3D sometimes to check that out.

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Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Prinz Peters von Dennewitz

3. Husaren-Regiment, Reserve-Kavallerie, Preußischen Armee-Korps

Honarary CO of Garde-Ulanen Regiment, Garde-Grenadier Kavallerie

NWC Founding Member

For Club Games: I prefer the Single Phase mode of play. I prefer to play with the following options OFF:

MDF, VP4LC, NRO, MTD, PR, MIM, NDM, CMR

Generally 2D

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Marechal Hamilton,
Prince de la Moskowa
Duc de Barbancon

57ème Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

2ème Brigade
2ème Division
4ème Corps d'Armée
La Grande Armée

Both.

Close 2d to help find roads in woods, etc.

Extreme 2d with Highlight Movement on to make sure I've moved everyone.

Close 3d because I'm a miniature player at heart.

Extreme 3d so that if I ever figure out how to screen shot.

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Général de Brigade Amos
1ère Brigade
Cavalerie, 3ème Division de Dragons,
Réserve de Cavalerie, La Grande Armée

pugna magna victi sumus

I use both. 2D for maneuvers, and 3D when the action starts!

There are lot of 3D goodies added lately. You have the new units in Waterloo, and the existing units now mysteriously fit the bases better in Leipzig, Bautzen, 1814 and BPW... plus an English Channel invasion barge-load of other tweaks. And somebody I know spent way too much time making new Chateaus...

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Copie conforme,
Capitaine N. Ferry
Prince de Bénévent
27ème Régiment d'Infanterie Légère
1ère Brigade, 2ème Division
1er Corps d'Armée

"This battle is lost, but there is time to win another."

owing to bad eyesight.. I cannot use 3D so 2D it is

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Nicholas that looks great!

I used to only use 3D, but lately I mostly do 2D with 3D when I need to see something specific or to get a better handle on facing.

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Predominantly 2d for me, it's just so much easier to see what's going on.

That said, the new 3d stuff is so gosh darned pretty that I find myself zooming in more and more just to look at it.

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Major Dean Webster
10ème Régiment d'Infanterie Légère
1ère Brigade
1ère Division
4ème Corps d'Armée
La Grande Armée

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"I have a plan so cunning, you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel"
Blackadder

never 3d.........always 2d

old....very old board wargamer here

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C.N.Matthews

I prefer 2D, easier to see what I have to work with. But both views do not help with brown roads in a brown forest hex. Per chance maybe roads could be a bright red or pulsating psychedelic color? My eyes are not what they used to be in my youth. For that matter, not much of me is...

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Major General Richard Bradshaw, 1st Viscount of Manchester

Lloyd's Battery, Royal Artillery
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Reserve Artillery & Engineers

most of the bmp files in the "map" folder are very easy to change if you have a "paint" program. The "paint" program comes with all computers.

the road and main bmp are super easy to change and its kinda fun to do.

remember to save existing bmp to a new folder before changing anything.

failing that........send me an email and I will send you "road" files I use.

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C.N.Matthews

maybe just black for all roads?

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For me, it's 2D for movement then 3D for combat.

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Général Gregor Morgan
Duc de Montebello et Comte de Gironde
Commandant
3ème Division
4ème Corps d'Armée

For me, it's 2D for movement then 3D for combat.

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Général Gregor Morgan
Duc de Montebello et Comte de Gironde
Commandant
3ème Division
4ème Corps d'Armée

Awesome work Nick!!

I use 3D. Very rarely, if it's a huge map, I use 2D for some things.

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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