Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Guys - just finished (YAHOO!) up the large map for next title - its 898 - 684. Twice as wide as Eckmuhl and almost as long.

Tossing in an additional 35 maps. Most of them are 120 x 80 (neat size - was able to put each together in about three hours) but several are large. Here are the dimensions for those that were larger than 120 x 80: 378 x 112, 190 x 189, 254 x 176, 184 x 175, 345 x 170. Thus five additional maps of large size.

Its my swansong for big map games as I will never be able to equal that amount of work in future titles.

Which game is it? Sorry, if I told you I would have to give you a frontal lobotomy! (am hoping that Ernie presses the issue!)[:D]

I can tell you that it will be out before the Summer is over.

We have fixed alot of errors in the game engine. One that Tomasz kept noticing was the units were being noted as Detached when in fact they were in command control range.

I cant go into details on the additions at this time but once the game is out I will be posting a page on my website that goes over all of the new additions.

Contrary to what I said earlier I will not be retiring from game design. I have hired one of my current playtesters to be my Playtest Coordinator for all future titles and also have one other gamer interested in helping out.

This will cut down the amount of time I have to spend in emails and doing some of the basic work and I can concentrate more on the scenarios and campaign creation.

Keep your horses saddled. More good stuff coming down the pike.

Bill Peters
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram)

[url="http://www.fireandmelee.net"]Fire and Melee Wargame site[/url]

Bill,

sounds great [:D]

There are many, many titles on my wish list.... could it be? [8D]

Keep up the good work Bill!

Regards
Oberleut.
Ola Berli
IR 18 d'Aspre
Imperial Army of Austria.

Hey Bill,
remember when I said you were a nice guy? Well, I was kidding. Giving us all these details without telling us the game so we can hit the library and read up on it

I know, HPS policy (which actually does not bother me).

Keep the games coming. And give me more Austrians, they are the only army I seem to be able to lead to victory.

FML Jim Pfluecke
Austrian Kavalry Reserve

Austrian Kavalry Reserve

Well, I did notice he was using Italian formations for his examples on the link he gives......
On the other hand, the Pennisular campaigns would be an awesome untapped project as well. Hmmmmm.[:)]

Lt. Don Golen 7/2 Artillerie a` Cheval 2e`me Brigade 2e`me Division de Dragons

Must be awesome. Well done, Bill.

3rd Battalion"Baker Rifles",14th Regt,4th Division,II Corps, Anglo-Allied Army

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<br />Hey Bill,
remember when I said you were a nice guy? Well, I was kidding. Giving us all these details without telling us the game so we can hit the library and read up on it

I know, HPS policy (which actually does not bother me).

Keep the games coming. And give me more Austrians, they are the only army I seem to be able to lead to victory.

FML Jim Pfluecke
Austrian Kavalry Reserve

Austrian Kavalry Reserve
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Yeah, I know. And if you want to find out how secret all of this is even I dont know what I am putting together!!! [:D][:D][:D][:p][:p][:p]

"I've created a monster!"
Dr. Frankenstein

Bill Peters
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram)

[url="http://www.fireandmelee.net"]Fire and Melee Wargame site[/url]

bah, was going to insult Bill, but accidently edited his post instead of insulting him.

I'm STILL not used to having mod privledges on this board.

At least I got it fixed.

No insults for Bill though.

FZM Freiherr Gary McClellan
Generalissimus Imperial Austrian Army
Portner Grenadier Battallion
Allied Coalition C-in-C

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<br />bah, was going to insult Bill, but accidently edited his post instead of insulting him.

I'm STILL not used to having mod privledges on this board.

At least I got it fixed.

No insults for Bill though.

FZM Freiherr Gary McClellan
Generalissimus Imperial Austrian Army
Portner Grenadier Battallion
Allied Coalition C-in-C
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Ha! That is what you get for trying to be insulting Gary! [:D]

Frankly, I cant figure out what a Lutheran minister would say that would be insulting. Probably accuse me of missing the last performance of Mozart's requiem! I promise - I wont do it again! [:p]

(that bit about the editing - happened to me here too back in Sept. - was VERY embarrassing to say the least [:I])

Bill Peters
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram)

[url="http://www.fireandmelee.net"]Fire and Melee Wargame site[/url]

<b>Keep the games coming. And give me more Austrians, they are the only army I seem to be able to lead to victory.</b>

::Crosses fingers and prays for either "Campaign Leipzig" or "Napoleon's Italian Battles" (which I have as a board game)::










General der Kavallerie Philip Graf Roubaud
Kommandant
Vienna Militärakademie
Imperial Armee of Austria

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<br />Guys - just finished (YAHOO!) up the large map for next title - its 898 - 684...................

Bill Peters

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Wow. 89.8 kilometers by 68.4 kilometers. That's a big map.

Hmmmm. Its too small to cover all of the Peninsula.

Hmmmm. Its too small for northern Italy.

Hmmmm. Leipzig and its surrounding areas could easily fit on a map of that size.

Nice.


Colonel Rick Motko
1er Bataillon, 33° Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
2eme Brigade, 11eme division
IIIe corps, Armée du Nord


Vive l'Empereur!

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<br />Guys - just finished (YAHOO!) up the large map for next title - its 898 - 684...................

Bill Peters

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Wow. 89.8 kilometers by 68.4 kilometers. That's a big map.

Hmmmm. Its too small to cover all of the Peninsula.

Hmmmm. Its too small for northern Italy.

Hmmmm. Leipzig and its surrounding areas could easily fit on a map of that size.

Nice.


Colonel Rick Motko
1er Bataillon, 33° Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
2eme Brigade, 11eme division
IIIe corps, Armée du Nord


Vive l'Empereur!
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Guessing is fun isnt it? [:D][:D]

I can tell you one thing - its not Napoleon vs. the Plains Indians in case you thought that I had just mapped out the entire Four Corners region of the US!

Bill Peters
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram)

[url="http://www.fireandmelee.net"]Fire and Melee Wargame site[/url]

How about Napoleon vs the Confederacy ?

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<center>Monsieur le Marechal Baron John Corbin
Duc de Paive
Commanding the Division de Cavalerie de la Jeune Garde
NWC President</center>

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<br />How about Napoleon vs the Confederacy ?

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<center>Monsieur le Marechal Baron John Corbin
Duc de Paive
Commanding the Division de Cavalerie de la Jeune Garde
NWC President</center>
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If you ONLY knew! Big Hint: I plan on slipping a map that will be familiar to you ACW fans. I just have to add this one in. I will not answer any questions on it but I will say that the map will be fun for those of you that love what-if situations.

Bill Peters
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram)

[url="http://www.fireandmelee.net"]Fire and Melee Wargame site[/url]

How about Napoleon vs. the Cleveland Indians?




Colonel Rick Motko
1er Bataillon, 33° Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
2eme Brigade, 11eme division
IIIe corps, Armée du Nord


Vive l'Empereur!

Nah, Nappie can't hit the curveball.

FZM Freiherr Gary McClellan
Generalissimus Imperial Austrian Army
Portner Grenadier Battallion
Allied Coalition C-in-C