There were a few demonstration games on at Attack 2011 at Devizes and one of them was a very impressive 54mm scale Napoleonic game.
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54mm Napleonics
There were a few demonstration games on at Attack 2011 at Devizes and one of them was a very impressive 54mm scale Napoleonic game.
54mm Napoleonics
There were a few demonstration games on at Attack 2011 at Devizes and one of them was a very impressive 54mm scale Napoleonic game.
54mm Napoleonics
There were a few demonstration games on at Attack 2011 at Devizes and one of them was a very impressive 54mm scale Napoleonic game.
Waterloo
A new set of 25-28mm figures for Napoleonic battles has been released by Warhammer Historical.
Battles in the Napoleonic Wars were brutal and bloody. Vast armies fought with musket and bayonet on rain-soaked fields, half-blinded by acrid smoke and deafened by the ceaseless barrage of distant artillery. Men fell in great swathes, marching to death or glory to the rhythmic beat of drums.
Waterloo is a tabletop miniatures game for two or more players, set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.
With these rules you are the general, with an army of miniatures at your command, representing the forces of France, Britain, Prussia or their allies. This rulebook is focussed on the campaign and battle of Waterloo, the climax of the Napoleonic Wars, but the rules within allow you to recreate battles from across the entire period (1792-1815) and even beyond.
This 288 page hardback book contains all the information you need to get started, including full rules for fighting tabletop battles in the Napoleonic era, army lists and historical orders of battle, a brief history of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, a complete campaign to get you started, and a hobby section detailing how to collect, assemble and paint your army of miniatures. In addition, you will find an inspirational showcase of beautifully painted models and lavish illustrations.
Life on Mars for Sharpe’s Brother
So there I was watching Sharpe’s Justice on UKTV History…
When who should turn up but DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) from Life on Mars.
He was playing Sharpe’s brother.
Sharpe’s Challenge
A comment from Simon during a recent game about Sharpe in an ITV advert for new drama, made me do a little internet searching and I found out about Sharpe’s Challenge.
Sharpe is back on the telly in an all-new mini-series based in India.
Sharpe’s Challenge will be on ITV on the 23rd and 24th April and BBC Worldwide will be showing it in other parts of the world.
Plot
Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe’s Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general’s daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into its deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General’s daughter lie in one man’s hands….
Sean Bean is back as Sharpe, and Daragh O’Malley plays Patrick Harper (which is different to the books as Sharpe does not meet Harper in the books until Portugal). Michael Cochrane is also back as General Sir Henry Simmerson!
I wonder if these characters are in the main plot (hope so) and not just used as flashback excuse.