Napoleonic Scenarios

The Napoleonic rule sets we play regularly are Blucher or Absolute Emperor for Army/Corps, and Soldiers of Napoleon or Lasalle for Division level games. I prefer a historical scenario where possible and have uploaded a selection from 1809, 1813, 1814 and 1815.

As the number of scenarios has grown, this page has become clumsy, so I have created a different link for each rules set. Click on the buttons below.

Blücher

Our group has played some great games using Honour Games' Blucher rules and we keep coming back to them. Like so many sets by Sam Mustafa, they are deceptively simple: even small rules elements can have an important effect on play.

Soldiers of Napoleon

Soldiers of Napoleon was published in Spring 2022 by Warwick Kinrade, author of the excellent WW2 rules Battlegroup (he was also associated with the Epic 40k rules in another lifetime!). These are a division level game, using cards to moderate events.

Absolute Emperor

We have used Absolute Emperor by Boyd Bruce for the big battles where even Blücher groans under the weight of units. The basic manoeuvre element is a division and the mechanics are straightforward.

​Lasalle

Playing units in Lasalle are battalions, cavalry regiments and artillery batteries. A very different game from Lasalle 1.