A vivandiere was a woman officially attached to a French regiment to supply food, drink, etc often pictured with a brandy barrel on one hip. They went on campaign and there are incidents of them helping the wounded and also picking up a musket and fighting. The 'necronomicon' inner binding is a common style in books at the time, though not always red.
Actually, vivre is also a noun that means "food supply in the army" . So the words are the same, they have different meaning, welcome to French language!
I'm thinking about moving it to the Alamo and the Texian Revolution. Mainly as an excuse to get some of the sweet Boot Hill line of minis, but also because my buddy has the Sarissa Alamo set. Just a few years off and it should work perfectly!
Love the idea of taking on the ARW and war of 1812 with that system. The area is rich with interesting troops and units (you mention Coureurs des Bois) as well as interesting monsters and folklore...
I preordered this and the North Star French set. As I have plenty of suitable terrain and monsters available, and as I enjoy JMcCs games, the only question was about whether I wanted to go near Napoleonics. I was pleased when the figs turned out to be less about soldiers, and more about Napoleonic BPRD. "La Revolution" on Netflix is a good inspiration for this. I'll be rewatching "The Duellists" in prep too I think. Thanks for the overview Ash!
Solo rules are always welcome. If there is one thing I have learned from the pandemic it’s that you can always play with yourself when you need some entertainment. Wait, that came out wrong.
Rally looking forward to this. Already painted up my Austrian and Hungarian force the Imperial Bureau of Investigation into the Supernatural ready for their adventures in Transylvania. Also painted up some ghouls.
Sounds like a game that fans of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell might like, maybe it was part of what insprired Joe McCullough as Silver Bayonet and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell could exist in the same reality. Look forward to seeing you play through the book.
Like you mentioned North America, I was thinking of the F&IW for a similar setting. I have the zombies, ghouls and several creatures from Frostgrave that will make the costings cheaper. I may try the game
@@kevinholland3937 I don't think an add-on is really needed. Just some imagination and using characteristics as close as possible to the figure you want to use. Or make your own up!
The setting was unappealing but the rule system change to frostgrave and the aspect of the book make me change my mind. Really want to try this. Thanks for this, again, great pick and presentation of a new game 😋
Okay, now I want a crossover of this game and Dracula's America where Dracula gets word of Zombie Napoleon causing a kerfuffle in Europe and goes there to bitchslap him into submission. We'll call it Immortal Kombat.
Gah! This excellent looking game, Sludge and Turnip 28 are all gnawing at my willpower - the one period I said I'd never do! ...But it's only a skirmish game, you'd not need to buy and paint whole armies... Gah!
@@Vaultboy-ke2jj but where’s the random suitors table you roll up? And the random busybody encounter? How will I know that society is restricting me as a person to the same degree that my unnecessarily fancy dress is when it comes to fighting werwolves with my silver bonnet? That’s a lot of homebrewing if you ask me :p
@@nickweston6472 you should definitely write those tables up 😂 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a hunter in possession of a good stake , must be in want of a vampire
Vivandière est un terme utilisé sous le Premier Empire pour désigner les femmes suivant leurs maris soldats dans des régiments pour servir de personnels de service. Leur fonction était de blanchir le linge des soldats et de leur vendre quelques effets, destinés à améliorer leur quotidien, tel que du tabac ou de l'eau de vie. Ok so a free hand translation would be like: Vivandière was a term used under the First Empire for the women who followed their husbands to serve as service personnel. Their function was to clean the dress of the soldiers and to sell them some personal item to improve their daily life, such as tobacco and brandy.
As much as I love Sharpe, the setting of the book holds little interest for me.. but the mechanical changes sound great. I think I'm going to have to pick up a copy to see what I can integrate into Rangers and Frostgrave. The swingy combat has consistently been the main complaint from people I have introduced to those games. I was also surprised when Stargrave didn't have a return fire rule given the prevalence of ranged combat, so perhaps I will pilfer that rule from Silver Bayonet as well!
@@GuerrillaMiniatureGames oh I know about the plastic kits. I meant some that are more "fun" skirmish Napoleonic models instead of straight historical line infantry type.
Earlier in the wars Britain and Spain were enemies. A lot of the time Europe's response to Napoleon created allies of convenience rather than friendship. Personally I see the game as black ops with missions to recover artefacts in order to increase a nation's power and standing within Europe. Lots of plausible deniability.
I think the zombies, vampires, etc. are more of an historical concern than who allies with who. Plus, there were Napoleanic Spanish forces... Anyway, I think this setting is down the rabbit hole, so anything goes.
The book looks cool, I love that style a lot. Minis are horrible, though. As a wargame, it should have nice models firt, cool books second, not vice versa.
A vivandiere was a woman officially attached to a French regiment to supply food, drink, etc often pictured with a brandy barrel on one hip. They went on campaign and there are incidents of them helping the wounded and also picking up a musket and fighting.
The 'necronomicon' inner binding is a common style in books at the time, though not always red.
Actually, vivre is also a noun that means "food supply in the army" . So the words are the same, they have different meaning, welcome to French language!
Thanks. I'm french but I had no idea what it means. This word is not in use anymore I guess 😅
I like that the author put solo rules in this.
I'm thinking about moving it to the Alamo and the Texian Revolution. Mainly as an excuse to get some of the sweet Boot Hill line of minis, but also because my buddy has the Sarissa Alamo set. Just a few years off and it should work perfectly!
Looking forward to seeing a LP on this, especially with the current offerings of 3d Prints, should be pretty easy to get something together.
I was thinking the same thing, to 3D print. But haven't found any decent 28mm Napoleonics, any suggestions?
@@swedishpablo There are tonnnnns of 28mm Napoleonics. 3d Printing is 100% not even closely needed. Models are super cheap.
Awesome, thanks Ash 👍
...also Jay's playing Brits! The stuff I ordered for this should arrive this week!
I'm really looking forward to seeing a game of this! Joe is a writing machine
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
Cause somebody had to say it.
You might be familiar with the Victoria Lamb Miniatures version, of Spanish Inquisition models… 😄
Awesome! Looking forward to those Let's Plays!
Always glad to see a new game by Joe!
Love the idea of taking on the ARW and war of 1812 with that system. The area is rich with interesting troops and units (you mention Coureurs des Bois) as well as interesting monsters and folklore...
This looks cool.
*sees Solo rules*
MUST HAVE!
British Regular Infantry of 1812. The Canadian Fencibles and Militia wore a similar uniform so you can use these figures for Canadian forces as well.
Really looking forward to playing this. Already painted a French line infantry zombie. Thanks for the thorough review.
Looking forward to this. My first thought would be to do a Captain Kronos theme, but man werebears are hard to resist.
I preordered this and the North Star French set. As I have plenty of suitable terrain and monsters available, and as I enjoy JMcCs games, the only question was about whether I wanted to go near Napoleonics. I was pleased when the figs turned out to be less about soldiers, and more about Napoleonic BPRD.
"La Revolution" on Netflix is a good inspiration for this. I'll be rewatching "The Duellists" in prep too I think.
Thanks for the overview Ash!
It gives me a Brotherhood of The Wolf vibe.
Absolutely enjoyed La Revolution
Solo rules are always welcome. If there is one thing I have learned from the pandemic it’s that you can always play with yourself when you need some entertainment.
Wait, that came out wrong.
😅
Rally looking forward to this. Already painted up my Austrian and Hungarian force the Imperial Bureau of Investigation into the Supernatural ready for their adventures in Transylvania. Also painted up some ghouls.
You can include Cossack-style auxiliaries from West Ukraine
Really looking forward to this.
Sounds good, and the book looks well put together. I hope gameplay lives up to what we've seen. Don't disappoint me, Ash. Christmas is coming.
Sounds like a game that fans of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell might like, maybe it was part of what insprired Joe McCullough as Silver Bayonet and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell could exist in the same reality. Look forward to seeing you play through the book.
Like you mentioned North America, I was thinking of the F&IW for a similar setting. I have the zombies, ghouls and several creatures from Frostgrave that will make the costings cheaper. I may try the game
As far as North America, I’m hoping there’s a War of 1812 supplement, at some point. Add on Americans, Aboriginals, Canadian Fencibles - all good! 👍
@@kevinholland3937 I don't think an add-on is really needed. Just some imagination and using characteristics as close as possible to the figure you want to use. Or make your own up!
@Tim J Witches _ devils/monstrous creatures/supernatural. It's a good fit
@Tim J There is a blog somewhere that is doing an Elizabethan themed witchfinders campaign with the undead roaming around.
I'm going to use this ruleset with the massive blood and plunder Kickstarter I am due in the next few months :)
The setting was unappealing but the rule system change to frostgrave and the aspect of the book make me change my mind. Really want to try this. Thanks for this, again, great pick and presentation of a new game 😋
I'm excited for this one.
Okay, now I want a crossover of this game and Dracula's America where Dracula gets word of Zombie Napoleon causing a kerfuffle in Europe and goes there to bitchslap him into submission.
We'll call it Immortal Kombat.
I love the art in the book and the bloody finger prints.
As a staunch loyalist I approve of Joe's bias 🇬🇧😛
Just started watching this Ash...you are the worst when it comes to not starting new games. haha thanks as always!
Gah! This excellent looking game, Sludge and Turnip 28 are all gnawing at my willpower - the one period I said I'd never do! ...But it's only a skirmish game, you'd not need to buy and paint whole armies... Gah!
I was just thinking my Turnip28 figures would fit right into this...
I’m going to see if I can use my Flintloque figures.
Should ok for alternative armies slaughterloo/flintloque range especially the undead of the witchlands figures
You can be blades? That's tight!
The joys of dyslexia, I read that as the silver bonnet. I was hoping for a pride and prejudice and zombies skirmish game.
Pride and Prejudice is set during the Napoleonic Wars and there are zombies/revenants in the game so you can absolutely play it as such
@@Vaultboy-ke2jj but where’s the random suitors table you roll up? And the random busybody encounter? How will I know that society is restricting me as a person to the same degree that my unnecessarily fancy dress is when it comes to fighting werwolves with my silver bonnet? That’s a lot of homebrewing if you ask me :p
@@nickweston6472 you should definitely write those tables up 😂
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a hunter in possession of a good stake , must be in want of a vampire
It’s 03/15/2023 and this my first time watching this video. If this wasn’t the biggest foreshadow idk what is
*sighs and goes to get her wallet*
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Vivandière est un terme utilisé sous le Premier Empire pour désigner les femmes suivant leurs maris soldats dans des régiments pour servir de personnels de service. Leur fonction était de blanchir le linge des soldats et de leur vendre quelques effets, destinés à améliorer leur quotidien, tel que du tabac ou de l'eau de vie.
Ok so a free hand translation would be like: Vivandière was a term used under the First Empire for the women who followed their husbands to serve as service personnel. Their function was to clean the dress of the soldiers and to sell them some personal item to improve their daily life, such as tobacco and brandy.
Curious to see your thoughts on the new turn sequence once you play a few games.
Werebears but no werewolves for your squad? Either way this is a very interesting setting and I am a sucker for skirmish games.
You can always houserule your own custom classes in😉
I thought I wwould use the werebear stats with a werewolf figure.
Maybe because werewolves are one if the monster units..... just house rule it I suppose
Would 'Muskets and Tomahawks' figures work for this?
Definitely!
Lol, your video froze. Game looks super cool! I love the design of the book, even though they went with art only, no miniature pictures.
This reminds me of the comic Baltimore except blackpowder
Is it also an cooperative game? For solo play?
Yes! You can watch the whole solo campaign on its playlist here
Blood and plunder minis should fit nicely in this game - time period would be off by a little bit
Ordered my copy today
En the mean time I’m getting the rule book can someone tell me which is the bestiary? To make in advance the 3D Printing work.
I'm excited, but I was hoping for a co-op mode like Rangers.
There’s guidelines for it in there just with the caveat the game may get a bit easy.
Is this a game where we fight monsters, or one of those games where we discover we were the monsters all along?
Both! Depends on the mission!
Then we realize we were the monsters all along…
I think you meant Lower Canada.
As much as I love Sharpe, the setting of the book holds little interest for me.. but the mechanical changes sound great. I think I'm going to have to pick up a copy to see what I can integrate into Rangers and Frostgrave. The swingy combat has consistently been the main complaint from people I have introduced to those games. I was also surprised when Stargrave didn't have a return fire rule given the prevalence of ranged combat, so perhaps I will pilfer that rule from Silver Bayonet as well!
hopefully there is someone else out there making minis for this as well. I hate to say it but those northstar minis look rough and outdated.
There’s about a million great plastic kits for Napoleonics and you can really source the monsters anywhere.
@@GuerrillaMiniatureGames oh I know about the plastic kits. I meant some that are more "fun" skirmish Napoleonic models instead of straight historical line infantry type.
According to Board game geek it's coop and yet you claim it is non-coop.
Which is it, 'cause now I am confused. :S
It does have some suggestions for CoOp… but does ad the caveat you may want to modify the scenarios if they feel too easy.
It's not clear why you would fight one's allies..e.g... why would a British warband fight a Spanish warband, etc
Earlier in the wars Britain and Spain were enemies. A lot of the time Europe's response to Napoleon created allies of convenience rather than friendship. Personally I see the game as black ops with missions to recover artefacts in order to increase a nation's power and standing within Europe. Lots of plausible deniability.
I think the zombies, vampires, etc. are more of an historical concern than who allies with who. Plus, there were Napoleanic Spanish forces... Anyway, I think this setting is down the rabbit hole, so anything goes.
The book looks cool, I love that style a lot. Minis are horrible, though. As a wargame, it should have nice models firt, cool books second, not vice versa.
The nice thing about Osprey games is that you can use any minis you want!
You realise there are more Napoleonic miniature ranges than any other period, right? There's no shortage of amazing napoleonic sculpts out there.
Setting sounds neat but that damage system sounds awful.
Does osprey need artists? Thier books look sad and unengaging, thier product should represent the fun they bring
I'm pretty sure they are going for Gothic horror here, and the look of 19th c. illustrations.