11-Player Napoleonic Campaign | Fall 1813
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- Our 1813 campaign event comes to a thunderous conclusion in this wargame episode. Napoleon and his marshals enter the Fall with a rebuilt army, momentum from a successful Spring, and a radical new strategy to test. Unlike the historical Napoleon, Miles has opted for for a bold, all-or-nothing offensive into Bohemia to knock the Austrians back out of the coalition. It's a move our allied players do not expect. How will they react? Can the French change history and avoid another Leipzig?
We want to thank all of our guest historians for participating in this series: Dr. George Nafziger, Professor Alexander Mikaberidze, and Dr. Zack White. We encourage you check out Zack's exceptional podcast, The Napoleonic Wars Podcast (formerly known as The Napoleonicist) here:
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If you want to listen to the complete, 90-minute post-campaign analysis with our experts, that is available as a podcast now on Little Wars FM. You can find our free podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Soundcloud, and Podbean. Apple Podcast link to our show below:
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Nappy throwing up the hood for maximum drip before battle goes hard
Haha gangsta Napoleon!
They couldn't decide if he was jedi or hobbit. I thought he looked like Igor from young Frankenstein
it's always a compliment to be compared to the great Marty Feldmam - thank you!
In the UK they are called hoodies
Guys - a tremendous campaign with a thoughtful framing. I love V&B as the rules set for this campaign as it allows you the ability to game the largest battles. At the same time the map board and the drama of the Allied discussions was the best. Ed's request for a cigarette made me lol on an airplane! Well done crew. Congrats Greg. What you guys do matters!
I love these longer, multi-part campaigns. Watching things slowly develop really brings us along for the ride.
Agreed.
I completely agree.
100 percent agree
yes do more plz :)
"No blindfold, but a cigarette please."
That killed me! That was the funniest bit I've heard in a long time!
Timestamp?
Nevermind 😂
The Spring of 1813 may have been the best of this season’s content, but the entire season of videos deserves an award all its own
I completely agree
As a solo wargamer, campaigns like this with multiple generals is something sadly missing from my games. This campaign was truly enjoyable, with the different commanders arguing over the plans. Also, the loss of support from Saxony due to the politics of Spring added a great deal to this game. This was my favorite of season 4. I would love to see a continuation of this into 1814; my personal favorite campaign of the Napoleonic Wars.
Indeed i reiterate the above
Yes, thus is very much the sort of dream type game to play, a campign game with lots of cool battles
Spring 1813 had the most going on. Don't shy away from loonger episdes like that one, it's worth it to get the greater detail.
For that matter, these long campaigns like this one and the Pyrrhus campaign are the best. Do more of them!
Edd cracked me up, as he’s standing against the brick wall, “no need for a blind fold, I’ll just have a cigarrette!” Lol😂
Firstly I enjoy all your episodes, I’m still shocked you guys invaded England, I’ll pick your Hastings battle. Love the historical background you add to the game!
All the best!
This was extremely fun to take part in! I felt extremely bad at the time about all of Tony’s Austrians getting blown away; I was unaware just how powerful defense was. That said, I’ll take wins when I can get them!
At least Tony demonstrated that the Austrians had martial virtue and that they simply weren't going to let the Corsican ogre take Prague without a fight. Both he and Dieter had very unenviable positions in this wargame. It seems that all they could do was take the best fight they could and hope for a French failure to concentrate. Sometimes the best move isn't necessarily always going to win.
I do wonder whether the Coalition forces could have had a better result if they had all advanced rapidly on a central location after they got initial clues about Napoléon's advance across the Erzgebirge. However, that's just being an armchair general.
I feel like that was a rules issue mixed with board size one (the latter only fixable by somehow using smaller models or corps sized units), but I don't know just *how* much it was without seeing the nitty gritty behind what the rules say on defense math wise because it seems the French genuinely had some decent positions.
Let's go. Bring on the Austrians. This series has rekindled my love for the era and wargaming. Ordered blucher and some cards this week. A bit intimidated by the painting aspect though at 55. Old eyes and all.
Blucher is an excellent game! We really have enjoyed it
Sad for my Austrians. Great show. 1813 was my favorite of the season. Votng for an 1809 Danube campaign series at some point. Cheers gang keep it up.
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Absolutely Riveting! I just finished watching the entire 1813 campaign series, and I'm blown away! The production quality is top-notch, the narration is engaging, and the battles are incredibly well-recreated. I was completely immersed in the story and felt like I was right there on the battlefield alongside the soldiers.
I especially appreciate the attention to detail that went into this campaign. Bravo!
Thank you! Great to hear. It was a lot of work to film and edit this series!
Great experience! When the tabletop game is just a part of the overall story, it makes for a memorable event!! It’s honestly one of your groups main strengths. You make a historical game come alive. I love historicals but find refights to be a little bland, especially if the rules demand special abilities for those who were the original victors. These kind of history based games with variations and decisions, are the highest form of the art. Well done! Thank you for sharing! Left my comment before the end, so I say chosin reservoir was my favorite. Spring campaign was awesome, but I could feel for the marines and army trying desperately to get away! It was so emotional!
This was great. As Carl noted, the friction amongst the players as commanders actually made this more realistic. I was especially impressed by the hauling out of the 6 x 8 table, and I totally get the problem of maneuver that Miles mentioned. Not enough sheets of plywood!
My vote goes to the 1813 series. Loved the way you mixed hex-and-counter with figures to create a synergy of both strategic and tactical perspectives on the conflict. Keep up the good work! 44:37
1813 campaign was my favorite. These longer form campaigns are the best. I really like the heated discussions which gave us buy-in to the stakes the allies were dealing with.
I enjoyed all of them. You gents are a highlight of the Wargame world.
I enjoyed the Hastings episode (living in the UK), and the club v club marathon battle.
But your 1813 campaign has taken the win for me. It is good to see the camaderie shown on the screen you guys have and that for me is what tabletop is all about 🎉
This trilogy has been just outstanding. By far my choice for this year, if not outright the best you guys have made.
What an epic campaign. And how could the start of this campaign not be the best of the season. Such a well rounded display of excellent strategies, deception, and intense field battles
my favorite episode was the spring 1813 campaign, tremendous production quality, full of drama, and very educational about an era I don't know as much about
I like the flags and the FOW, however I do think that, if I remember correctly, that there should be some kind of idea about the size of the flags as you had in the spring episode. There were spies all over the place after all. I also think that even in a tactical battle there should be some kind of operational movement. Waterloo for instance is after all a tactical battle but the Prussians add an operational element to it. I really liked the Leipzig campaign and the mix of tactical and operational feel to it. But I also have to give a shout out to the Vicksberg campaign that was very entertaining.
As much as I love the epic 1813 campaign, for me the battle of Hastings campaign takes the cake. The way you made a simple ladder campaign with small forces and custom boards was wonderful. It really showed how even beginners can have a few epic battles.
My vote goes to the 1813 campaign! The production quality and the amount of players along with the historic background given by the experts just blew my mind and kept me so engaged!!!
Gamgsta Napoleon looks like he’s gonna spit some hot bars
Wow, what a finale to end the season! The 1813 Campaign trilogy is easily my favorite game/video from season 4. I’m a huge fan of any and all fog of war implementation-the flags were an elegant device. Well done players and GM, and hats off to your editor!
I had never given much thought to the Napoleonic Wars before, but all of your great Napoleonic games over the years really have me itching to dive in!
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@@LittleWarsTVBest Friday news I could have possibly gotten (next to a surprise teaser trailer for a new LittleWarsTV battle/campaign)! I’m going to be singing select lines from “Boney Was a Warrior” the rest of the weekend! 😂
Boney fought the Prussians
Away ay-yah
And Boney fought the Russians
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This has been an amazing season. So much fun to follow and watch. It's so hard to pick a favorite from this season, but put to it, I have to say, the High Plains Drifter game. I really enjoy Ruthless and this video demonstrates that Hollywood has provided a nearly inexhaustible vein of scenario concepts to mine for the game. Thanks for being awesome.
I think the best video of the season was Peleliu. While I may be biased, having played the scenario at Historicon, I think the beautiful board, grand scale of it all, and scenario design, all rolled into one episode, made for a cinematic, but epic scale video.
This 1813 series was definitely my favorite this season. Multi episodes, several players and historians bringing in their thoughts were the highlights. You should definitely have more historians on, giving their thoughts about the games played and their outcomes.
I think that the Hastings episode was the greatest of this season. I was, in my humble opinion, always inevitable for Ravenfeast to go grand at one point or the other, and this has now spawned my favorite Dark Ages ruleset to date. Thank you for all you do for wargaming!
The 1813 series was my favorite. Combining hex and counter and miniature wargaming gives you the best of both at the different scales. Loved the fog of war concepts and how that played out in the decision making!
All the episodes of course are terrific but I especially like the Chosin Reservoir fight. Just keep making these excellent shows please!!!
Gentlemen thank you for sparking mine and my son’s interest in wargaming. I enjoyed the Alamo episode because I went to the Alamo just after the episode and it made the visit more enjoyable.
I think that this actually (and I never thought I'd say this) is better than your Marengo campaign video from Season 1. It's always hard to top the first great campaign video, but this does it. While the Pyrrhic War campaign was awesome and informative, this was better put together and more fascinating in turning history completely on its head. Thanks for the quality content as always.
Pyrrhic War and this is peak little wars TV
Bravo to Miles and French players for a game well played. The 1813 video was my favorite of the bunch, however i yearn for the Little Wars TV re-write of Ridley Scott's Napoleon. That was the film should have been made. Another great season all around.
Little Wars TV gang, this is perhaps the most in-depth war gaming experience I have seen. When I began watching the channel around October 2022, I began to find the enthusiasm I had for historical war gaming I had when I was much younger. I have never played a Napoleonic-type game but this series has allowed me to see the possibilities. With the inclusion of the historical experts, along with adding the intrigue of diplomacy and allowing the Patreon community, which I joined, to offer strategic decisions, I felt like I was part of the gaming experience. While I know things will be different in the near future as far at the ability to deliver content; for me you have a dedicated follower. Cheers and good luck to all.
I loved the Spring Napoleonic 1813 series. I am a high school social studies teacher and have always had an interest in this type of gaming. It is a unique expression of historical knowledge.
What a great campaign! While I have a soft spot for the Chosin Reservoir game, I can't deny these last three episodes have been incredible! Truly a titanic effort that must be applauded. I really like the input of actual historians on the summer truce and the implications of the result of the campaign. I must have said this a dozen times, but I love this channel a lot!
The Spring 1813 campaign by far is my favorite. As much as I love the clash of dice and the confusing smoke of cotton balls, the drama of arguing for the reckless attack versus the sane pleas for retreat was really fun to watch!
As much as I like the age of the musket and that era of fighting. My favorite has got to be the Chosin Reservoir. The task of surviving and escaping brings a lot of hard decisions a commander has to make in order to have a chance of fighting another day.
All of these videos were great but the spring of 1813 was definitely my favourite
Watching this for sure after work later today, can't wait! You guys always expand my knowledge of the events covered and you do it in a very fun informative way.
Regarding my favorite episode.
Oh gosh, too many to choose from! Riachuelo, and Alamo were great. But by far my favorite from Season 4 was Vicksburg Saga. Love the what if and the amount of detail that was covered about the campaign and the views from both sides.
I love the Napoleonic Era. This 1813 campaign specifically was a joy to watch, and brought me to this channel.
This season was awesome guys! Fantastic finale series, you guys made this a very easy watch!
That said, Peleliu is absolutely my favorite yall have ever done. The beautiful map, the narrative that arose over the game, and the concept of future island hopping narratives all made it a compelling watch!
Thank yall for your hard work, see you in Seaspn 5 :)
My favorite campaign from this season was this one; the 1813 campaign. I dream of playing with a group of guys like y’all one day!!
This is the only channel that can keep me engaged for four seasons! This last one has been the best so many good games! But my favourite one has to be the chosin reservoir. The Korean war is what got me interested in history. And the episode is just phenomenal! The desperate fight for survival of this battle just clicks with. Hope you guys continue the good work.
What an awesome campaign! Good job Napoleon in reversing history. Sometimes aggression pays off! While the 1813 is the best highlight of season 4, the Alamo is honestly my favorite. I just really love the heroic last stand.
As someone who is new to wargaming (and your channel) and a longtime fan of the Napoleonic wars, it was an amazing experience to see your epic 1813 campaing, so Spring 1813 has to be my favourite episode. In this final part of the campaing it was cool to see the fun engangements on and off the battlefield as the allies tried to unite their forces in the limited time and as Napoleon once again surprised them with his aggresive attack! Keep up the great work and thanks for the amazing videos!
Fantastic ending! Really enjoyed the the ambiguous way the scenario ended. Napoleon still had a lot of work cut out for him. This series was probably my favorite. Seeing operational warfare pre-industrial revolution is always a treat. Especially with how players deal with concentrating their forces and supply. The fog of war element was a great move to increase the uncertainty and overall confusion of a Napoleonic campaign.
Man i been waiting for this! Love this series ❤
My favourite video is the 1813 spring episode, but all this season has been incredible.
A phenomenal series. From quality of summary, expanse of scope, down to the editing. Genuinely some of the best content out there.
As a brit, it's nice to see someone looking out for our interests 😂
I have to say that the 1813 has been my favourite of the content you guys have created, but genuinely, each one is masterfully made, and inspiring.
Thanks for the content. Here's to more to come
Definetely this fall 1813 campaign. Loved how you expanded on the rules of a simple board game to make this great experience
The cap on a truly amazing season! My favorite video was definitely the Alamo, which I think was just all around one of your most entertaining videos ever! Close second being Peleliu and then this one.
Also, I see you have proven true that "the easiest enemy to defeat is a coalition"
the 1813 campaign was definitely my favourite episode. More campaigns please. Great work guys.
glad its out
This is my favorite episode of the season! I loved the aggressive play of the allies in the face of being surprised by the French
This was an amazing series, the war council meetings were hilarious! This was mine favourite from the 9 series.
Really enjoyed watching this blend of the operational and tactical games. They really compliment each other. Well done folks.
First of all, what a season!?! Thank you Greg for all you do on editing and congrats to you and your wife on a new baby boy! It’s a huge blessing and you both deserve the best. Miles and the French Team, you did me proud! I’m not even sure I could have pulled such an amazing victory off so kudos to a great ride to victory. Even though my dear friends Zack and Alex do not believe it will buy the 1st Empire much time, the what if scenario questions are flying off the charts. Greg and the Allied Team, equal thanks for keeping it intense. My favorite episode next to the 1813 Campaign is the Alamo for both the realism and the history. I thought it was really well done and it made my kids interested in doing some research which is partially what we are all about. Happy New Year and thank you for a wonderful 2023! I look forward to what 2024 has to offer and hope to see you at Historicon.
You’re one of those channels where I like the video before I even watch it.
While the 1813 Campaign had me more excited for an episode than ever before, I have to hand it to the Operation Compass episode. It is an area of WW2 that doesn't get covered enough and I would love to see how you guys develop the campaign in the Western Desert further.
This has been an amazing series and season overall! I'd have to say my favorite episode was the Thermopylae episode because I like that era of warfare.
I recently became intrigued by Wellesley's campaign in Spain. Just an idea for whenever you decide to revisit Napoleonic wars.
In the meantime, I'll enjoy the glorious finale. I'm kinda rooting for coalition, to punish Napoleon for betraying Poland >:)
Hard to tell which is my favorite but I gotta tip the hat to this epic Napoleon series as my favorite!
I really enjoy the fog of war aspect. Enjoyed both Vicksburg a whole lot, being a Civil War enthusiast, and this final episode in the fall of 1813.
Spring 1813 campaign for sure the best. Filled with details of napoleon's thoughts and gambles, also negotiations with the tsar.
1813 is my favourite. I have no rational explanation but I found myself rooting for Napoleon and watching this like a sports match. And it was as nerve wrecking as my hometeam playing. Good stuff!
Really like this format with the multiplayer, it adds a element of uncertainty, because you don't have full control by one player either side, my favourite moment has to be the capture of Berlin!
1813 campaign was the thing this series I enjoyed the most. Thanks for posting.
Fantastic series, as usual. The finale probably takes the crown for me but what is most remarkable for me is: there is no downer in this season (nor do I remember any in the previous season). Looking forward to the next one!
Love every episode but to be honest this whole campaign was my favorite! I love these longer campaigns and seeing what can come of them.
Vive la France! Mr Miles was so charismatic as Napoleon, with his bold plan to attack Austrians. Great battle of Prague, only to regret, that it didn't happen in real life. The best episode of all times. Lots of fun. Thanks for that.
My vote goes to the 1813 series, fantastic campaign, well done all involved
Little Wars TV just keeps getting better and better. Congrats on a great season. Hard to pick a favorite, but I personally loved the 'What If...Vicksburg' wargame.
I think there are other episodes that are perhaps better quality in many ways, but the passion that Ed clearly put into the Compass game and the historical videos around that really showed to me. I really have to rate that as my favourite of the season.
Today was my birthday and I was excited to see the final video. I have to say I love the scope that was tackled in the last 3 videos with spring 1813 being my favorite
The Napoleonic Campaign takes this year's cake. Have to agree with an earlier commenter on how the development of the multi-part campaigns bring the viewers along for the ride.
Fall of 1813 was probably my favorite but I really liked Compass as well. The whole season was good, I appreciate the videos. Great work and great season. Thanks!
What a great season. Some of my very favorite fights and wars, were taken to the board here. Think if forced to choose one the Vicksburg scenario, edges out a few of the others for me. Just rewatched Spring- up to winter 1813 campaign and the end of the video, has encouraged me to go back and watch most if not the entire season. You guys are awesome and inner cooperation/fights with Mark's Game room and his top warriors are sweet to see. Excited to see what more you guys bring to the board in this season. Think a huge campaign for 7 years war may be amazing if fought as you did the 1813 part series. Huge fan of your group, videos, and most important the men doing the fighting. Props to both groups for bringing in young gamers. Thanks for your work, and your experts put your videos over the top, and have added to my understanding of many of the wars and time periods that you have dug into.
This 1813 campaign was absolutely stellar. A fantastic amalgamation of personal interactions, strategic maneuver, and tactical action on the tabletop.
Bravo gents. Well played.
OH. MY. GOODNESS.
When I saw the Spring 1813 campaign video and subsequent videos of the series, my inner self sprang to life! Thanks for providing Napoleonic era wargaming content, I remember when I watched the Austerlitz video and loved your content. Overall, this campaign has to take the cake for best episode but great work as always!
The 1813 Campaign might be the best thing you guys have done, especially the first episode where we were left not knowing how the Campaign would play out later
My favorite part of the season has to be the 1813 campaign, I absolutely adore the longer multi episode campaigns and think the summer truce and the diplomacy along with it added a whole new and exciting dimension to the already fun wargames. I am very happy to be here as you go into the upcoming season!
So far this has been my favorite episode of the season.
I have to say you guys really shine brightest when you pull out all the stops on the big campaigns. So I have to choose the 1813 series as favorite of the season.
Love the 1813 campaign series. Campaigns put battle wins/losses in perspective. Well researched and played
Loved the Spring 1813 session the most. Very creative to adjust the rules and play out a hypothetical spring scenario not covered in the original game. Was great fun to watch. Please do more.
Just watched the whole thing, imagine Miles having the support of the Poles and being able to defend Leipzig better and maybe even Berlin. I think this was a clear French victory in regards to tactical battles and a draw in regards to the strategic situation of 1813. Prague could be used as a staging area for future French campaigns or as a bargaining chip to the half-hearted Austrians. The Emperor could send Murat to Dresden and Eugene with Saint Cyr to Leipzig to defend it. Overall a great video series, congratsulations to all of you et Vive la France 🇫🇷
Loved this series! It's hard to compete with such an epic finale, but I also really liked the Chosin Reservoir!
I love these narrative stories. Thermopylae was my favorite because it brought multiple types of warfare (and different game systems) together. Well done to all!!
Yea, the 1813 Campaign was my favorite. The hex-based campaign, mixed with the tabletop tactical battles, PLUS diplomacy refereed by historians!? Beautifully done ya'll. You make me want to spend an entire weekend playing tabletop games!
Mission Accomplished!
This is a great series! I also love these long campaigns, they really change choices on the battlefield and set up asymmetrical battles which is much more historical. My vote for best episode would be the three episodes of this series, if I have to vote for one episode I'm split between the first in the series and this one, but I will choose the spring campaign. Great job guys keep it up!
The spring and fall Campaign videos were the best episodes this season concluding a really interesting what-if-scenario! A perfect season finale and in my opinion an even better outcome on the operational level for the emperor. Having the austrians nearly at the state of their defeat at Wagram in 1809 and still having dynastic ties with them would have the fortune back at Napoleon's side.
Well that was an unexpected turn of events. Definitely a unique experience to have multiple commanders debating strategy, I like that.
Loved Spring campaign. Mutliplayer, high tactical movement and then turning to tabletop for crucial battles. Highly loved it (as well as all of the 11 player napoleonic campaign) !
SPRING 1813, really captured the scale of the campaign and its always great seeing the internal politics of multiplayer battles. Although covering campaigns that don't often get covered is always encouraged. I found Chosin very informative. Thanks again for some great content gentlemen!
Outstanding campaign guys. Spring 1813 was by far my favourite. Taking on such a massive campaign that was always going to culminate in the biggest battle of the 19th Century. Thank you so much.
This season was incredible from los alamos to thermopylae and this video is the cherry on top
Love this little series, inspired me to setup and run a similar style campaign with my friends digitally over the Russian Invasion. I will say the clashing of ideas on strategy and the interesting and meaningful integration of fan ideas from patreon really made this one the most fun to watch series this season! Would love more camera time of gameplay to show off more of the games in future videos!
I absolutely love the inclusion of input from historians in this series. Ots one thing to play these games and dream about the effect your actions would have on history, it's another to have actual historians contextualize your games. The peace talks rocked!! Love your guy's videos and hope to see another multi-part campaign soon!
My favorite was the Spring 1813 finale. Awesome job to all of you!
While I'm a big fan of all your content, if I could only pick one, it would be the Alamo episode. It inspired me to dust off my 28mm Alamo collection and give the Alamo Ruleser a try. But thanks for everything you make and share - it's keeping my inspiration level up!