I love that you have included book recommendations about the period in your video. Thank you for that. New historical reading material is always greatly appreciated.
I was putting in the AC's while the wife had the Create Channel on and Travels with Darley was on, Anyway she was in Belgium and she just happen to go to the town if of Waterloo and showed what it looked like today. The Battle field was pretty much untouched as it was under Gov protection. Natural the town was modern but the farm house and the field looked the same. There was also a huge hill with a lion on top but when you get to the top you see a great view if the battle field. As this was a PBS show you might be able to see this ob TH-cam. I would love to see this in person as I am a huge Napoleonic's fan.
I have never heard of this game, but it looks great, I also watched your gameplay video, it was nice to see how the game works. I am going to get this game for sure. Thanks
Ive been looking around online and I still can’t figure out if I need doubles of anything for Epic Napoleonics. The products don’t say that you do, but then there’s a hint that you might from the designer. Does any play epic who knows if doubles of any set are needed?
Nice review, mange. I've been looking for a fun Napoleonics game that wasn't too complicated and had nice components and I stumbled across your video. Liked and subscribed. Interested to see more of your reviews.
Thanks. I'm actually moving shortly to go back to school so I'm probably going to be significantly slowing down my reviews. We'll see what the future holds.
Looking forward to playing this with my son for the first time... we've played Battle Cry, Memoir 44 and BattleLore and have thoroughly enjoyed them all, each for their own unique character. I think Napoleonics seems to be the fine wine of Command & Colors... just hope I don't get my 13 year old drunk with power!
Thanks for the review. I was in doubt about which of the Commands & Colors games I was gonna buy first. Ancients or this one. I think you just convinced me Sir. Greetings from Oslo, Norway.
I'm glad I could help, Mr. Font. Greetings from Utah, USA. It is a bit ironic- my friend from Norway convinced me to try it, now I'm paying Norway back!
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing and I heard you mentioned her in the review. Does she live in Oslo too? Glad I found your channel, because my taste in board games are kind of similar to yours. After watching your top 100 games of all time, it seems like you enjoy games regardless of which genres they fit into (including war games) and that is just awesome. Just found and liked your Facebook page by the way.
Get the last expansion first. Tacticians are awesome and puts game into very new level. Also, base game scenarios are a bit "dull", as there are not many objectives. Scenarios go mainly as French attack, British stand and occasionally attack :) Russian & Austrians expansions are next in line. ;) PS: I own all but Spanish exp so far, preordered Grand battles.
As I mentioned in the video, a friend of mine recommended this game. She told me that it was the best of the C&C games. She was right. I currently do not have any of the expansions, but it is possible for the future. Keep you eyes open in the coming weeks, though- got some surprises on the show with C&C Napoleonics coming.
I sold Battlelore 2.0 after getting this game. My only negative for Battlelore is how the VP hexes work in conjuction with the army building (only became an issue w/ the army expansions). This "pregame" customization can lead to an imbalanced and unfun experience for someone who isn't into customizable games. Pros for CCN: Prefer the blocks over minis; family and wargamer friends like the historical setting; setting up a scenario ahead of time makes it easier to convince people to play (lol); satisfying amount of combat calculation with different unit types, terrain, and nationalities; the victory point system isn't a timer like Battlelore 2.0 system, so gives more time to reposition units/reinforce formations
Job Ledesma I spent some weeks thinkin' about to buy that game and the pretty austrian's expansion that a saw in a store in a my neighbourhood (I live in Canary Islands, Spain, and for a boardgame fanatic it's quite like a miracle). And your video focus me on the "Yes, buy this f****n game". :D
I was not impressed with this game, because of the square rules. The situation was... I had 3 infantry units which were attacked by 3 horse squadrons. They formed square. This little section of the battle field was off by itself, nothing else was near. He attacks me. He rolls the dice and hits on infantry side of dice (2/6), and on retreats (1/6) (because infantry in square can't retreat). So 50% of the time (for each of several dice), the cavalry are hitting my infantry. My men are going down like ten pins. I shoot back, and roll a single die. (Infantry in square do not fire at full strength, because 3/4 of them are facing the wrong way.) I need to get a horseman icon (1/6). Fire and miss. Meanwhile, I've lost 3 cards, so it is hard to bring more people over to help. Picture it: a cavalry man rides up and aims a pistol at a mass of infantry in square. He fires. The pistol ball smashes back 20 infantry men killing them all instantly. The square fires, a hundred muskets go off. All shots miss. Cavalry officer rides back to reload the killer pistol. I would have been better off not forming square. So cavalry can SLAUGHTER infantry in square. Highly a-historical. That rule pretty much poisoned the game for me, since I can't take it seriously. Warm regards, Rick.
@@TheDiscriminatingGamer Hi Cody, Don't you think that infantry in square should be able to hit cavalry milling about near by more often than vise versa? Warm regards, Rick.
@@newworld75 Hi Jeff, If I were to make house rules to try to fix this I would do three (or four) things... 1) Infantry in square if a retreat result is rolled against them, may retreat if they wish, or they may stand firm. 2) Cavalry can ONLY hit infantry in square on a wild (crossed swords) result. 3) A formation of cavalry shooting at infantry in square roll a maximum of one die. The result of this is a stand off. Each side can shoot at the other, but are hitting only on a 1/6 chance. So, usually, they sit about without being able to hurt the other. Strategy in that time was you used cavalry to force them to form square, and then bombarded the infantry with cannon. The infantry was helpless, and packed tight together. Cavalry was incapable to harming a square, but with combined arms, the infantry was helpless. If you wanted to capture the vulnerability of infantry in square verses cannon, you could say that... 4) Cannon, verses infantry in square, hit on cannon and wild (crossed sword) results. Warm regards, Rick.
'the game' takes miniature table top historical wargames back to a cross between chess and kriegspiel, this along with the 'generic system', and the designers historical bias, reduces it to a novel system playable a few times before it falls to:- DBM syndrome (Dead Boring Most of the time).
They have kept the step ladder industry going for almost four centuries. You certainly can not take that away from them. (Unless you put it on the top shelf and hide the ladder).
Best thing about your wargame reviews, the book recommendation. Keep 'em coming and happy 2015!
Thanks, Javier. I'm glad you like the book recommendations. Happy New Year!
I love that you have included book recommendations about the period in your video. Thank you for that. New historical reading material is always greatly appreciated.
Thank you, sir. Glad you enjoyed it.
And David Chandler, the campaigns of Napoleon!
I've not read that one. I'll have to look into it.
I was putting in the AC's while the wife had the Create Channel on and Travels with Darley was on, Anyway she was in Belgium and she just happen to go to the town if of Waterloo and showed what it looked like today. The Battle field was pretty much untouched as it was under Gov protection. Natural the town was modern but the farm house and the field looked the same. There was also a huge hill with a lion on top but when you get to the top you see a great view if the battle field. As this was a PBS show you might be able to see this ob TH-cam. I would love to see this in person as I am a huge Napoleonic's fan.
Very cool.
i bought this recently after your recommendation, love it
Happy to help!
Great review. Like the overview and aspects you concentrated on. I'll definitely pick it up.
Happy to help!
Thanks for this review. I'm on the edge about buying this, but this and your other full-length review have possibly convinced me to give it a shot.
Gabe Guerrero Happy to help, Gabe. I really think that this is a great game.
I have never heard of this game, but it looks great, I also watched your gameplay video,
it was nice to see how the game works. I am going to get this game for sure. Thanks
Thank you. Glad you liked it!
Ive been looking around online and I still can’t figure out if I need doubles of anything for Epic Napoleonics. The products don’t say that you do, but then there’s a hint that you might from the designer. Does any play epic who knows if doubles of any set are needed?
I don't really know.
Nice review, mange. I've been looking for a fun Napoleonics game that wasn't too complicated and had nice components and I stumbled across your video. Liked and subscribed. Interested to see more of your reviews.
Thanks. I'm actually moving shortly to go back to school so I'm probably going to be significantly slowing down my reviews. We'll see what the future holds.
Giving a thumbs down on that comment lol ;) Love your reviews... but sincerely, best of luck in your studies!!!
Thank you, sir. Hoping this isn't the end.
Looking forward to playing this with my son for the first time... we've played Battle Cry, Memoir 44 and BattleLore and have thoroughly enjoyed them all, each for their own unique character. I think Napoleonics seems to be the fine wine of Command & Colors... just hope I don't get my 13 year old drunk with power!
Ha! I'd better watch out around this game, then. I'm a Mormon!
I just could not stayed concentrated after seeing THIS sticker...3:50
Ha!
Thanks for the review. I was in doubt about which of the Commands & Colors games I was gonna buy first. Ancients or this one. I think you just convinced me Sir. Greetings from Oslo, Norway.
I'm glad I could help, Mr. Font. Greetings from Utah, USA. It is a bit ironic- my friend from Norway convinced me to try it, now I'm paying Norway back!
Have you had the opportunity to play either of the C&C Tricorne games? If so, how to they compare to Napoleonics?
I haven’t. I’ve heard their good, though.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing and I heard you mentioned her in the review. Does she live in Oslo too? Glad I found your channel, because my taste in board games are kind of similar to yours. After watching your top 100 games of all time, it seems like you enjoy games regardless of which genres they fit into (including war games) and that is just awesome. Just found and liked your Facebook page by the way.
Argh, I answered at the wrong place.
Thanks, Andre. I'm not sure where exactly she lives in Norway, but I believe its near Stavanger. Glad we share taste in games and thanks for liking!
Great review as always. What do you think about the Ancient variant of the C&C-System ? Oh, andHappy New Year !
Happy New Year to you, as well. I have not yet played C&C Ancients, but that is one that I will have to take a closer look at soon.
Hey man, thanks for your reviews! It's helped me narrow down my list of games for my wife to get me xD
Happy to help! Hope you get some good ones.
hi i have a question do you have to buy expansion kits in order to get other armies(austrians,russians etc)?
Yes. GMT has made several expansions to this game. I have not yet played any of them, however. I hope to in the future.
Get the last expansion first. Tacticians are awesome and puts game into very new level. Also, base game scenarios are a bit "dull", as there are not many objectives. Scenarios go mainly as French attack, British stand and occasionally attack :)
Russian & Austrians expansions are next in line. ;)
PS: I own all but Spanish exp so far, preordered Grand battles.
I am a bit slow to the races, but have just ordered this game as well a some expansions. Thanks for the review.
Fantastic! You're welcome!
2nd edition has been out for several years now--what got your attention? And, can we expect more on the expansions?
As I mentioned in the video, a friend of mine recommended this game. She told me that it was the best of the C&C games. She was right. I currently do not have any of the expansions, but it is possible for the future. Keep you eyes open in the coming weeks, though- got some surprises on the show with C&C Napoleonics coming.
Please see my reply above on expansions. Also marcowargamer has a nice reviews of CCN series. ;)
Now I'm curious about what you think of Borg's latest C&C game... 'Tricorne: American Revolution'
I'd like to play it, but I haven't had a chance yet.
Tchaikovsky. 1812 overture. Nice touch!
Actually, it was the 1812 Overture, by Hank Pathurkawitz of New Jersey, 1997.
Would battlelore in yr opinion outshine this game? Thx
I sold Battlelore 2.0 after getting this game. My only negative for Battlelore is how the VP hexes work in conjuction with the army building (only became an issue w/ the army expansions). This "pregame" customization can lead to an imbalanced and unfun experience for someone who isn't into customizable games.
Pros for CCN: Prefer the blocks over minis; family and wargamer friends like the historical setting; setting up a scenario ahead of time makes it easier to convince people to play (lol); satisfying amount of combat calculation with different unit types, terrain, and nationalities; the victory point system isn't a timer like Battlelore 2.0 system, so gives more time to reposition units/reinforce formations
C&C Napoleonics is the superior game. I do enjoy the cool figures and fantasy theme of Battlelore, 2nd ed., so they both have a place on my shelf.
Lillyhammer! Good stuff
Fun show.
Is this your attemp to get that game in anyway? Okeeeey.
Job Ledesma I have no idea what you are trying to say.
The Discriminating Gamer This is about my awful english. :(
Job Ledesma I spent some weeks thinkin' about to buy that game and the pretty austrian's expansion that a saw in a store in a my neighbourhood (I live in Canary Islands, Spain, and for a boardgame fanatic it's quite like a miracle). And your video focus me on the "Yes, buy this f****n game". :D
Job Ledesma Very good. It's a really great game. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
Why dont they put the stickers themselves?? I mean for the price....
This is one of those questions that will never be answered, like "Does man have the capacity to rid himself of his own evil."
The Discriminating Gamer haha, thank you very much!
I was not impressed with this game, because of the square rules. The situation was...
I had 3 infantry units which were attacked by 3 horse squadrons. They formed square. This little section of the battle field was off by itself, nothing else was near.
He attacks me. He rolls the dice and hits on infantry side of dice (2/6), and on retreats (1/6) (because infantry in square can't retreat). So 50% of the time (for each of several dice), the cavalry are hitting my infantry. My men are going down like ten pins.
I shoot back, and roll a single die. (Infantry in square do not fire at full strength, because 3/4 of them are facing the wrong way.) I need to get a horseman icon (1/6). Fire and miss. Meanwhile, I've lost 3 cards, so it is hard to bring more people over to help.
Picture it: a cavalry man rides up and aims a pistol at a mass of infantry in square. He fires. The pistol ball smashes back 20 infantry men killing them all instantly. The square fires, a hundred muskets go off. All shots miss. Cavalry officer rides back to reload the killer pistol.
I would have been better off not forming square.
So cavalry can SLAUGHTER infantry in square. Highly a-historical.
That rule pretty much poisoned the game for me, since I can't take it seriously.
Warm regards, Rick.
Too bad. I really like this one.
@@TheDiscriminatingGamer
Hi Cody,
Don't you think that infantry in square should be able to hit cavalry milling about near by more often than vise versa?
Warm regards, Rick.
I’ve yet to play it but maybe there’s a house rule that could use to “fix” that bug as you see it?
@@newworld75
Hi Jeff,
If I were to make house rules to try to fix this I would do three (or four) things...
1) Infantry in square if a retreat result is rolled against them, may retreat if they wish, or they may stand firm.
2) Cavalry can ONLY hit infantry in square on a wild (crossed swords) result.
3) A formation of cavalry shooting at infantry in square roll a maximum of one die.
The result of this is a stand off. Each side can shoot at the other, but are hitting only on a 1/6 chance. So, usually, they sit about without being able to hurt the other.
Strategy in that time was you used cavalry to force them to form square, and then bombarded the infantry with cannon. The infantry was helpless, and packed tight together. Cavalry was incapable to harming a square, but with combined arms, the infantry was helpless.
If you wanted to capture the vulnerability of infantry in square verses cannon, you could say that...
4) Cannon, verses infantry in square, hit on cannon and wild (crossed sword) results.
Warm regards, Rick.
'the game' takes miniature table top historical wargames back to a cross between chess and kriegspiel, this along with the 'generic system', and the designers historical bias, reduces it to a novel system playable a few times before it falls to:- DBM syndrome (Dead Boring Most of the time).
I disagree. This is a game I can pull off the shelf year after year and still enjoy.
Ditto on the disagree. This game rocks.
Oh, and he really was not short. He was 5'7". Quit spreading lies, dude.
The only truth that matters is that short people are the best people.
They have kept the step ladder industry going for almost four centuries. You certainly can not take that away from them. (Unless you put it on the top shelf and hide the ladder).
Reptileoverlord- you are dismissed.