I have been suffering from Napoleonic fatigue lately, I have been reading Cornwell, as well as watching Sean Bean's Sharpe again. I have been reading Friedrich Lindau's memoirs as well as reviewing a book on an alternate Waterloo history for Wargames Illustrated online. My painting table has half painted Prussian Cavalry and I am still drafting my Napoleonic rules.
So when my esteemed wargaming colleague and I had some time to play a board game, it may surprise that I chose Campaign.
A simple set up, this game is like chess meets risk. Your playing pieces move differently depending on their type, extra pieces are gained by taking over key strategic towns. It can be a frustrating game, my opponents General piece was seemingly invincible as I couldnt manuever any nearby pieces next to it to prevent him from marching about the board taking over Prussian towns. My own lack of tactical ability however can be the only reason I inevitably lost the game but I would play it again. I do find it strange to have a Napoleonic era set game without any British involved, although some people do say we Brits over inflate our contribution in the true history of the war. Our game was also made more fun by my youngest deciding the board was too flat and needed some added terrain in the guise of trees, boulders and dinosaurs.
My opponent then suggested that an improvement would be painting up some models better represent the playing pieces. However I am not starting painting another scale of Napoleonic models at the moment.
