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2 by 2 Napoleonics

2 by 2 Napoleonics – Questions following our play test

9 Aug 20218 Jun 2019 by Steven Thomas
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We enjoyed our play test of 2 by 2 Napoleonics but were left with some questions. Because they are quite long and detailed I thought I’d post them separately to the battle report.

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Categories 2 by 2 Napoleonics, Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular War 4 Comments

2 by 2 Napoleonics – A battle report

18 Aug 20221 Jun 2019 by Steven Thomas
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Adam, Jamie and I had a go at 2 by 2 Napoleonics. Of course we used my normal Peninsular War figures, in 15mm, on Big Bases. Using Big Bases for the Peninsular War meant this was really 4 by 4 Napoleoncs.

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Categories 2 by 2 Napoleonics, Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular War, Portugal, Spain 2 Comments

Review of 2 by 2 Napoleonics Rules

9 Aug 202125 May 2019 by Steven Thomas
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I recently discovered 2 by 2 Napleonics by Rod Humble, John Rigsby and Eric Sprague. They are simple but elegant way of representing corps level actions with units as either brigades or regiments. Here is an overview of the rules and my take on them.

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