Although we do not have many ‘pure’ wargamers, we currently have 165 members who list wargaming as a secondary interest to re-enactment or research. Each year the Wargame Section Demo Team attend a number of Wargame Shows. All association members are welcome to join us even if they have never wargamed before.

 

Details of the rules we currently use are given in the link RULES. We are keen to expand the section with reviews of Napoleonic rules our members enjoy using. We also give links to a number of website from which free rules can be downloaded. 

  

At NA Re-enactment Events, association members meet at the Royal Engineers' marquee, styling themselves as instructors at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst using the new Prussian Kriegspiel game to teach tactics to officer cadets. If you ever visit the National Army Museum, Chelsea you will see Siborne's Waterloo Model which he commenced in 1830 using 6mm figures !!! As 6mm were available during the early 19th Century they are great for a period game. Our aim is to ensure everything for the game is 'in period' i.e. wooden dice, wooden measuring sticks and brass dividers and nothing plastic in sight! Wargamers wear the undress depot RMA kit (White or grey overall trousers, shirt, waistcoat and black shoes). It makes our unit the cheapest to join in the NA and gives new members a chance to see what the NA is all about before committing to a regiment.

 

We are always looking out for new manufacturers we can sign up to provide discounts to NA members. Several are already listed in the handbook but, if there are any suppliers you regularly deal with, please ask them if they would consider offering a discount to members of the NA and forward details to the Wargames Officer, who will be pleased to act as the contact point to confirm NA membership for discounts. Finally, we are in the process of publishing a directory of wargames members to make it easier for members to get together for games, as well as giving details of clubs who support our period.

 

If you have never tried wargaming but fancy giving it a go, please drop the Wargames Officer a line and we will try to put you in touch with someone local who can introduce you to the hobby.

 

Contact John Binmore on

wargames@napoleonicassociation.org

 

 

 

 

John Binmore maintains his own Napoleonic Wargame site, where you will find current news about development of the rules we use at wargame shows, details of shows we will be attending, and a host of other useful information.

www.geocities.com/napoleonic_wargames

 

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