Not quite the same as Axis & Allies but there is “1812; Invasion of Canada”, which is a semi card driven war game. It uses wooden blocks but you could substitute these with “Viktory” game pieces or other miniatures. The game is worth checking out on its own merits, with or without miniatures.
Napoleonic Wars Axis & Allies Style Game
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@Imperious-Leader Thanks for your question. Based on the research Patrick and I did, although Scandinavia was not a central theater of activity during the Napoleonic wars, there were a number of small campaigns/wars such as Sweden’s fighting with the Third Coalition against France in 1805-07, its wars against Denmark/Norway in 1808-09 and against Russia over Finland, and finally its joining the Sixth Coalition in 1813-14. Despite occasional shifting alliances, it seems Denmark/Norway were reasonably faithful French allies during 1805-13 and Sweden was usually allied with Britain for most of that time. In our test games, Scandinavia can be rather strategic since controlling the Baltic can allow amphibious invasions of not only Northern Europe but also Russia and even Britain (via Denmark). If you have any further thoughts or questions, please let us know.
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@Witt Thank you!; While we do have a very outdated set up chart, we have mostly been going off of set up photos, which have just been easier to use. I am planning on making a set up chart soon, but for now here is one of my set up photos (Chip system is same as A&A G40 With Yellow = 10 units)
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@crsluggo Thanks for your comment on our map. We (especially Patrick) worked very hard on it (there are many prior versions). We are pretty happy with the current version (as pictured) and appreciate your liking it. Please stay tuned as we will have more updates in the near future.
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@Thequilla98 Patrick and I are glad you like the ships though we cannot take credit for them (at least not the ships of the line). They are produced by Morrison Games (as are many of the land units) and are available via Amazon. As Patrick mentions below, we have been working on our own 3D Frigates and Transports and have decent prototypes but are still perfecting them.
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@LordPatrick thanks again for sharing your game with us . Enjoy playing it.
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@MikeF-AusTX said in Napoleonic Wars Axis & Allies Style Game:
@Thequilla98 Patrick and I are glad you like the ships though we cannot take credit for them (at least not the ships of the line). They are produced by Morrison Games (as are many of the land units) and are available via Amazon.
Yes, they’re from a game called Viktory II:
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@MikeF-AusTX The thing is you have some neutral states like Spain, then others like Norway and Sweden are de facto colonies of France and UK respectively. Its just wrong. Sweden Hated Russia and didn’t commit troops to continental Europe, and certainly would not be a puppet of England. Countries aligned but neutral should have their own income and different armies like you have with Spain
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@Imperious-Leader We would have loved to make Sweden an independent country in our game but we would also have had to do so with Denmark/Norway (and cases could be made for Portugal and Naples). Ultimately we were limited in available colors for units and also were concerned about the extra playing time when you have too many countries. That doesn’t mean either one is a “colony” or “puppet”, just an ally like the countries named above (among others). By comparison, Mexico is shown as a US Territory in A&A Global 1940 even though it was an independent ally. Also, don’t forget that Swedish and Russian troops fought together under Bernadotte in the 1813-14 campaign.
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Its called spray paint…poof different colors.
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The pieces from Viktory II are simply fantastic for any game in the Napoleonic era. The 9 available colors gives the gamecrafter great flexibility.
If you are looking for a historical factory piece, I’d suggest looking at War! Age of Imperialism from Eagle Games. You can get a runner of industry & infrastructure buildings for $2.99.
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@crsluggo Many thanks for Eagle Games link. They are temporarily out of the period factory but hopefully it will get back in stock. They had some other miniatures that I ordered to see how they might work in our game. I quite agree that the Morrison Games pieces used in Viktory II are perfect for Napoleonic games and very affordable. If you come across other similar items, please let us know. Thanks again!
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Also note that Risk – the plain basic edition, not one of the countless spin-offs – has little plastic Napoleonic sculpts of infantry, cavalry and artillery, in multiple colours. On the minus side, they’re kind of small, but on the plus side the game is cheap and readily available, so its units could perhaps be used to supplement the bigger ones from other games if sheer numbers are needed. For instance, as a variation of the A&A concept of using mini poker chips to represent multiple units, the little Risk units (which are too small to be a good choice to use as the main game pieces) could be used on the board alongside the big ones to represent extra groups of five (or whatever) units.
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Also of potential interest for the naval side of things are NavWar’s lines of Napoleonic ships:
http://www.navwar.co.uk/nav/default.asp?MMID=64
1:3000 SCALE - NAPOLEONIC SHIPShttp://www.navwar.co.uk/nav/default.asp?MMID=75
1:1200 SCALE - NAPOLEONIC SHIPS & AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCEhttp://www.navwar.co.uk/nav/default.asp?MMID=20
STARTER PACKS - 1:1200 SCALE - NAPOLEONICSTARTER PACKS - 1:3000 SCALE - NAPOLEONIC
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You don’t want those ships. You want sturdy one piece ships where you can see the chip underneath.
https://www.forgedinbattle.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=91
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@CWO-Marc We quite agree that Risk pieces can be very useful for our game. There have been many variations of Risk pieces over the years, some of which are quite small (we use them to represent militia) but some of which are perfectly sized and we use them for siege artillery and light cavalry. Here are some examples:
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FYI: Eagle Games has the runner of industry & infrastructure buildings back in stock. I just took delivery of 5 myself!
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Me and my friend have explored the idea of creating a Napoleonic Wars game. Could you share the map file and rules to help us come up with more ideas?
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Ever heard of the Game Napoleon’s Imperium?
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I remember this being popular with some of the most experienced players in the triplea lobby.
I think the FFA version was played the most.
Never tried it myself though.
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@barnee FFA was mental: having silly nations allied to each other . I only played 3-5 . Nobody jut me seemed to like it !
The games after that were all : 4 historic allied nations vs (sort of ) 4 allied (baddy ) nations .
It is a good map, but Britain starts too strong with too many Fortresses in the Med. Makes it hard for Spain .
I wish you luck in your game design.
I own a Waterloo (battle) game , but it is not very good .
A campaign would would be fun.
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