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The Wargames Research Group (WRG) is a British publisher of rules and reference material for miniature wargaming.Founded in 1969 they were the premier publisher of tabletop rules during the seventies and eighties, publishing rules for periods ranging from ancient times to modern armoured warfare, and reference books which are still considered standard works for amateur researchers and wargamers.
The Great Powers - Post-Napoleonic Warfare V 6 (Computer Moderated Miniature Wargame Rules) (Computer Strategies, 2007) They Died For Glory (Franco-Prussian War) (Quantum Printing Company, 1992) World War I
Napoléon à Austerlitz is a two-player Napoleonic wargame in which one player controls French forces, while the other player controls Russo-Austrian forces. The rules are not complex — the rulebook is only 14 pages [2] — but the game can introduce players to popular board wargame concepts such as zone of control and demoralization. [3]
In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nick Palmer called Austerlitz a "simple, well-balanced operational level game." [4] In the 1980 book The Complete Book of Wargames, game designer Jon Freeman commented that Austerlitz was "probably the best of the company's Napoleonic series of games and one of the most interesting ...
At the 1978 Origins Awards, the second edition of Empire won the H.G. Wells Award for All Time Best Napoleonic Rules of 1977, and was also inducted into the H.G. Wells Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame. [4] In 2007, the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society presented Scott Bowden with their Jack Scruby Award.
1.5 Napoleonic era. 1.6 American Civil War. ... List of wargame publishers; This is a list of board wargames by historical genre ...
Napoleon's Campaigns in Miniature:War Gamers' Guide to the Napoleonic Wars, 1796–1815 is a book written by Bruce Quarrie. It concerns wargaming in the Napoleonic era , and provides information on history, weapons, painting, and its own set of rules.
Wagram is a two-player wargame in which one player takes the role of Napoleon, and the other controls the Austrians. It is a simple and easy-to-learn game, with only 100 counters, two rules sheets, and a relatively small 17" x 22" paper hex grid map scaled at 400 m (440 yd) per hex.