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Napoleonic's Version 3.04

The latest playtest version of the two-foot-board Napoleonic miniatures rules, with a companion Army Lists booklet of twenty-eight armies from Revolutionary France to the War of 1812. New in 3.04: a manoeuvre limit, a tightened rout move, and a good many clarifications drawn straight from your feedback. Read the rules online, download the printer-friendly PDFs, and send feedback for Version 3.

Rules

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Version 3 deployment and terrain-placement diagram.

Diagrams

A Note from the Designer

I wrote these rules twenty-six years ago, and I'm genuinely honoured they're still hitting tables. This release delivers one of the ideas I'd been mulling: a companion booklet of twenty-eight army lists, each with its own character and one small special rule. The rest of 3.04 is almost entirely your work — clarifications, a manoeuvre limit, and a tighter rout, all drawn from the feedback form. Scenarios, solo rules, and campaigns are still on my mind — but those are only my ideas. If they don't grab you, or there's something else you'd rather see, I'd love to hear it. And if you've played the rules, read them, or just enjoyed them, add your name to the muster roll so I can thank you in print.

Cheers and happy wargaming.

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