‘As you all know, Warhammer Historical Wargames is no more, and has stopped producing and supporting historical games. However, before the demise of WHW, Mark Latham, author of Waterloo, was working on a new army list for Russia, which he hoped would be made available as a free download at some point down the line. We were asked to playtest the list, but sadly Mark never got to release it in any official capacity, so he said we could use it as we saw fit.

1. Warhammer Historical Battles

Warhammer Historical Has Now Closed. It may be that Hail Caesar! And its supplements will now step in to fill the vacuum left by Warhammer Historicals. Warhammer Ancient Battles (often referred to as 'WAB' and sometimes Warhammer Historical) is a ruleset for miniatures wargames produced by Games Workshop's Warhammer.

We’ve had it for a while, and are pretty happy with it, so we decided to post it here for everyone to enjoy. All of these are in.PDF format. For Firefox, Right click on link and select “Save Link As”, or click on the link and save the.PDF that opens from there. For Internet Explorer, right click on link and select “Save target as”, or left click on the link and save the ‘PDF that opens from there. Eventually I will also start posting any variations or house rules from my gaming group, as well as army lists.

I’m not an expert on the Russian list, and it’s not my design, so feel free to adapt it however suits your gaming needs best. Russian Army of 1812 List- Waterloo Reference Sheet- Waterloo Templates- Waterloo Roster Sheet- Waterloo FAQ 19DEC2011 I will try and answer (or find answer to) any questions left in the comments section.Scott Merrifield. There appear to be a few errors in the Waterloo Campaign section not covered in the FAQs. If you or Mark know what the “correct” answers are that would be great. Scenario 11: Plancenoit appears to have no value in the campaign. It’s worth no Campaign Victory Points and no units that take part are in the final scenario so unit replenishment does not come into it. Is this intentional?

Or should I award a CVP to the winner. Also one of the earlier scenarios states that if the French win then the Guard units in Scenario 12 can be at maximum allowed strength rather than that listed in the Order of Battle. Problem is they are already at Maximum Strength in the Order of Battle.

Should they be just 3-4 companies per battalion? Thirdly the Wavre scenario states that if Prussia wins then units from scenario 11 can be used in the final scenario “if they survive Wavre”. None of the units in the Wavre scenario are listed in the Plancenoit scenario. The Order of Battle for scenario 1 lists the strength of several Prussian cavalry units as “1 Troop”. Does this mean 1 company, in which case why is it so small? Or is it 1 battalion, in which case what is the composition of it? Sorry to barrage you but I didn’t know of any other place that might deal with these questions now Warhammer Historical has gone for good.

Best regards and thanks for the downloads.

Trafalgar Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail (1795-1815) Written by Mark Latham, copyright 2008 Produced by Warhammer Historical Wargames ISBN: 978-1-84416-769-2 This game book consists of 144 pages or so of rules, fleet information, history, collecting and painting guides, scenarios, campaigns, and reference materials to play table top miniature battles between sailing ships of the late 18th to early 19th centuries. The game is designed around 1:1200 scale miniatures and the book features many pictures of beautiful paint jobs of Langton miniatures models in this scale.

In this game, one model represents one ship. The standard unit of measure is the centimeter, although conversions are provided for larger and smaller models as well as a rough guide of using the half-inch instead of the centimeter for those requiring American measuring standards. A 4' x 4' or 4' x 6' table is recommended as a playing surface. The turn sequence is conducted in four phases; weather phase, sailing phase, gunnery phase, and end phase. The movement rules were clear and seem to be simple to play. The rules cover such maneuvers as tacking, box hauling, anchoring, changing sail, effects of the sails settings on movement and collisions.

The only maneuver than I didn't see specifically addressed was wearing ship. Presumably this is done by simply turning the ship using normal movement rules. The ships seem to move a little fast by my calculations, but as I play more games I may change my opinion about this. The combat rules will be of very little surprise to anyone who's played a Warhammer game before. It uses six sided dice to resolve combat.

Vessels may be given a light cannon, heavy cannon, and/or carronade rating, the dice are rolled to determine hits. The target vessel then rolls to save, and resulting damage is applied. A ship roster (prepared prior to play) details how much damage the vessel can take in various sections of the ship including hull, masts, crew, etc. Rules are also provided to cover fire ships, bomb ketches, boarding actions and coastal defense forces. Command checks are rolled for throughout various parts of the game, to determine crew willingness to carry out orders, etc. There is nothing in the rules about the lack of communication available to captains of this era.

Silence at the table is not required between captains. Trafalgar includes fleet lists for the three principal world powers of the day; England, France, and Spain. It also includes lists for Portugal, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, USA, and lists for privateers. I was happy to see lists for Russia and Sweden, while this is not a theater I'm particularly interested in, it was nice to see the completeness of the offering. Those familiar with other Warhammer rules will not be surprised to find that individual ships can be augmented with ship upgrades, which enhance specific combat abilities, movement abilities, or characteristics of crew and vessel.

Ship upgrades, specific fleet abilities, and ship options are the mechanism by which different ships of the same class can be modeled, national characteristics such as superior training and morale and gunnery practice are portrayed, and even fictitious characters’ abilities may be represented. I want to gain more experience playing these rules before passing final judgment on them however I like what I've read and played so far. The Warhammer Historical website features downloadable FAQ and errata pages that were quite helpful. They also feature all of the charts, templates, and reference material as downloadable pages as well.

I am in no way associated with Warhammer historical games and write this overview simply to provide others with what I would've liked to been able to find on the Internet about this game before I bought it. I am no expert in Naval warfare but greatly enjoy Napoleonic era naval warfare fiction and history. I have been playing miniature wargames since the late ‘80s. Leif Edmondson Boise, ID.

The three things that I really like about these rules are: 1. The lack of Paperwork. You don't have to record exactly how fast you ship was travelling so you can work out how much you can speed up or slow down next.

Also you don't have to sit and write orders for each of your ships every turn. A defined order of move. Instead of 'simultaneous' movement the ships downwind move first. With many of the other rules it always seemed come down to each player holding a ship each waiting for the other to commit his move. And arguments over where ships were when one player declared a shot. A built in advantage to the ships with the Weather Gauge It was always considered to be an advantage to have the wind, most rules don't have anything built in.

But here ships downwind move first so you can react to that, and then the side with the Weather Guage fires first. And the two things I don't like about these rules are: 1. Command Checks. These are based purely on the rank of the ships Captain with a bonus if the Admiral is nearby. So the ships most likely to fail a command check are the small Sloops and Brigs because they only have a Lieutennant in charge. Command checks should be a combination of the Captain and Crew of a vessel.

The English fleets were almost constantly at sea and should have an excellent Crew rating. Spanish and French ships were kept in port by the british blocade and so had very little expierience so should have a low rating. Line of Battle. These games very quickly descend into melee. There is no advantage for being in a Line of Battle or disadvantage for not being. The English Fighting instructions specified Court Mashal for Captains not maintaining the line.

This is why Nelson was risking all when he wore out of the line at the Battle of Cape St. Many battles were just the fleets passing each other swapping iron. The French would attempt to dismast the English so they could reform the line and return and sink/capture them.

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For Ships of the Line, there should be some sort of bonus to being in a line and a penalty for being out of line until the Admiral declares 'Close Action' when Melee begins. Just my opinions of course.