Review: Commands & Colors: Napoleonics from GMT Games - The Players' Aid

[GGdeTOURS]

My favorite game by far! You can't imagine the number of scenarios and the new decks and units etc etc

[cajunatx]

Hey guys, Memoir doesn't change dice numbers based on guys left, dice numbers are based on unit type and terrain modifiers.

[timlewellen]

Best Napoleonic combat ever filmed, Waterloo with Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte and Christopher Plummer as Wellington.

[michaelscherer]

Just finished stickering mine. Excited to play

[dalerobinson]

Thanks for warning me about the stickers for the dice. I think 3rd party wooden dice are worth it. Played this game at CincyCon on a big map with big terrain hexes and--really neat--Lego figures!

[garesonc]

I guess I'm weird...I actually enjoy the stickering whenever I get a new C&C game.

[e-airman]

thank you for another fine review! let us see a play through!

[VonChoker]

Alexander don't lose hope. It's always possible to get your kids into Wargaming. My 17 year old daughter recently started playing Commands and Colors ancients with me and she absolutely loved it. I'll eventually be introducing her to the more complex C&C Napoleonics

[ElGrandoCaymano]

Sharpe series of books is excellent. Cornwell wanted to write an Army equivalent (95th rifles) of the Hornblower or Aubrey-Maturin naval series. Sharpe's everywhere: India, Trafalgar, Talavera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Waterloo, Chilean independence. I remember watching it either on A&E or PBS. I remember lots of romps in the haylofts with Spanish senoras, but then that happens in the books too. I think it was produced by ITV or Granada (who also produced Hornblower series) rather than BBC.

[bdgza]

Memoir ‘44 base game is quite bland. But when you get into the expansions you add the features you’re looking for. The army packs give special rules to the Russians, British, Japanese, US Marines, and more. In addition you get dozens of unique unit types which combine to create varied scenario experiences. M44 doesn’t just do “epic” with Overlord, but also has Breakthrough boards with an extra deep board and special movement deck, not to mention the D-Day Landings map set. The pre-printed battle maps add different Combat decks for city/jungle/desert/winter fighting.

[MattWhiteWargames]

Top review - this game is great. Ancients is brilliant.

[thassuliusdoom]

Excellent game, always great fun and easy to learn.

[FrostRare]

You guys are such a beautiful couple. Thank you ♥️

[Simonet]

Currently ploughing through the 680 stickers for the base game 😤😂
(Current UK price: about £68/$94!)

[vinylrabbit]

The best Napoleonic board game is Napoleons Triumph, if you can find a copy. It has no RNG, and has a very simple game but it is sometimes considered difficult because it uses a game system that most gamers are not used to. I like C&C system my favorite is the ancients but have a few great play thru of Napoleon C&C.

[dalerobinson]

In Memoir44, a unit rolls it's full complement of dice irrespective of the number of figures. And the expansion packs add nuance to the game. It's not fair to compare the base game to another's expansion. But I'll grant that the basic Napoleonic game has more going for it than basic M44. That's why I'm looking forward to playing it.

[modst]

The best C&C game. The only real gripe I have with this game is how units sometimes can be wiped out in one turn without being able to fight back. On the other hand it's fairly easy to add more advanced rules like formations and facing.

[gheilers]

Amazing...a historical war-gamer...unaware of the Sharpe series. :-)

[Caratacus]

FWIW you may have been fortunate to get a bias towards one section in the card draw because I find the game to be all about momentum. Spreading card-play across all sections is usually not a good idea. You don't want an advance to stall in range anywhere because defensive fire can be brutal. Best to hand manage and get a few command cards together for one section, then play them one after another to smash your way through. Really recommend the Generals Marshals and Tacticians expansion. It elevates the game to genuine greatness IMHO.

[evildrganymede]

Huh, didn't expect the cards to look so different to C&C Ancients! (Ancients is my current favourite, love playing the ancient Greek battles from the expansions - but I do have Great War to try as well!).