Napoleon’s Battles
At one time, perhaps under the urging of S. Craig Taylor, Avalon Hill flirted openly with miniatures rules. Napoleon’s Battles was meant to allow the massive battles of the Napoleonic era be gamed with a reasonable number of figures. Sadly, even at 1 infantry figure equals 120, the number of figures for even a small historical scenario seems enormous. The format provided follows the standard 3-book format, the first, an introduction to miniatures with information on basing, painting, history, organization, etc., the second, the actual rules basic to advanced and optional, and the third, the actual scenarios including fictitious ones. Supplements amended and revised the rules while adding additional scenarios including the enormous Leipzig scenario in the red module. Module 2 also introduced a tie-in to AH’s Empires in Arms game allowing the game to serve as a campaign and battle generator for miniatures.