Napoleon Era PC War Games

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ArizonaTank

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Quote from: gregb41352 on June 09, 2021, 08:47:10 PM
I remember dealing with JMM regarding his Jutland game and also HistWar.  He struck me as being somewhat prickly, shall we say.

Are you sure about JMM and Jutland?  I believe you might be talking about Jim Rose of Storm Eagle Studios who published the Jutland / Distant Guns series. Norm Koger, the dev on the project, and who goes back into SSI days of yore dropped out of the scene long ago. Jim Rose published it and ran (still runs?) Storm Eagle Studios. Jim Rose is definitely prickly. Many would say his gruff approach and near suicidal insistence on insane DRM schemes drove away customers.

As far as JMM (Jean-Michel Mathe' ) is concerned...I have followed his career somewhat, and as far as I know, he only ever produced Napoleonic games (I believe his first game, before Histwar, was "La Grande Armee at Austerlitz").

In my experience, JMM generally engages with the community in a positive manner (I seem to recall he has even posted on Grogheads). He can be a bit stubborn, but not in an anti-social way. For example early versions of Histwar had a very unique UI that did not follow wargame conventions. JMM stubbornly held on to it for a long time, despite requests from the game's fans to change it. He eventually did.

If JMM has a fault, it is that he just has never been in a hurry. Histwar, in its various versions has been in constant development since at least 2006...and by all appearances is still being worked on.
Johannes "Honus" Wagner
"The Flying Dutchman"
Shortstop: Pittsburgh Pirates 1900-1917
Rated as the 2nd most valuable player of all time by Bill James.

laborde

JTS games will be on sale on 15th June.. You can check the store for Napoleonic titles: https://john-tiller-software.myshopify.com/collections/napoleonic-battles


Quote from: Toonces on June 09, 2021, 01:48:39 PM
What ever happened to HistWar?
Histwar is waiting for a playable patch for a looooong long time..

Old TImer

"Are you sure about JMM and Jutland?  I believe you might be talking about Jim Rose of Storm Eagle Studios who published the Jutland / Distant Guns series. Norm Koger, the dev on the project, and who goes back into SSI days of yore dropped out of the scene long ago. Jim Rose published it and ran (still runs?) Storm Eagle Studios. Jim Rose is definitely prickly. Many would say his gruff approach and near suicidal insistence on insane DRM schemes drove away customers."

You are correct and I am wrong.  Jim Rose was the bloke I was thinking about.  Apologies to JMM.

Senex

Quote from: The Wargaming Scribe on June 09, 2021, 08:46:39 AM
Quote from: ArizonaTank on June 09, 2021, 08:28:17 AM

Glad to see the old games getting some love.

The gold standard is still SSI's Battles of Napoleon IMHO...HistWar made a good run, but just missed passing up BON by a smidgeon.
Well, I am not there yet, but I have Napoleon's Campaign in "only" 15 games. Actually, I came here because I was looking for Napoleon's Campaign manual :). Still have not found it


You can download the manual at
http://replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.2492

The Wargaming Scribe

A bit late, but thanks !  Still, not the correct game : It is Battles of Napoleon and I was looking for "Napoleon's Campaigns" :)
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The Wargaming Scribe

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ArizonaTank

This is the one you are looking for.  Apparently only Apple II, so I wasn't really aware of it.

looks like free, public domain download from archive.org

https://archive.org/details/a2_Napoleons_Campaigns_1813_1815_1981_SSI_RDOS
Johannes "Honus" Wagner
"The Flying Dutchman"
Shortstop: Pittsburgh Pirates 1900-1917
Rated as the 2nd most valuable player of all time by Bill James.

The Wargaming Scribe

Yeah, I have the game - I was looking for the manual and it is not there :)
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Pete Dero


The Wargaming Scribe

Quote from: Pete Dero on July 20, 2021, 02:58:32 PM
One more try : http://docplayer.net/29695284-Battles-of-napoleon-strategic-simulations-inc-ssi-game-rules.html

Download button is beneath the preview.
Note, that's SSI's 1988 Battle of Napoleons, not SSI's 1981 Napoleon's Campaigns : 1813 & 1815" :)
My blog : https://zeitgame.net/ - playing all computer wargames in order of release.

ArizonaTank

Quote from: The Wargaming Scribe on July 21, 2021, 03:07:27 AM
Quote from: Pete Dero on July 20, 2021, 02:58:32 PM
One more try : http://docplayer.net/29695284-Battles-of-napoleon-strategic-simulations-inc-ssi-game-rules.html

Download button is beneath the preview.
Note, that's SSI's 1988 Battle of Napoleons, not SSI's 1981 Napoleon's Campaigns : 1813 & 1815" :)

Short of doing a deep internet dive, or getting lucky for a copy on ebay, you might be out of luck on this one. Noble Knight games may also have a copy for sale.
Johannes "Honus" Wagner
"The Flying Dutchman"
Shortstop: Pittsburgh Pirates 1900-1917
Rated as the 2nd most valuable player of all time by Bill James.