| Author: John R. "Buck" Surdu | |
| Publisher: LMW Works | |
| Date Published: November 2002 | |
| Period:Napoleonic | |
| Scale:Tactical | |
| Status:Available through Brigade Games or directly from LMW Works. | |
| Notes:These rules are based on Santa Anna Rules (Tactical), but they have many of the neat features of Battles for Empire. |
I promised myself a few years ago that I would never do another World War II or Napoleonics projects, because these periods seem to attract a diproportionate number of self-proclaimed experts. We were having such a good time in Texas playing Mexican American War battles with Santa Anna Rules that I started to get interested in dusting off all my old Heritage 25mm Napoleonic figures. I thought the process of converting from Mexican American War to Napoleonics would be easy. While there are many similarities, it took nearly six months to get it done. When the smoke cleared, I found that I liked Wellingtion Rules even better than Santa Anna Rules.
| Figure | 1 infantry or cavalry figure = 30 men 1 artillerist figure = 10 men 1 cannon figure = 2 guns |
| Ground | 1 inch = 15 yards |
| Time | 1 turn = 15 minutes |
While Wellington Rules is based on Santa Anna Rules, fans of Battles for Empire will find many familiar notions: artillery bounce through, cavalry break through, etc.
While these pictures pre-date Wellington Rules by about 18 years,
they do show a Napoleonic game in progress. In those days we didn't have many
figures, so we had the French and Russians versus the British in the game
shown.