Why have different clubs

[jim pfleck]

Steel God--in the case of Napoleonics, most of the titles in the series play a little different from others. Some of that is becuase there were basically 3 different design teams but a lot of it is because each nationality organized their armies differently, especially in the earlier period and over time the way the armies are organized, and the way you play them, changes. So even if I train 4 people a year ( as I did this year) they all have different games, they all have different styles, and I am perhaps an above average player, not a great one, so there are limits of what I can teach them. And the engine leads to a level of complexity that, for example, the Civil War games do not have, which also makes everyone play a little differently. Some folks are savants with the possibilities of cavalry and others never quite get how to maximize cavalry. Some people like to play with "historical" house rules or try to discipline themselves to stay close to history (it is one thing to keep one's brigades together--it is another to keep regiments together in a 50 turn game)--and it seems everyone has their own idea of what history was like....

But if someone has a question about bridge repair, or a scenario, they can shoot me an email. The NWC is a community focused on one period. Lots of us there play other eras here at the Blitz. We have forums for the French and one for the Coalition for tactical questions. And a main forum for all kinds for all kinds questions.