Gamers (like me) of a certain age will remember the old James Dunnigan game Napoleon At Waterloo. It’s a small, but interesting board game that was given away to S&T subscribers, and also by many game stores — I got mine for free on a “games day.”
You can now download this classic for free. Maybe it can be used to introduce a new generation to the joys of chit and hex games.
Avalon Hill’s classic 1962 Waterloo boardgame has been given a facelift by John Cooper, who makes the redone map and counters available as a free download.
The Valeur et Discipline site has some terrific eye candy of 25mm Napoleonic figures. My dream is to have a collection of such figs.
Chronofus has written a wargamers’ guide to Napoleonic Austria. He writes:
This document is a wargamer’s guide to Austria in the disastrous campaign against France in 1805, written to suit the Elan rules system. This is not intended to be an in depth detailed study of the campaign, which must be left to Europeans with good access to archival material. Enough information is presented here to give an overview of the campaign itself and enough formation and uniform details for a wargamer to suitably paint and base their miniatures to a reasonable standard. There are enough vagaries in some units for perfectionists to require further details from more in depth historical analysis. The reader is also cautioned that there has been, and continues to be, alot of misinformation about the Austrian army. Many parts of this campaign where Napoleon was not present have also been conveniently buried in history. As far as practical this document has been verified against current research.
Cannonade is a Napoleonic era board style wargame designed to be played on a hex board. While the board isn’t provided, the game does include counters for you to print out.