Philip Haythornthwaite’s The Napoleonic Sourcebook is a good place to start for a basic understanding of the Napoleonic Wars. The volume is divided into six major sections: The Campaigns, Weapons and the Practice of War, The Nations Involved in the Wars, Biographies, Sources, Miscellaea and a useful glossary. There are more than 200 black and white illustrations, maps and charts. For the painter, the book has descriptions of various uniforms and lists of uniform, facing, hat and button colors.
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Column, Line and Square Napoleonics Rules
Column, Line and Square was the first set of Napoleonics rules that I ever played — and I suspect, the first set that many people played. We called it Column, Line and Slaughter, though, becuase slaughter was the usual result.
Still, it was fun to play –especially with 25mm figures.
Sadly, the set is apparently no longer in print. But you can get the rules here, free for the downloading.
Napoleon At Waterloo Board Game Print-And-Play
The classic board game Napoleon at Waterloo is readily available as a print-and-play, do-it-yourself, project.
Bailen Napoleonic Wars Board Game
Bailen is a free print-and-play board game of the 1808 battle between French and Spanish forces near Bailen, Spain.