I purchased the basic software package titled General de Brigade, and this meant I was stuck learning the game thru its three tutorials and Help section. And if you want to dip your toe in the proverbial water first, les Grognards is still available at a heavily discounted price as well. That said, the designer offers free upgrades and new editions for the life of the project, and given that well may be eternity minus a single day, it’s not a bad deal. The basic game is a digital download only and will run you 34,91 Euros at the HistWar Boutique, and more robust editions with pdf manuals and what not, cost more. This is also a work in process, and one that will never end. HWG is in actuality a second, much improved edition of les Grognards, and hit the scene in 2013. Designed many years ago under the name HistWar les Grognards (the Grumblers, Napoleon’s pet name for his Old Guard), the game was to be published by Battlefront but after four years of delay, negotiations broke down and JMM (as he is often called) decided to self-publish.
Without question this software is far more a simulation than a game, but more than that it is a labor of love of one genuine French Grognard named J M Mathe. I sat down to play perhaps the ultimate Napoleonic Wars tactical battle computer game, HistWar’s Napoleon (or HWN) and just, wow. Mouth open, deer in the headlights stare, yup that was me. There’s not a lot that gets me speechless, ask anybody, but for about 20 minutes this past weekend that’s what happened.
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