OSG Report / January

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OSG REPORT

JANUARY 2007
Announcing Two New Publications
Holiday Sale Expires
OSG Gaming Weekend
Letters

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WARGAME DESIGN Nr 10 and SPECIAL STUDY NR. 1

Now available for preorder from Operational Studies Group.

Wargame Design, Issue 10, contains 24 pages entirely devoted to our two games on the 1813 Campaign. SAVE $4. If you reserve by email and you live in the U.S. you can save $3 on postage, by sending a check for $8.50 to OSG (or send a payment through https://www.paypal.com (skip our store page - to kzucker@charm.net).

CONTENTS OF ISSUE NR. 10

* 1813 Section: 4LB Katzbach PM Scenario, 4LB Questions, 4LB Retreat Before Combat optional rule, NaC Update, NaC Counter Design, NaC Design Analysis by Mark Owens, and design article—What is Scale-appropriate?
* Campaigns Section: Design Symposium—Redoubts, 1812: Emperor and the Rebbe, Napoleon At Bay Solitaire by Mark Herman; SuA Design Analysis—A Quandary for Kutuzov, by Martin Fuica

OVERSEAS READERS: If you live outside the U.S. you can order Wargame Design #10 directly at our website. $7 will be added for airmail postage. Click on "Wargame Design Mag current issue" at http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html

CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS: If you have a current subscription, you do not need to reserve your copy as you will be sent one automatically. Check here to see your subscription expiration number...
http://www.napoleongames.com/PreOrders/WDM%2010%20pre-orders.pdf

(If your subscription started with issue 7 or later, your sub is still current. If you received Issue Nr. 6 then your subscription expired with issue Nr. 9. )

PRINT RUN: We will soon have to specify the quantity to be printed. Make sure you have a copy reserved in your name.

PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Option A. Visit our store page. (You don't need a paypal account.) http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html

Option B. Send a check to OSG, PO Box 50207, Baltimore, MD 21211 USA
(If postmarked by 31 January, the price is $5.00 plus postage - $3 US, $7 overseas airmail). Sending a check saves us the processing fee.

Option C. Mail in your credit card number (avoiding the online store): PO Box 50207 Baltimore, MD 21211 USA, phone or fax 1(410) 367-4004.
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SPECIAL STUDY NR 1: 1813 - The Year that Doomed the Empire
This is a limited edition collector's item. Only 300 copies will be printed. Will go out of print shortly after printing. Reserve your copy now at the pre-pub price of $25 plus postage - $4 US, $7 overseas airmail). Pre-pub price will expire on publication. Full retail will be $36. Click here to see if you already have an order on file...
http://www.napoleongames.com/PreOrders/Special%20Study%20pre-orders.pdf

We have commissioned about 44 pages of maps by Timothy Schleif. We expect to have this book ready for shipment about 31 January 2007. Place an order for it at our pre-order page
http://www.napoleongames.com/pre-ord.html
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Our Four HOLIDAY SPECIAL OFFERS will EXPIRE on 31 January
Order Napoleon at the Crossroads and save on additional games or documentary material:
1. Crossroads PLUS Wargame Design Magazine Nr. 10 (save $10.50 off retail).
2. Crossroads PLUS Four Lost Battles, OSG’s much-played 2005 release (save $30).
3. Crossroads PLUS Four Lost Battles AND Seven Days of 1809, our 2004 release (save $50).
4. Crossroads PLUS Special Study Nr. 1, The NaC Companion (save $20).

Go directly to the OSG secure online store-
http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html#FS

Did You Receive Our "Holiday Sale" Flyer in the mail?
You can download a .pdf of the flyer here-
http://www.napoleongames.com/11_06_Order_Form_K.pdf
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Special Combo on OSG Booklets

Crossroads + Special Study Nr. 1 ("the NaC Companion") + WDM Nr. 10 can
be ordered for $74 plus postage for two games, as follows:

Overseas postage $14 on the package above; Domestic postage $11.

Order this directly at <http://www.paypal.com/>www.paypal.com OSG's paypal account is
kzucker@charm.net Add a Note: Consim Combo

If you already have Nap at the Crossroads, you can order just the two
booklets for $30 plus $7 for shipping (domestic or overseas): you'll want
them both.

If you have already ordered and you want to upgrade your order in line
with the above we will take care of it.
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OSG Gaming Weekend: February 10-11

200th anniversary of Eylau
At OSG World HQ the weekend of February 10-11. Write for more information if you can attend in Baltimore.

Look for more news & information at our discussion board
http://www.napoleongames.com/forums/
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LETTERS
From: Karm Kerwell

I received SuA a few months back. I spent some time counter pushing and
learning the system (so far so good) but alas, I was soon back at Four Lost
Battles! 4LB has dominated my table this year and I don't see it getting
going away any time soon. It is a great game. It's so simple but it's
deep. What is it? It can't be the cards, can it? It's more than that. I
like the chaos and unpredictability of the cards. I like the situations.
They're maddening. I don't know what I like better, 4LB or 7Days. Or
6Days....

Take care and keep up the great work. I've been lurking on CSW but it tires
me so I've left it for now.

I REALLY like the set-up display for 4LB in #9. It's easy to use and clear.
I hope to see that in future OSG games. I'd pay the extra dollar if it
helps.

Sincerely,
Karm

[kzucker]

AUGUST 2007
SUMMER SALE ON 2x SERIES GAMES
SAVE $36 on THE HABIT OF VICTORY and NAPOLEON AT THE CROSSROADS
Order The Habit of Victory 30%-off and get NaC at 20%-off. See Order form at http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html#summer


For those who already have Napoleon at the Crossroads ...
PRE-ORDER THE HABIT OF VICTORY by clicking here http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html
Select "The Habit of Victory," and finish your order on our paypal order form.

Our 30%-off price is set to expire on 15 September 2007. ALL payments postmarked by 15 September 2007 will be processed at $56 plus shipping- $7 (domestic), $14 (overseas). You must confirm to lock-in the 30% discount price (see How to Order below). After September 15th the discount will be reduced to 20%-off, or $65 plus shipping.

The box cover has gone to the printer this week. We'll be incurring most of the printing bills in September. Your confirmation now helps us pay those bills and will save us mailing a reminder later.

HOW TO ORDER

Option A. Visit our store page. (You don't need a paypal account.) http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html

Option B. Send a check to OSG, PO Box 50207, Baltimore, MD 21211 USA
(If postmarked by 15 September 2007, the price is $56.00 plus shipping - $7 US, $14 overseas). Sending a check saves us the processing fee.

Option C. Mail in your credit card number (avoiding the online store): PO Box 50207 Baltimore, MD 21211 USA, phone or fax 1(410) 367-4004.


VIEW THE COMPONENTS

http://www.napoleongames.com/HoV.html
There you will find the box and sample counters plus links for the Standard and Exclusive Rules (coming soon).

GAME DESCRIPTION
Designers Mark Herman and Kevin Zucker take you into Napoleon's 1806-07 campaign in Poland, using the 2X Series rules just seen in Napoleon at the Crossroads, and introducing cards into the Campaigns of Napoleon System. Each card represents a Movement Command specifying attrition, administration, etc., and allows for one-time events: political, military, officer feuds, and guerilla war.

"CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON" 2X
3.75 mi. per hex, 3 days per turn, 3,000 men per Strength Point.

COMPONENTS: One 22" x 34" map and 280 two-sided counters; 56 pages of rules including campaign analysis; 4 player aid cards, including Turn Record Card; Organization Displays, Charts & Tables; Deck of 100 cards; Game box.

o Quick 3-turn Battle Scenarios and four Campaign Games including 69-turn Grand Campaign.
o Full color 22 x 34" map by Joe Youst covers the whole theater including parts of Poland and East Prussia at 1:375:000. Hexes represent 6 km of actual terrain.
o Each turn represents 3 days; 3,000 man Strength Points.
o Part of the "Campaigns of Napoleon System," 2X Series.
o Scenarios show set-up positions of all units and Leaders on 6 critical days.


FOUR LOST BATTLES

Further Thoughts on Katzbach Scenario 22.23
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Our work published in the Special Study showed that the 8th division was already near the battlefield on the night of August 25th, and that it possibly never left on the march for Haynau like the other divisions in III Corps. Souham, commander of the 8th, had just been promoted to Command of III Corps and probably knew that his division would be crossing the Katzbach soon. Any doubt is dispelled by reports of Prussian scouts that the division occupied Rothkirch that night. By allowing the 8th division reinforcement status it gets an automatic move on the first turn (Souham knew the plan for the coming battle). This was probably the wrong division to be leading the offensive.
Read more about the crossing of Souham's Div. at Dohmau on p. 52 of Special Study Nr. 1.

Change in set-up for Souham's 8th Division:
8th Division (Brayer, Charriere, and 2nd-9th arty.) enters at Rothkirch (0902) at 10.00.


SWORDS AROUND A THRONE
Map Development
Joe Youst is working on the map for Swords. We have re-designed the game recently. Though this is a two-player game we are incorporating the non-player country diplomacy rules from La Guerre. We want a detailed historical o.b. (instead of generic divisions). We are going to accomplish that by treating one year at a time, starting with 1812.

This is a big game and encompasses the whole of the Napolenic Wars. A game like this will be a once-in a lifetime event. It is going to take time. We want a game that is at the cusp between Operational and Strategic levels. Want you to see valid point of both the opertional and strategic levels. This game could never have been done before completing an individual, operational level game on each of the campaigns. All that info is going to be compressed into a single game.

"Wow. It seems to me that you're undercharging for a game of that depth and scope. I'm only speaking for myself, but I'd bet you would find a lot of gamers who are truly interested in Napoleonics would pay a lot more than the current P-350 and/or retail price for this one." -EAP


Brand New P-350 Title
The Bautzen Battle has recently been added to the P-350 pre-order list at the OSG website.
http://www.napoleongames.com/pre-ord.html


Special Studies Series
http://www.napoleongames.com/pre-ord.html
Each study will consider the campaign and the featured battle (with smaller combats along the way). Each book will be 128 pages with heavy-stock color cover, perfect-binding.
2. Jena-Auerstadt, 1806 $36.00 $25.00
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3. Pultusk, 1806 War Diary (operations journal style), covers November-December
New
4. Eylau, 1807 War Diary January-February
New
5. Friedland, 1807 War Diary Mar-June
New
6. Abensberg-Eckmuehl $36.00 $25.00
New
7. Smolensk, 1812 $36.00 $25.00
New
8. Lutzen, 1813 $36.00 $25.00
New
9. Montmirail, 1814 $36.00 $25.00
New
10. Charleroi, 1815 $36.00 $25.00
New
11. Austerlitz, 1805 $36.00 $25.00
New


Errata for OSG's Special Study Nr 1.
p. 52, 2nd column,4th full paragraph -delete the phrase: "The one exception is a text indicating that"
p. 54, Key at bottom: Strength on 15 August equals OFC + MEN; strength at the scenario start is labelled "Gross"
p. 60 Key at bottom: Strength on 15 August equals MEN
p. 77 Under NOTES (4th Note): Major Differences -for AUS IV and PRUS II Corps-...
idem, next line: Total Coalition Strength at THE TIME OF Leipzig
idem, Napoleon at Leipzig strengths do not include artillerists, wagon train, engineers, staff, etc. The Coalition had 273,600 men actually on the battlefield.
p. 78 4th full paragraph:" ...Coalition forces at THE TIME OF Leipzig was 321,000."
p. 94, map: Arrighi should be placed near Dennewitz.
p. 95, map The arrow next to Ney pointing NE is wrong.
p. 101, 115, 117 map. The town labelled Haynau is really Bunzlau