Rebels and Patriots: Wargaming Rules for North America: Colonies to Civil War

by Michael Leck, Daniel Mersey

Overview

From the first shots at Jumonville Glen to the surrender at Appomattox, Rebels and Patriots allows you to campaign with Wolfe or Montcalm, stand with Tarleton at Cowpens or Washington at Yorktown, or don the blue or grey to fight for Grant or Lee. From the French and Indian War, through the War of Independence and the War of 1812, to the Alamo and the American Civil War, these rules focus on the skirmishes, raids, and small engagements from this era of black powder and bayonet.

Your Company is commanded by your Officer during these tumultuous conflicts. Each battle that your Officer faces allows him to develop new and interesting traits. Does he perform heroically and earn a nom de guerre? Or falter, to be forever known as a yellow-belly? Designed by Michael Leck and Daniel Mersey, with a core system based on the popular Lion Rampant rules, Rebels and Patriots provides all the mechanics and force options needed to recreate the conflicts that forged a nation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472830210
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	01/24/2019
Series:	Osprey Wargames , #23
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

Daniel Mersey has spent three decades leading miniature armies to spectacular defeat on ancient, medieval, and colonial battlefields. He has won no medals and his armies will never salute him. His previously published games include The Pikeman's Lament (Osprey, 2017) with Michael Leck, The Men Who Would Be Kings (Osprey, 2016), Dragon Rampant (Osprey, 2015), Lion Rampant (Osprey, 2014), Dux Bellorum (Osprey, 2012), Song of Arthur and Merlin (Ganesha Games, 2008), and Glutter of Ravens (Outpost Wargame Services, 1998).

Michael Leck is a Swedish wargamer who runs the extremely popular and inspiring Dalauppror blog. He is the co-designer of The Pikeman's Lament (Osprey, 2017) with Daniel Mersey and has contributed several articles to wargaming magazines in his quest to spread light over the major events in Swedish military history. He has a growing international reputation as a 'wargamer who games', presenting demonstration and participation games in the UK and Sweden.
Michael Leck is a Swedish wargamer who runs the extremely popular and inspiring Dalauppror blog. He is the co-designer of The Pikeman's Lament (Osprey, 2017) with Daniel Mersey and has contributed several articles to wargaming magazines in his quest to spread light over the major events in Swedish military history. He has a growing international reputation as a 'wargamer who games', presenting demonstration and participation games in the UK and Sweden.
Daniel Mersey has spent more than three decades leading miniature armies to spectacular defeat on tabletop battlefields. He has won no medals and his armies will never salute him. Daniel has been writing books, gaming articles, and rulesets since the 1990s. His rulebooks for Osprey Publishing include two Origins Award-nominated titles, Lion Rampant and Dragon Rampant, and the UK Games Expo Judges' Award-winning Rebels and Patriots (with Michael Leck). In 2021, Daniel was appointed as the University of Edinburgh's first ever Games Designer in Residence.

Table of Contents

Overview/ Understanding the basics/ Playing the game/ Army lists/ Strategies and tactics/ Sample armies/ Scenarios/ Campaigns

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