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In a very homemade way, I made an unboxing video of the first assembled copy of Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars, just to give an idea of all the stuff inside. The Solo Aide-de-camp (for playing without an opponent) is missing in the video.

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Aperti i pre-ordini per PLAY 2025

Mancano dieci giorni scarsi a PLAY e al debutto della Ingenioso Hidalgo in società, e direi che è il momento di rompere gli indugi aprendo un 'pre-ordine' per chi è interessato/a a recuperare una copia di uno o di entrambi i giochi che porteremo in fiera a un prezzo di favore.

Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars: the command system

After the break to share the rulebook, and to announce ‘’Un altro passo nella neve‘’, the game-book by Manuele Giuliano that will be available at PLAY, let's return to the presentation of Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars, to talk about the command system.

Introducing “Un altro passo nella neve”

While preparations are in full swing to close Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars (wooden components arrived from Poland yesterday!), it is time to make official the second item in the Ingenioso Hidalgo catalogue.

Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars draft rulebook available!

Today I was planning to post an article on the unit command system, but in the end I thought I would post the game rules directly.

Units and Formations

For those who are accustomed to the world of ‘hex and counter’ wargames, the unit pieces in Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars can be a little disorienting, because they do lack many distinctive elements. There are no NATO symbols, no uniforms, no corps or regiments to which they belong, and - above all - no values indicating movement or combat strength.

The Battlefield Format

After briefly recounting some of the editorial choices for the publication of the game, today I begin to tell a little about what the game is like. The name ‘Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars’ is not accidental, because it places the emphasis on the places where the battles whose names we still remember today were fought more than two hundred years ago: Rivoli, Marengo, Austerlitz, Waterloo...

Introducing Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars

Today I start talking a little about Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars, the first game - designed by me together with Alessandro Zucchini - that will be released under the Ingenioso Hidalgo imprint, the small publishing label I created to follow some projects that are a little more particular or niche than my more typical games.

Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars on BGG

Very small update: the first Ingenioso Hidalgo game has now its own page on Boardgamegeek. Of course there is also a dedicated page on this website.

Ingenioso Hidalgo at IDEAG 2025

The (mis)adventures of the Ingenioso Hidalgo officially begin at IDEAG 2025, the Italian national meeting of board game designers. There my story as an author basically began, and there I like to get my story as a publisher started.