I recently bought Et
Sans Resultat!, a grand-tactical Napoleonic wargame by David Esteness. I have a review of the rules here, with the
acknowledgement that I haven’t played yet---these are my thoughts from a
read-through. First is my summary of the
game; I’ll follow up with comments and criticisms.
The brief version: As
a gamer who is interested in recreating chaos and friction on the tabletop; who
is interested in the issues of commitment/timing on the Napoleonic battlefield;
and who digs the notion of a Napoleonic division being an unwieldy beast that
you hurl into combat, I’m really excited to play Et Sans Resultat! The book
is high-quality and the writing is clear. The game takes into account command and control problems, the deployment of divisions, and divisions become worn down and shot-up in combat. On the down side, I am disappointed by there being no scenarios included in the book, and
don’t think that the game is great solo.
Overall: Great stuff and I look forward to playing it!
