How to Play Valour & Fortitude 

“The next phase is the shooting phase” *correction the fire phase Old habits die hard, Jervis. Really nicely presented video - nice to have a light, simple and freely available option for playing bigger napoleonic games

Thank you for the clear and interesting rules. We'll try it this weekend.

OMG!!! It's the 3 legends!!! Subbed

I'm confused. The French column on the left and the French column in the centre both use the 'skirmishers rule' when they fire so that so that they can also take an action and move during the same turn. However, the skirmishers rules states that: 'it can carry out any action in the same turn apart from an assault.' So how come these two same French columns are then allowed to assault the British light infantry?

Glad I managed to grab a copy of the shelve yesterday, I also printed the lists for the russians and the French and now I'm on the hunt for 1/72 scale models 😉

At 14:21, Jervis mentions that the British infantry loses a melee dice due to previous casualties. I cannot find that in V2 of the rules. Looking at Section 8.3, it notes you only subtract 1 from fire and melee hit test dice if the unit, or any of its supports, are shaken. Can someone please provide a reference to Jervis' explanation about casualties? Thanks.

What happens in the case of a drawn melee ? our first time playing these rules last Friday and we had two drawn combats , and were unsure what , should be the result ? mark

Jervis Johnson , I've heard of you... I thought you'd be taller!

Does your ring have something to do with the neo nazis?

With that voice and clear explanation, Jervis should get a job moonlighting as a narrator for corporate video production.

Perfect. This is exactly what all those who publish a game need to do. This presentation was clear, informative and leads potential players to a greater understanding of the rules. Thank you and Huzzah!

wargaming ASMR 😂

Great support and lovely figures / table. Thanks to everyone involved for the effort, hard work and goodwill in getting these fine tuned and into our hands. Cheers Norm

Anyone who doesn't get excited by a table full of 28mm napoleonic miniatures is a bum.

Attack column, if so shouldn't it be only 2 coys wide? You can move as far sideways as you can forward? Why would a column have a problem dealing with a Square?

Nice video! I am interested in the V&F rules, though for AWI more than Napoleonics. I have a few comments/questions. First, in the melee combat example against the British line, shouldn't the British line have had brigade support, and thus thrown 5 dice? Second, WRT the assault against the British light infantry in open order, one [glaring?] omission in V&F, as compared to Black Powder, is there is no Evade rule. In this case, they might have elected to stand to protect their gun, but I'm curious as to why an Evade rule for units in open order wasn't included? Last, as mentioned, I'm more interested in AWI. Has anyone codified mods to the V&F rules and/or produced army sheets for the AWI?

In the next video, Jervis's British will be playing against Peter Cushing's La Grande Armée. With Narration by Richard Attenborough.

As a play tester of the original draft with the Armchair Dragoons I can say these rules are magnificent and have become my favorite set of Napoleonic Rules at this scale. They are fast laying, have that "feel" and most importantly are great fun!

Excellent narrating skills and accent that man. Well done Jarvis, seems like a fun game

Just as well the second French column didn’t get or or the whole British army would have legged it !! 😢 does the line standing there like a red wall have nothing going for it….columns rule ok?

According to skirmish rules, you can’t fire and assault. Jervis, what’s up with that?

Bless you for getting straight into it. No 15 minutes of palaver.🎉

Beautifully presented tabletop of napoleonics!

looks amazing , thx for resumen end video👍

Delightful

Bravo!

Excellent walk through and rule set. So excited to try this out with my armies on my own table . Great video again Wargames illustrated !

The table looks very nice. I can only image all the painting that needed to be done. It all looks good.

Very interested in seeing your FPW game at The Other Partizan. Also, very interested in how it works as I would love to see some lists for The Crimean War. Maybe even the Sudan and the second Anglo Afghan War?

Another Fantasy / Sci-Fi game please Jervis!

I'm so jealous of those beautiful figures

Will the rules work for Jacobite Rebellion?

"tres bon" ( in a Yorkshire accent )

Whilst appreciating the fact that the rules are free, the author's aim is to make the rules as simple as possible with only 4 pages and he has gone to all this trouble to make this wonderful video (with wonderful miniatures), I think I've maybe missed something because I don't really get it. First, the British light infantry usually blunted or cancelled out the French skirmishers so already I'm questioning the French assault skirmisher fire option. Then, when the French column crested whatever ridge the British were deployed behind, the French column was usually hammered by British volley fire causing it to stall or break. If stalled, the British then usually charged the French causing them to break (apparently, contact between two sides, i.e., melee, was a very rare occurrence). So, this leaves me wondering why the British line tamely stood there and (although I picked up some mention of half-dice for volley fire in the Melee Phase) why they weren't allowed to fire at full effect. Possibly could do with some kind of "closing fire" rule in the Fire Phase?

Hi Jervis ! A legend !

Where do you get your figures

The singular of DICE is DIE...