Napoleonic Gothic Horror game coming from Osprey?

[Grumpy Gnome]

A friend just brought this to my attention.... seems I am not the only one keen to explore Gothic Horror in a Napoleonic military manner!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55623317-the-silver-bayonet

A skirmish wargame of gothic horror during the Napoleonic Wars written by the Joseph A. McCullough, the award-winning creator of Frostgrave.

As the wars of Napoleon ravage Europe, chaos and fear reign and the darkness that once clung to the shadows has been emboldened. Supernatural creatures--vampires, werewolves, ghouls, and worse take advantage of the havoc, striking out at isolated farms, villages and even military units. Whether they are pursuing some master plan or simply reveling in their newfound freedom is unknown. Most people dismiss reports of these slaughters as the rantings of madmen or the lies of deserters, but a few know better…

In Britain, a secret award--the Silver Bayonet--is presented to those soldiers brave or fortunate enough to have faced these creatures and survived. Often, these survivors are swiftly seconded to a specialist unit and ordered to report to one of Wellington's exploring officers. Formed to root out and destroy the supernatural menace, these small units are tasked with investigating strange reports, scouring battlefields, and seeking out allies and artifacts that could stem the tide. Britain is not alone in this fight--the other great nations have their own units dedicated to the fight against the supernatural--but that is not to say that mankind is united in the face of the rising darkness. While the rising darkness is a common foe, and rival units may forge uneasy and fleeting alliances, patriotism and national interest will just as often pit them against each other in races for ancient knowledge or forgotten treasure.

The Silver Bayonet is a skirmish wargame of gothic horror set during the Napoleonic Wars. Each player forms an elite band of monster hunters drawn from the ranks of one of the great powers. Riflemen, swordsmen, and engineers fight side-by-side with mystics, occultists, and even those few supernatural creatures that can be controlled or reasoned with enough to make common cause. The game can be played solo, co-operatively, or competitively, with players progressing through a series of interlinked adventures with their soldiers gaining experience and suffering grievous wounds and their units triumphing… or falling in the face of the shadows. It is a game of action and adventure, where musket and sabre meet tooth and claw.

[Malamute]

Reminds me of the Novel "Twelve" about Vampires killing Napoleons army during the retreat from Moscow.

[Romark]

Interesting

Reminds me of the Novel "Twelve" about Vampires killing Napoleons army during the retreat from Moscow.

Yep,a good read,might try and incorporate some into my Retreat from Moscow games

[Historiker]

That sounds very interesting!

I wonder whether he developed another independent skirmish ruleset for this!

[Malamute]

Interesting :)Yep,a good read,might try and incorporate some into my Retreat from Moscow games

Splendid idea!

[Bloggard]

also highly recommend the graphic novel: 'black fire' (very good if predictably visceral and gory).
Again, the context, initially, is the retreat from Moscow.

sounds a great setting and full marks to Joe / Osprey.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Leave out the Gothic Horror aspect and it may potentially make for a new character focused Napoleonic skirmish experience.

Right now my plan is to use Sharp Practice 2 for my Napoleonic Gothic Horror project, adding modified Blood and Plunder for naval engagements after Raise the Black is delivered. I need to figure out where Silver Bayonet could fit into this.

And hopefully more minis from Northstar!

I was thinking of using some of the figures from Dracula's America but with luck this might have more off the shelf appropriate figures.

[Inkpaduta]

Hey, this could actually get me to buy some Napoleonic figures.

[Inkpaduta]

Could someone tell me the author's name for the book Twelve?

Thanks

[Romark]

Could someone tell me the author's name for the book Twelve?

Thanks

Jasper Kent 

[metalface13]

This definitely has me interested. Most Napoleonic minis are in rather static marching poses. Does anyone know which kits are best for a more dynamic skirmish game?

[Belgian]

Sounds interesting! Think the newer plastic Perry Miniatures French Infantry sets come with much more skirmishing poses and offer quite good value for your money.

[huevans]

Certainly the era for Gothic horror! Remember that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein only a couple of years after Waterloo when she, Percy Shelley and Byron were doing drugs and having group sex in Italy or somewhere exotic and naughty like that.

Of course, it all ended badly - as all orgies with amazingly good looking twenty-somethings with scads of money set up in a chateau with tons of drugs inevitably do!

[Grumpy Gnome]

For skirmish games you may want to consider buying sprues rather than full boxes.

For the French (I do not know about other nations) the elite flank companies, grenadiers and voltigeurs, often have more dynamic poses.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Perry-Miniatures-Napoleonic-French-Elite-sprue-1807-14-NEW-TO-RANGE/133277425080?hash=item1f07f41db8:g:uKEAAOSwZK1d-2X2

But to be fair the Victrix French can be made fairly dynamic as well as the Perry.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28MM-FRENCH-NAPOLEONIC-INFANTRY-1807-1812-SPRUES-VICTRIX-SENT-FIRST-CLASS-/153043782895

If you look close at the sprues you can see a lot of options. Add in some easy kitbashing and voila, you can have.plenty of very dynamic figures.

For officers and specialists, like flagbearers, sappers, and musicians you want command sprues but these can be  trickier to find separate. So you may want to consider a full box, use what you want and sell the rest. Plenty of rank and file Napoleonic players out there buying marching infantry.

And by simply painting the uniform different colors you can have figures from various different countries. Even more so if you are ok with fictional uniforms.

[3 fingers]

Following with interest as I’m toying with doing a monster blood tattoo setting which would be similar anyway digressing what about frostgrave bits ?
The ecw horror thread on here used frostgrave bits that blended well?