The folks at Perry Miniatures, namely Michael and Alan Perry, teamed up with Jervis Johnson to put together a set of Napoleonic wargaming rules for you to use with their blisteringly large 28mm miniatures collection. Valour & Fortitude!

Valour & Fortitude Rules // Perry Miniatures

The Valour & Fortitude rules are free for you to download and have been laid out over eight pages so there isn't much reading to do. The rules have been designed, in Jervis' own words, to avoid what he calls  “game designer f**kwittery". So, they get a lot of the complexity out of the way and try to allow you to get the feel of Napoleonic warfare without it turning into a grind.

Valour & Fortitude - Napoleonic Miniatures // Perry Miniatures

The Valour & Fortitude rules are also available as part of the new Wargames Illustrated magazine and over on their website as a free download as well. In addition to the rules, you can also pick up Army Sheets covering the Napoleonic French, Austrian, Prussian and Russian armies. Over the next few months, more army sheets will be added and updated including the British and Spanish.

Valour & Fortitude - Napoleonic Miniatures // Perry Miniatures

There is also a set of Scenarios for you to also download and use during your first games. There is a scenario for a Set Piece Battle, a full-on Assault and a Meeting Engagement. Classic wargaming scenario fodder I would say!

Valour & Fortitude Rules

Valour & Fortitude Army Sheets

Valour & Fortitude Scenarios

Valour & Fortitude is designed to make it easy to dive into wargaming the Napoleonic era but the team has already discussed exploring periods like the War Of The Roses and the Franco-Prussian Wars.

Are you tempted to give these a download and check them out alongside some long discarded Napoleonic miniatures?