As to games, I’m just old fashioned, I guess, but I still miss the days I used to play Risk. It seems to me that a Napoleonic version came out somewhere along the line, but I’ve lost track.

David

Especially if Monica made an appearance.

In my ignorance of the existence of humorous Hitler films I sought to present the disparity between Napoleon and Hitler by pointing out that Hitler is not someone people make fun of.

I do wish they would make more video games on the Napoleonic Wars though, there’s so much WW2 stuff out there, although its all pretty sensitive, I’m pretty sure there are no games where you actually play as a Nazi in a story-driven mode.

Histwar: Les Grognards looks like the ultimate Napoleonic Wars simulator though. Being able to fight Austerlitz in real time over a 3 day period sounds awesome. A question for David perhaps? Do you ever use computer games as a teaching aid? I think they serve a valuable purpose to really give a good visual idea of how battles were staged. If I teach some day I hope to use them as a teaching tool.

“humorous films about Hitler”… you wouldn’t be comparing Napoleon to Hitler, would you Kaboth??? You know that kind of reception that will get you around these parts!

What about “The Producers”? “Springtime For Hitler”??

Actually I find it rather odd that more recent Napoleon films have such a comedic edge to them like ‘Io e Napoleone’ and also ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’. There is also ‘Napoleon and Betsy’ scheduled to star Scarlett Johanssen which might also be humorous or even romance or possibly romantic/comedy, the details are unclear. I do hope Scarlett does not play Betsy though as she’s about 10 years too old. Some how I doubt we’ll see film makers making humorous films about Hitler.