2005 · Napoleonic

Four Lost Battles

This quadrigame covers four battles of the Dresden Campaign in August and September 1813: Grossbeeren, Katzbach, Kulm, and Dennewitz. It portrays the Allied strategy of avoiding Napoleon’s main army while engaging his subordinates, leading to four French defeats in a two-week period. Players command formations on four maps at a scale of 480 meters per hex and one hour per game turn. The system uses 560 two-sided units, deployment and arrival cards, and status cards to represent troop movements and battlefield conditions. Each battle can be played separately, with campaign analysis and designer notes included.

groupPlayers

1–2 best 2

schedulePlaying time

240 min

cakeAge

12+

psychologyComplexity

3 / 5