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1807: The Eagles Turn East

1807 - The Russians have abandoned Warsaw with the French in hot pursuit. Murat leads a triumphal entry into the ancient capital. Napoleon knows that he is 400 leagues from Paris and on the threshold of a hard, eastern European winter, but he must have the opposite bank of the Vistula River if the campaign to be launched in the Spring is to have the best chance of success.

Amateurs to Arms

In time for the 200th Anniversary of The United States' ill-fated invasion of Canada, Amateurs to Arms! is a historical simulation of the War of 1812, playable in 3 hours or less. One player commands the British/Canadian forces, while the other plays the Americans.

The game includes all of the theatres of battle including the US/Canadian border and the Great Lakes, the wilderness of the Northwest, the Atlantic Coast of the US, the civilized Indians of the South and the site of Andrew Jackson's dramatic victory at New Orleans.

Baron's War

The two major battles of Simon de Montfort - Lewes & Evesham - provide a new take on a rarely covered period of English History. These battles took place in a unique period, before the longbow had pained predominance of the battlefield, when cavalry was still the most lethal weapon in the English arsenal.

The system provides a unique simulation of 13th century warfare. With only 12 pages of rules plus commentary, the game plays fast (less than two hours) and furiously. Each player much preplan the orders for his Battles with the use of Command Points. The system has built-in limitations on leaders and troops, fog of war, and the chaos of the medieval battlefield. More importantly, it does this by employing a simple, elegant mechanic, allowing players to focus on the game and not struggle with the rulebook.

Rules and commentary, 280 counters / markers, two 17x 22 maps, player aids, and dice.

Jena!

Discern the Secrets of Napoleon's Greatest Maneuvers. My God! Can these Frenchmen fly as well as fight? Jena! The name we give to one of the truly decisive campaigns in history; whereby the sons of the French Revolution under the command of emperor Napoleon Ier, meet and utterly destroy the heirs of Frederick the Great.

Five scenarios span the opening engagement at Saalfeld through the French victories of Jena and Auerstædt. The Campaign Game opens with the French exiting the mountains of Franconia and Thuringia in a drive on Leipzig, hoping to knock the Saxons out of the opposing alliance.

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La Bataille de Dresde, 1813 - Volume No. XIII

August 1813, Austria ends its neutrality and enters the VIth Coalition against France. After joining contingents of the Russian and Prussian armies this new army marches north out of Bohemia nearly 200 thousand strong. They march along the west bank of the Elbe into Saxony, its large lumbering columns stretched across the Erz mountains.

From where he has been pursuing enemy forces to the east Napoleon sees this new threat aimed at his line of communications and the city of Dresden, the main supply depot for his army. Only a single French Corps stands in its way. Outnumbered nearly ten-to-one it cannot hold.In a flurry of orders Napoleon redirects his guard and several corps to march to its rescue.

La Bataille de Dresde details the titanic battle that ensued on August 25th and raged through the 27th. Up to 4 players control the Prussian, Austrian and Russian forces commanded by Feldmarschall Carl zu Schwarzenberg, while up to a further four command such French personages as Marshals Ney, Marmont, Mortier, Victor, St. Cyr... or Napoleon, himself. Every battalion of infantry, squadron of cavalry or battery of artillery that was present at the battle is included... and are at their command.

La Bataille de les Quatre Bras

La Bataille des Quatre-Bras is the second of five boxed sets detailing the climatic moments of Napoleon's last 100 days as Emperor of the French. La Bataille des Quatre-Bras reproduces the fateful encounter between Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington on one 34x22 period map with nearly 600 stunning unit counters (including every Anglo/Allied unit found at Waterloo two days later). The small size of this game makes it ideal for players to learn the system. For the grognards, La Bataille des Quatre-Bras is fully compatible with La Bataille de Ligny, and when played together they form the grandest simulation ever presented for 19th Century enthusiasts. (in bag)

La Bataille de Ligny 2nd Ed.

La Bataille de Ligny, 2nd Edition is a complete graphic and rule upgrade of the original version in 1991. It continues the venerable Les Batailles dans L'age L'Empereur Napoleon 1er Series and will be as visually stunning as QB II, Moscowa and Dresde.

The game features 4 - 34 inch x 22 inch period maps, over 1,000 full colour 1/2 inch counters, multiple charts, organizational displays, tables and historical commentary.

Legion of Honor

Legion of Honor - is an innovative card game that recreates the personal drama of the Napoleonic Wars. Using a quick playing, card-driven game system, each player assumes the role of a French soldier - or grognard- starting out as a young sergeant or sous-lieutenant trying to make it in life starting in 1792. Fortunately for the enterprising grognard, he can look forward to over twenty years of continuous war provided courtesy of the Directory and Napoleon! Against the historical backdrop of major historical events that span the period from the Brunswick Manifesto to The Hundred Days, grognards take advantage of the opportunities that Fate provides to advance their station in life. Or not!

Winning the game is achieved in a number of ways: having the highest award in the Legion of Honor, having the highest military rank or having the most glory or wealth. The game is entirely suitable solitaire play through six players.

Mollwitz & Chotusitz: Battles of the First Silesian War

The latest installment of the BAR series, "Mollwitz & Chotusitz: Battles of the First Silesian War" contains the first two battles of Frederick the Great's career as he began to forge his legacy as the greatest general of his generation. But be aware, this is not the Prussian Army of the Seven Year's War!

At Mollwitz (April 10, 1741) King Frederick II has been outmaneuvered by FM Neipperg. The plodding Prussians must advance over snowy fields to assault the waiting Austrian infantry and escape the entrapment. The Austrian player, with superior cavalry, must use that cavalry to slow down or distract the Prussian infantry before they devastate their Austrian counterparts. Each side has their strengths (and weaknesses) and must seek to maximize them to their benefit before time runs out. And, there is always the possibility that Frederick will flee the battlefield...

At Chotusitz (May 17, 1743), the Austrian army under Prince Charles has again outmaneuvered Frederick and hopes to annihilate the isolated part of his army. The pressure is on as the Austrians must attack quickly before the bulk of the Prussian army arrive as reinforcements.This is a finely matched battle with the Austrians as the attackers!

Both battles are one map in size with less than the usual number of counters. Chotusitz is roughly the size of the BAR game of Lobositz whereas Mollwitz has only 2/3 of the counters of Chotusitz.

No Sailor, but a Fool

Command at Sea, Volume #3

No Sailor But a Fool is the latest Command at Sea module covering coastal actions. No Sailor consists of a 64 page book with 210 full color die cut counters, printed on both sides. Seven heavily researched scenarios covering Oslo 1940, Operation Sea Lion, British Channel Convoys, the St. Nazaire action, Operation Cerebus (the breakout of the battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau through the English Channel), German surface raider sorties, and Tarawa.The counters represent 140 ships ranging in size from motor torpedo boats up through battleships, as well as aircraft, shore batteries, shore installations and amphibious assault troops.

In order to use No Sailor But a Fool you must own the Standard Rules to Command at Sea and one of the two data annexes that were included in The Rising Sun or Supermarina I boxed games.

Operation Spark

The game system is a continuation of the award winning Black Sea Black Death - Aachen - Borodino 41 system. The game, with one 34x22 map, is set in a frozen peat bof, bordered by a frozen lake and a frozen river, is a slugging match. German fortified lines cut through the snow filled woods and encircle the worker's settlements and the critical Sinyabino Heights. The Red Army appears for the most part in regiment sized units of riflemen, artillery and heavy mortars, backed up by battalions of tanks (half of them light T-60s), skiers, marines, engineers, as well as by naval artillery, air power, and a few odd units like aerosans and observation ballons. The Germans have most of their units in infantry and artillery batalions, backed up by companies of Tiger and Pzkw.III tanks, deadly 88mm flak guns, and STUG IIIs. The Germans also field everything from a battalion of Spanish fascists to a railroad battery. They also field battalions of heavy artillery, nebelwerfers, and captured French coastal guns, as well as mountain troops, jaegers, the SS Polizei Division, and several overstrength independent regiments plus their Tiger tanks (here seen in their debut performance).

Six Days of Glory

1814 - Reeling from their disastrous defeat at Leipzig the previous year, Napoleon and his army crossed the Rhine back into France. The Emperor hoped this great river barrier would provide him sufficient time to raise a new army. But, just as the Marie Louises, as these conscripts were known, began to arrive at the front from their various staging areas, the Prussians, under their stalwart Prince Blücher, crossed that great river with surprising ease.