This was the first wargame I bought - well to be honest my Dad bought it for me - in 1980. I can remember vividly selecting from what looked like a wonderous selection of similar games in John Menzies on Princes Street, Edinburgh. Expensive game - £4.95!
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| Box in not too bad a condition |
It turned up again when I was looking through random boxes in my parents' cavernous loft; must be thirty years since I saw it last and perhaps another five since it was played.
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| The major difference between SPI and Avalon Hill - SPI boards were paper and this one hasn't fared so well |
I don't recall much about it other than it was incredibly difficult for the Prussians to get any better than a losing draw. Guess that would be about right!
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It was one of a quartet of games known as Napoleon at War which shared base mechanics
Relatively small number of counters. That die used to be white by the way. |
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