Strategy & Tactics #99

Thunder at Luetzen
Napoleon's Fight for Empire
 

    Thunder at Luetzen game is an army level simulation of the opening of Napoleon's 1813 campaign. Historically, the Allies bungled their attempt to ambush the French and were soundly beaten on 2 May. The game recreates the possibilities that existed the day before, on 1 May 1813.  By starting a full day before the actual battle, it truly gives one a feeling for what went into this particular campaign. The actual battles take place in many different places over the map.  Freedom from being forced into the "historical" positions makes this into a much more interesting game with far more replay value. 
     The game rules contain designer's notes and two historical articles: The "Politics of the Luetzen Campaign" and "The Opposing Armies at Luetzen" (full order of battle)
   
 
Contains:
 
  • Rules (bound in pp 25-40)
  • 22" X 32" full color map
  • 200 die cut counters
  • Full counter inventory image included with rules

 

  • Each hes map represents an area 475 meters across (1:30,000 scale).
  • Each daylight game turn represents one hour of real time
  • Each night turn represents two hours. 
  • Units in the game represent approximately 1,500 cavalry men, 2,500 infantrymen, 40 guns, or a commander and his staff
  • Game Design by: Bowen Simmons

Magazine Contents

    Thunder at Luetzen: Napoleon's Fight for Empire (Historical article by Bowen Simmons. Following the successful crossing of the Berezina in November 1812, Napoleon returned to France to raise a new army for the defense of the French Empire. The Russians, intent upon liberating Prussia and Germany, met the new French Army at Luetzen in the opening battle of the 1813 campaign. Includes: The Retreat to the Vistula; Defense of the Elbe; Napoleon's Return; The Battle of Luetzen; "La Garde au Feu!"; Napoleon's New Grande Armee; The Prussian Army of 1813)
    A look at the Winners: Gencon - Convention Miniatures (The prize-winning historical miniatures of last summer's (1984) Gencon convention are featured in this photo essay by Kim Eastland.)
    Simulation: Thunder at Luetzen (Bowen Simmons)
    Moves Gaming Section (Features include: Previews (Superpowers at War; Cromwell's Victory); Replays (Trail of the Fox Game, Variants, Addenda, Optional Rules, and the US 2nd Armored Division))
          For Your Information (A Wide Ranging Survey of Historical Data and Analysis, edited by A.A. Nofi. Includes:  Did you know? (Interesting bits of Historical trivia);  Footnotes: Promotional Difficulties (in 1847); Materiel Losses in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War; POW to Guard Ratios in World War II.  Data Files:  The Unlucky XI Corps(in the Civil War); Modern Notes: Resistance in Afghanistan; Soviet Afghanistan Order of Battles March-April 1984)
          Richard Berg's Review of Games (Reviews by Richard Berg.  Includes:  Empires in Arms (Australian Design Group); Napoleonic Wars (Game Theory & Design Co); Killer Angles (West End Games); Battle For Germany; Southern Front (Third World War Series - GDW); Grand Moves South (Quarterdeck Games))
              Books in Review (Reviews of Books of interest to Gamers. Featuring: Options of Command (Trevor N Dupuy look at ten major World War II Operations) and A Generals Life (autobiography of Omar N Bradley))

             

            This is good shape copy that may have a bit of shelf wear or staple rust. The inside paper stock is slightly discolored from age. The rules are detached. The game is unpunched and unplayed.

            SPIS&T099 January-February 1985  64pp,  map, 1 counter sheet


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            This item would weigh just under 0.94 pounds (0.43 kg) when packaged for shipping.





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