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Borodino - Battle of the Moskova, 1812

By: GMT Games

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: Gameplayers Series

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Product Info

Title
Borodino - Battle of the Moskova, 1812
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Sub-category
Author
Richard Berg
Publish Year
2004
Dimensions
9x12x2"
NKG Part #
2147343216
MFG. Part #
GMT0401-B
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
12 Years and Up
# Players
1 - 2 Players
Game Length
120 Minutes

Description

Using the very popular Triumph & Glory game system (v2.2), Volume II in the T&G series covers the classic Napoleonic battle, Borodino, Battle of the Moskova, 1812. The battle itself will be familiar to almost every wargamer, with massive French and Russian armies coming together in a frontal, head-to-head assault that used little, or no, subtlety. There are massive batteries of artillery, huge divisions of cavalry, Cossacks all over the place, plust there is political in-fighting within the Russian command hierarchy.

The game's brigade-level order of battle includes the latest historical research, and we have even given the French player an opportunity – fraught with danger – to attempt to undertake French Marshal Davout's suggested flanking maneuver. In addition to the full Borodino battle of September 7th, the game also includes a short, Introductory Mini-Battle, the Attack on the Schevardino Redoubt (which took place on September 5th, two days before the actual battle). Historically, the French finally took the position with high losses to both sides but, remarkably, with not one Russian prisoner. A portent of things to come.