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Cinco de Mayo - Battle of Puebla - May 5, 1862

By: BSO Games

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: DTP War Games (BSO Games)

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Product Info

Title
Cinco de Mayo - Battle of Puebla - May 5, 1862
Publisher
Category
Author
Richard Berg
Publish Year
2007
Dimensions
8.5x11x.25"
NKG Part #
2147368435
Type
Ziplock

Description

Please note that this is a DTP (Desk Top Publishing) game designed on a desktop computer and all components, including the counters which will have to be cut and mounted, are printed on paper. These are designed by some very well-known designers and are a low cost alternative to today's professionally produced games. On rare occasions, some of these games are reproduced by other companies with higher quality components including die-cut counters but most of them are not. If you believe this game to have a professionally produced version, please contact us with your inquiry and we will help you to locate it if it does indeed exist.

CINCO DE MAYO is a game on the battle between a division of French troops in the army of Emperor Maximilian and those of the Republican forces of Mexico for control of the key city of Puebla, a battle that led to the Mexican national holiday honoring its date, May 5 (1862).

CINCO will use the same system as was used for both LINE OF FIRE and EAST-WEST, a firepower oriented version of the time-honored BSO system used in the MEN OF IRON system, with somewhat different focus. The battle itself uses some very interesting, colorful terrain, along with the usual units with the evocative names: 2nd Zouaves, the Fijo de Morelio Battalion, Chasseurs d’Affrique, the Oaxaca Lancers, etc. Special rules cover cavalry lancer charges, square formation, a rather early use of trenches, and artillery ammo.

Most of the rules and mechanics will be quite familiar to anyone who has played BSO games, but all with a nice period flavor.

Playing time for CINCO has averaged 2-3 hours, sometimes less, and the rules are only 9 pages.

CAVEAT: This battle will also be featured in an upcoming GMT module (for their GRINGO game) that will be published late 2007, early 2008. It uses a totally different more complex system, though.

Each game of CINCO DE MAYO includes Rules, one sheet of Mike Lemick’s great-looking cut-and-paste counters, and a colorful Pascal da Silva 22”x17” game map and game cover.