Cover art for Horse & Musket: Dawn of an Era

Horse & Musket: Dawn of an Era

2017 · BGG
Avg rating
8.01
Bayes rating
5.62
Weight
2.53 (Medium)
Players
1-2
Playtime
1 hr 30 min
Ratings count
140

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Description

Horse and Musket: Dawn of an Era is a simple tactical game system that covers the development of musket warfare from Vienna in 1683 and Sedgemoor in 1685 to Appomattox in 1865. Volume I will cover warfare in the west from 1683-1720, when the bayonet replaced the pike.

The battles included are...

Vienna - September 12, 1683 – “We came, we saw, and God Conquered.”

Sedgemoor - July 6, 1685 – The Bloody Assizes

Killiecrankie - July 27, 1689 – Slaughter at Sundown

Fleurus - July 1, 1690 – The French Cannae

Aughrim - July 22, 1691 – Bloody Hollow

La Prairie - August 11, 1691 – Double Ambush

Neerwinden - July 29, 1693 – Le Tapissier de Nôtre Dame

Marsaglia - October 4, 1693 – The Massed Bayonet Charge is Born

Narva - November 30, 1700 – Charles XII Smashes the Russian Army

Chiari - September 1, 1701 – Catinat’s Last Battle

Klissow - July 19, 1702 – Charles XII Invades Poland

Blenheim - August 13, 1704 – “A Famous Victory”

Fraustadt - February 13, 1706 – The Swedish Cannae

Turin - September 7, 1706 – Eugene’s Greatest Victory

Almansa - April 25, 1707 – Battle of the Exiles

Poltava - July 8, 1709 – The Student Surpasses the Master

Malplaquet - September 11, 1709 – Mort et convoi de l'invincible Malbrough

Villaviciosa - December 10, 1710 – A Bourbon on the Spanish Throne

Sheriffmuir - November 13, 1715 – Confusion on the Moors

Glen Shiel - June 10, 1719 – Rob Roy’s Last Battle



Mechanics

Action Points Dice Rolling Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Line of Sight Modular Board Simulation

Themes

Age of Reason American Indian Wars Pike and Shot

Publishers

Hollandspiele

Designers

Sean Chick