Cover art for Napoleon's Art of War: Eylau & Dresden

Napoleon's Art of War: Eylau & Dresden

1979 · BGG
Avg rating
6.16
Bayes rating
5.55
Weight
1.93 (Light)
Players
2
Playtime
5 hr
Ratings count
207

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Description

Napoleon's Art of War consists of two distinct and separate games: The Battle of Dresden and the Battle of Eylau. Each of these games has a body of rules in common, and specific rules for the game.

Dresden is a simulation of the battle between the French under Napoleon and the allied forces of Russia, Prussia, and Austria in August 1813. Eylau is a game depicting the struggle between the French and the Russo-Prussian force under Baron Levin Bennigsen that occurred in 1807 on February 7th and 8th in a remote area of Poland.

The game was originally published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #75, Jul-Aug 1979, and uses the system from Napoleon at War quad.



Mechanics

Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid

Themes

Napoleonic

Publishers

SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Designers

Bob Jervis Bob Pollard Olle Johansson Omar DeWitt Redmond A. Simonsen