Napoleon at the Berezina

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Napoleon at the Berezina

Score
6.7
Players
1-2
Time
300
Recommended Age
12+
Difficulty
hard
Official Website
Not provided
Type
game
mechanics

Description

(from ATO website:)

Napoleon at the Berezina is a solitaire game of the last major action of the 1812 campaign. Disintegrating as it moved along, the French army was faced with total destruction if the three converging Russian armies caught the French army with its back against the Berezina River. A way had to be found across the river before that happened.

Being a solitaire game, the player should imagine himself as the French side "fighting a colossus of blind automata". The solitaire rules combine a set of parameters for movement, with a system for authorizing Russian movement and other actions via a track that monitors overall Russian morale and successes to date to assist the player in running a challenging automaton.

Complexity - Low
Solitaire Suitability - High

Full color 22"x34" map
200 full color die cut counters