The Battle of Borodino, fought on September 7, 1812, was the largest and bloodiest single-day action of the French invasion of Russia, involving more than 250,000 troops and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties. The French Grande Armée under Emperor Napoleon I attacked the Imperial Russian Army of General Mikhail Kutuzov near the village of Borodino...
Smoleńsk 1812 covers battle of Smoleńsk, the first major battle of the French invasion of Russia took place on August 16–18, 1812, between 175,000 men of the Grande Armée under Napoleon Bonaparte and 130,000 Russians under Barclay de Tolly, though only about 50,000 and 60,000 respectively were actually engaged. Napoleon attacked Smolensk occupied by...
Summary from Columbia Games website: "Borodino was fought between the Army of Imperial Russia and Napoleon's Grand Armee on September 7 1812. The battle ended with a French victory, but strategic defeat. Losses were terrible on both sides, but the Russians could replace theirs. One week after the battle Napoleon occupied an undefended Moscow, hoping to...
Designer Lance McMillan marches the Napoleonic 20 game system to the very outskirts of Moscow where a brutal campaign culminates in a titanic battle between the exhausted French Grande Armée and the entrenched Russian Army whose divided and bickering leadership has led them to this fateful moment. In Borodino 20, players can recreate the historical battle...
Designer Alan Emrich offers a fascinating Expansion Kit for Borodino 20, placing you in command of the the French and Russian armies along the great Minsk-Moscow Highway where the near-trap was sprung at Smolensk. Although the Russians ultimately withdrew from the field of battle, it was a close-run engagement as the Czar and Russian Generals argued to...
Presenting an expansion kit to Borodino 20, Gzhatsk 20 is a hypothetical battle that should have occurred in early September 1812 (in lieu of the Battle of Borodino) during Napoleon’s Russian campaign. One player commands the French army of Napoleon, while the other leads the Anti-French forces consisting of the Russian armies that are making a desperate...
Designer Kim Meints offers a fascinating Expansion Kit for Borodino 20 - Berezina 20. It examines Napoleon’s Russian campaign in 1812. When the Tsar refused to negotiate terms, the French Army retreated back to Poland in the dead of winter, forced to cross the Berezina River with the Russians in close pursuit. One player commands the French army of...
Second volume in the Triumph & Glory series covers the classic battle of Borodino. "The brigade-level Orders of Battle include the latest research, some directly from Russia (The Wonders of The Net!), and we even give the French player an opportunity - fraught with danger, to be sure - to attempt to undertake Davout's suggested flanking maneuver. In...
This is a simple game from Tehnolog dealing with an episode during the Battle of Borodino. Both players have four soldiers, a cannon, and a redoubt. The players set up their forces 1 to 1.5 meters apart and roll a die to see who goes first. Each player, in turn, fires one shot for every soldier they have. Each shot must be from behind their line of...
Borodino: Doomed Victory, The Battle for Moscow, 1812, is a simulation of the The Battle of Borodino fought on 7 September 1812 in the Napoleonic Wars during the French invasion of Russia. The fighting involved around 250,000 troops and left at least 70,000 casualties, making Borodino the deadliest day of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon's Grande Armée...
“We shall save our own land—wipe away part of the score of our past disgrace, get excellent barracks and winter quarters, and at least be prepared for an early campaign another year.”—General Van Rensselaer’s summation of the benefits of gaining a secure foothold in the Niagara Peninsula before the onset of winter, September 1812. A key element in the...