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A Sheer Butchery: Solferino 1859

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A Sheer Butchery: Solferino 1859
Rank #16593

A Sheer Butchery: Solferino 1859

2019

Designed by Luc Olivier

Published by Battles Magazine

Rating
7.3
Weight
2.9/5
Categories
Description

game encounter battle gargantuan proportion north italyon brutally hot day june th army clash french command napoleon iii piedmontese victor emmanuel ii austrians franz josef famous husband empress sisi quarter million man large battle european soil waterlooeach unaware enemyrsquo position expect away army fight encounter battle gargantuan proportion battle take place front north piedmontese talented benedekrsquos viiith corp centre village solferino place terrible bloody hand hand fighting south plain medole guidizzolo french try vain turn austriansrsquo leave wing break storm rare intensity battle end gigantic human tragedy europe see bloodshed year dead wound miss prisoner war sick battle makeshift hygienic condition lack provisionsthis game publish excellent french vae victis reworked rewrite version design easy play thank topographical talent riccardo rinaldi map accurate realistic representation historical battlefield game system use simple table achieve morale result fire combat assault unit test moralecohesion value sequence play defensive fire assault standard solution th century battle work game high replayability value interesting nuance hope experience play time game hour spoil game play solitairescale turn hour hexagon meter unit brigadesmdashdescription publisher

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