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Rules assistance for Horse & Musket: Annual #4
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1–2 players
Rules assistant for Horse & Musket: Annual #4
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Horse & Musket: Annual #4 is an expansion for Horse & Matchlock: Prelude to an Era released in 2023 for 1–2 players. It was designed by Amabel Holland, Sean Chick, Daniel Chick, Paul Mach, Marc Figueras, Xavier Rubio Campillo, and Paul Aceto and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Modular Board, and Hexagon Grid.
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About the game
Horse and Musket Annual Number 4 is the fourth fan expansion to Horse & Musket. It will add new scenarios for owners of Volumes I-V and Horse & Matchlock. The scenarios include... Alford – July 2, 1645 – “I found myself so slighted” Mohács – August 12, 1687 – 1526 Avenged Almenar – July 27, 1710 – Stanhope’s Great Charge Bassignana – September 27, 1745 – Bourbon High Tide in Italy Rocoux – October 11, 1746 – “Hell opened her mouth to swallow us up.” Kay – July 23, 1759 – Preamble to Kunersdorf Trenton – December 26, 1776 – “Victory or death” Assunpink Creek – January 2, 1777 – “We’ve got the old fox safe now.” Bennigton – August 16, 1777 – “They are ours, or this night Molly Stark sleeps a widow!” Kings Mountain – October 7, 1780 – “With fire and sword.” Valmy – September 20, 1792 – “Vive la Nation!” First Abukir – July 25, 1799 – Jochim Murat Wins His Laurels Jena – October 14, 1806 – “…if he were alive we wouldn’t be here today.” Talavera – July, 27-28, 1809 – “My God! What is an army without a chief?” Smolensk – August 17, 1812 – Napoléon Takes the Gateway to Old Russia Borodino – September 7, 1812 – “And if there should be another battle tomorrow, where is my army?” Berezina – November 28, 1812 – Perilous Winter Crossing Lützen – May 2, 1813 – Napoleon’s Bloody Return to Prussia Bautzen – May 20-21, 1813 – The Truce of Pläswitz Lacoste Plantation – December 23, 1814 – “The British shall not sleep upon our territory!”
Categories
Publishers
- Hollandspiele
Questions and answers
Horse & Musket: Annual #4 supports 1–2 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
Horse & Musket: Annual #4 belongs to these categories: Wargame, Napoleonic, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Modular Board, and Hexagon Grid. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Horse & Musket: Annual #4 are: Amabel Holland, Sean Chick, Daniel Chick, Paul Mach, Marc Figueras, Xavier Rubio Campillo, and Paul Aceto. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Horse & Musket: Annual #4 as an expansion for Horse & Matchlock: Prelude to an Era. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Horse & Matchlock: Prelude to an Era to use it. Check that your edition of Horse & Matchlock: Prelude to an Era is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.