Irlande 1798
BGG rank
BGG #24,449
BGG rating
6.5

Irlande 1798

2009

Rules assistance for Irlande 1798

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 45 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 1.7/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Irlande 1798

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Irlande 1798 is a board game released in 2009 for 2 players, 45 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Jean-Philippe Gury and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

"Irlande 1798" simulates the first week of the Irish campaign which occurred in 1798. One player controls the French army and the Irish patriots and the other player controls the British army and the Irish militia. It has 60 counters, 2 pages of rules and a one-page map. It covers the campaign in Ireland in 1798 when General Humbert landed in Kilcummin in County Mayo, with 1,000 soldiers, sparking an Irish rebellion against the British. After winning a battle at Castlebar the French force was eventually defeated at Ballinamuck. The wargame is included in the French magazine Vae Victis # 86.

Questions and answers

Irlande 1798 supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.