
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,583
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Napoleon at Leipzig
- 2–3 players
- 60–300 min
- Complexity 2.9/5
- 1979

Expansion for Napoleon Retreats: Campaign in France, Part II
2019
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The Battle of Fismes: Disrupted River Crossing is an expansion for Napoleon Retreats: Campaign in France, Part II released in 2019 for 2 players. It was designed by Kevin Zucker and its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid and Simulation.
After dispatching Blücher’s Army of Silesia at Vauchamps, Napoleon diverted temporarily toward the Seine at Montereau, for an inconclusive brush with Schwarzenberg’s Army of Bohemia. His inveterate foe Blücher apparently had learned no lessons and threatened to move again on Paris. By March 3rd Napoleon was returning northward along the bank of the Ourcq River. The fall of Soissons, cheaply surrendered by General Moreau, saw the quarry escape over the Aisne River to link-up with 43,000 reinforcements near Laon, raising his strength to over 100,000. Fismes is a hypothetical engagement simulating a possible battle at this river Crossing on March 4th 1814.
The Battle of Fismes: Disrupted River Crossing 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.
The Battle of Fismes: Disrupted River Crossing has a complexity rating of 3.5 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
The Battle of Fismes: Disrupted River Crossing belongs to these categories: Wargame, Napoleonic, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid and Simulation. 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 The Battle of Fismes: Disrupted River Crossing are: Kevin Zucker. 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 The Battle of Fismes: Disrupted River Crossing as an expansion for Napoleon Retreats: Campaign in France, Part II. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Napoleon Retreats: Campaign in France, Part II to use it. Check that your edition of Napoleon Retreats: Campaign in France, Part II is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.