The Battle of Fismes: Disrupted River Crossing
BGG rating
7.3

Expansion for Napoleon Retreats: Campaign in France, Part II

The Battle of Fismes: Disrupted River Crossing

2019

Rules assistance for The Battle of Fismes: Disrupted River Crossing

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  • 2 players
  • Complexity 3.5/5

Rules assistant for The Battle of Fismes: Disrupted River Crossing

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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.

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About the game

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.

Designers

Publishers

  • OSG (Operational Studies Group)

Questions and answers

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.