How many people can play Triomphe à Marengo?

Triomphe à Marengo 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.

How long does a game of Triomphe à Marengo take?

The listed playing time for Triomphe à Marengo is 120 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.

What is the minimum age for Triomphe à Marengo?

The catalogue lists Triomphe à Marengo for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.

How complex is Triomphe à Marengo?

Triomphe à Marengo has a complexity rating of 3.1 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.

What kind of game is Triomphe à Marengo?

Triomphe à Marengo belongs to these categories: Wargame and Napoleonic. Its main mechanics are Area Movement 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.

Who designed Triomphe à Marengo?

The credited designers of Triomphe à Marengo are: Bowen Simmons. 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.

Is Triomphe à Marengo a base game or an expansion?

The catalogue lists Triomphe à Marengo as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.

BGG rank: BGG #5,346
BGG rating: 8.1

Triomphe à Marengo

2023

Rules assistance for Triomphe à Marengo

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

120 min
14+
Complexity 3.1/5

Rules assistant for Triomphe à Marengo

For 2 players

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

How to win:

After the 9:00 PM round, Austria wins with at least three pieces east of the objective line; otherwise France wins.

Setup

Set the time marker to 6:00 AM and place morale tokens as shown, plus three French tokens in the uncommitted area.
Set up each army’s units and concealed starting pieces as shown; shuffle French starting units face down and reveal them to France.
Place French reinforcements in the holding areas shown for 5:00 PM, 11:00 AM, and 4:00 PM.
Austria begins; each hourly round has an Austrian turn, then a French turn.

Turn

At turn start, move the active army’s tokens on that time-track space to its uncommitted pool.
Clean up blocking pieces when the opposite locale is not enemy-occupied; this is mandatory and costs no command.
Take three commands; resolve actions sequentially, with most actions costing one command.
March, attack, or organize; defensive off-road marches, main-road marches, and all bombardments cost no command.
Eligible reinforcements may enter by road march; entry is optional and subject to crossing limits.
At turn end, resolve morale clean-up; advance the clock after both players have taken turns.

Ending

Demoralization ends play immediately and gives the opponent a decisive victory.
After the 9:00 PM round, resolve the marginal victory condition if neither army was demoralized.
A reduction from bombardment, retreat, or losing an assault costs one morale.
During end-of-turn clean-up, lose or return committed morale tokens according to occupation, adjacency, and timing.

Mistakes

A road march moves exactly one piece up to three locales; an entirely main-road route costs no command.
Only cavalry can continue to block an approach after a qualifying action that ends with cavalry in reserve.
A fully blocked approach cannot be maneuver-attacked; wide approaches need two pieces to block fully.
French pieces start disorganized and cannot attack or march out of their locale until organized; they may march within it.
Austria must commit one morale token for each Austrian piece retreating from a locale.

About 12 min · 8 steps

Goal

You command either Austria or France in this two-player battle.
Austria wins decisively if French morale reaches zero; France wins if Austrian morale reaches zero.
If neither army demoralizes, Austria needs at least three pieces east of the objective line at game end; otherwise France wins.

1. Goal
- You command either Austria or France in this two-player battle.
- Austria wins decisively if French morale reaches zero; France wins if Austrian morale reaches zero.
- If neither army demoralizes, Austria needs at least three pieces east of the objective line at game end; otherwise France wins.
2. Map and pieces
- Locales are connected through matching approaches, not corners.
- A locale is occupied if any enemy piece is anywhere inside it.
- Your pieces show army, type, and strength; keep their faces hidden from your opponent.
3. Round order
- Play lasts 16 hourly rounds, from 6:00 AM through the 9:00 PM round.
- Austria takes the first turn each round, then France; advance the time marker after both turns.
- Each turn resolves scheduled morale updates, approach clean-up, actions, then morale clean-up.
4. Commands
- You have three commands each turn.
- Most actions cost one command, but defensive off-road marches, main-road marches, and bombardments do not.
- Resolve actions one at a time; a piece that acted cannot act again this turn, except after organizing.
5. Movement
- Off-road, a piece can move within its locale or to an adjacent locale, but not into an enemy-occupied locale.
- A road march starts in reserve and travels up to three locales along roads; each road-march action moves one piece.
- Main-road-only marches are free, and roads have crossing traffic limits.
6. Attacks
- A maneuver attack tries to enter an enemy locale through an unblocked or partly blocked approach.
- An assault attacks an enemy-blocked approach from the opposite approach; only pieces blocking an approach can assault.
- Bombardment is declared now and completed on your next turn; artillery fires from an approach.
7. Morale
- Morale is your army’s uncommitted tokens plus tokens committed to locales.
- Reductions from bombardment, retreat, and losing an assault cost morale; attacks can commit tokens.
- If your morale reaches zero, you lose immediately.
8. Special rules
- France starts disorganized: those pieces cannot attack or march out of their locale until organized.
- Reinforcements may enter at their listed times and by their entry roads; entry is optional.
- Terrain can restrict movement, attacks, bombardment, and which piece types can lead.

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Triomphe à Marengo is a board game released in 2023 for 2 players, 120 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Bowen Simmons and its main mechanics are Area Movement and Simulation. MeepleRules offers a rules assistant for Triomphe à Marengo that explains turns, card effects and disputed situations in plain language.

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About the game

Northern Italy, 14 June, 1800: The out-manoeuvred Austrian army attacked the French under Bonaparte, took them by surprise and defeated them quickly in the morning fight. Thinking that the battle was over, they pursued the retreating French. However, when General Desaix arrived with reinforcements in the late afternoon, the French started a defiant counterattack and turned the Battle of Marengo into a glorious triumph. This game recreates that dramatic battle. One player takes the role of Bonaparte whose troops are scattered at the beginning, while the other attacks with the Austrians. He has to defeat the French, before they can strike back with their reinforcements. Triomphe à Marengo is fast playing. Departing from almost all wargame conventions, it brings the look of the 19th century linear warfare onto the table. Based on the award winning Bonaparte at Marengo and improving it in many aspects, Triomphe à Marengo offers a unique game experience: The redesigned map gives you wide open spaces for clever manoeuvres; the modified combat system is full of drama; and the novel locale-based morale system is nothing but thrill and tension. Since fights are resolved without dice, it's not Dame Fortune who will decide defeat or victory.

Editions

Triomphe à MarengoenHistogame2023

Mechanics

Designers

Bowen Simmons

Publishers

Histogame

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Updated October 23, 2026

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