Wellington vs Massena
BGG rank
BGG #25,162
BGG rating
5.9

Wellington vs Massena

1985

Rules assistance for Wellington vs Massena

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

  • 2 players
  • 120 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.7/5

For 2 players

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Wellington vs Massena is a board game released in 1985 for 2 players, 120 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Paul Dangel and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

Wellington vs Massena is a simulation of the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro, the French attempt to drive off the Anglo-Portuguese army besieging the fortress of Almeida. The battle took place from May 3 to May 5, 1811 on the Spanish-Portuguese border, west of the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo and east of the Com river. The game is meant to be played by two players, one commanding the French army under Marshal Andre Massena, Duke of Rivoli, and the other the Anglo-Portuguese allies under Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. The game can be played solitaire.

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Publishers

  • 3W (World Wide Wargames)

Questions and answers

Wellington vs Massena 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.