Seven Years War Rules

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The rules are suitable for beginners to the hobby of wargaming, or for passionates who seek a straightforward way to explore the game mechanics of a new historical era. These rules have been written with the Seven Years' War StarterPacks in mind, which contain all the necessary regiments required to recreate battles according to these rules: Find the corresponding 18mm StarterPack here. Find the corresponding 28mm StarterPack here. Short description of the historical period: The Seven Years War in Europe (1756-63) was a long and bitter struggle in which a Coalition of France, Austria and Russia fought to contain the ambitions of Prussia. The war ended in mutual exhaustion but the Prussian army had managed to hold its own against allcomers and its king came to be known as Frederick the Great for his victories. There were many major actions in the field and when the armies did meet in battle the number of men involved could be enormous. At Leuthen, perhaps the best known and one of the largest battles of the age, there were over 100,000 men engaged. These rules are designed for small affairs, perhaps the sort of engagements between advance and rearguards which often took place before or after the big battles. After the basic rules you will find some suggestions for a more advanced and challenging game.Each player needs an army, a handful of dice (the ordinary, 6-sided kind) and a ruler or tape measure. You will also need some “smoke” markers (cotton wool balls are ideal) and some small counters or stones to record casualties on units– alternatively use spare individual WoFun figurines, laid face down. Show more