1562 Beginning of a tragedy

Description

Volume III of By Shot, Shock and Faiths series.

• DREUX, December 19, 1562 : the very first important battle.
• VERGT, October 9, 1562 : won by the very famous catholic general Blaise de Monluc.
• LE BESSAT, October 31, 1562 ; an intro scenario with few counters for discovering the rules.

1562 Beginning of a tragedy is a grand tactical game which allows the simulation of three battles of French Wars of Religion era (1562-1598). This civil war opposes protestants -otherwise known as Huguenots- to catholics.

The game is in a box containing a beautiful two-sided zone map (23.5 x 15.5 inch) and one sided map (12 x 8 inch) 216 beautifully illustrated counters (0.7 x 0.7 inch), 24 pages rulebook – 12 in French and 12 in English but the rules in themselves are worth 9.5 pages – , 16 pages scenarios, examples and historical notes and map, one player aid in each language.

The maps are with areas from 300 to 500 m. by side. The scale of the game is one unit for 100 to 500 soldiers or one or two guns. One game turn represents a duration of 20 to 30 minutes. A corps represents either a vanguard or a rearguard, or the main body called battle. Complexity is medium.