The Game
The title wants to be a reward for who probably was the best
general during the first years of Bonaparte’s campaigns.Loano
battlefield presented some features which the wargaming world
did never explore or did partially: mountain warfare in the age
of French Revolutionary Wars. The battle itself was not a decisive
one. It allowed the French to maintain a bridgehead in Italy with
more chances of supply than the naval option, very dangerous
due to cruising British ships. Maybe it revealed a modest and
good (not a genius) French commander, Schérer, but, above all,
saw the birth of the republican military star, general André
Masséna, who will put Napoléon out of troubles in many future
battles (i.e. Rivoli 1797). The Austrian counterpart was, as usual,
the common mix between ridiculous chiefs and heroic lower
officers. So no news here.
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Components
One game-map 84x60 cm;
216 5/8” and 140 1/2” die cut
counters;
Three Player Aid Cards;
Rule booklet with scenarios
and an historical commentary
Scale
1 turn: 1 hour;
1 hex: 300 m (about 328 yards);
1 strength point: 2-300 men for
infantry, 150-200 for the cavalry
or 2-3 guns
Designer
Enrico Acerbi
Complexity
Downloads
Living Rules (PDF, 1 MB)
Historical context (PDF, 1MB)
Solitarie
Suitability
Website by Tinti Giulia
To order
Loano, 23-24 November 1795.
Masséna at Loano, is a two-player simulation of Napoleonic warfare at regimental/battalion level for the Revolutionary Wars period.
Video Review (courtesy of
Marco Arnaudo)
Cyberboard gamebox (ZIP,
19MB, courtesy of Pierre Bulle)
Modulo Vassal (VMOD, 5 MB,
courtesy of Pierre Bulle)
