{"product_id":"four-lost-battles","title":"Four Lost Battles","description":"\u003cp\u003eQuadrigame of the Dresden Campaign: August-September 1813.\n\nComponents: Four 22 x 17\" maps and 560 two-sided units; 48 pages of rules including campaign analysis, designers notes and more; 4 player aid cards, 2 decks of cards (total of 96) used to effect deployments, arrivals, status of troops.\n\nBattles covered,\nGROSSBEEREN: To the Gates of Berlin, 23 August\nKATZBACH: A Perilous Passage, 26 August\nKULM: Enfilade in the Mountains, 29-30 August\nDENNEWITZ: Collapse in the North, 6 September\n\nAfter the defeats of Grossgörschen (May 2nd, 1813) and Bautzen (May 20th, 21st) the Prussian King and the Crown Prince of Sweden met at Trachenberg on July 9th. At July 12th they agreed together with Russia and (later) Austria on a Allied strategy to overhelm Napoleon by avoiding him in person on the battlefield and fight his subordinates only.\n\nAfter winning a great victory at Dresden early in the Autumn Campaign (August 26th\/ 27th, 1813), Napoleon saw his chances for victory gradually slip away in four lost battles over a two-week period. All four battles had been fought by his subordinates, showing the effect of a \"Fabian strategy\". The whole campaign was over in two weeks. By Sept. 6th, a battle in or near Leipzig was certain, leading into the Battle of Nations (October 16th-19th, 1813) around Leipzig.\n\nGAME SYSTEM: \nSeries: The Library of Napoleonic Battles (OSG) - formerly known as the \"Napoleon's Last Battles (NLB-)Series\" \n- scale = 480m\/hex, \n- time = 1hour\/GT,\n- strength = 500-800 men\/SP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1–2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlay time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240 min\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplexity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.96 \/ 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigners:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alessandro Fontana, Kevin Zucker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2005\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"OSG (Operational Studies Group)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51927325212888,"sku":"SB-F3604BB0FD5D-BOARD-GAMES-UNK-SEALED","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/6271\/0488\/files\/u1hlj740ehp31bn4bbq3djhx2cev.jpg?v=1785467379","url":"https:\/\/abbyboardwalkstore.com\/products\/four-lost-battles","provider":"Boardwalk Cafe \u0026 Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}