"I greatly fear lest on the day your majesty has gained a victory, and believe you have won a decisive battle, you will learn that you have lost two." (Marshal Marmont) The 1813 Quad will include a fifth, strategic-level map, at 10 miles per hex, which will allow players to influence exactly when, and with what forces, the four tactical battles will take place. This 17 x 11" map will look like the map on pages 6-7 of the Struggle of Nations Scenario Folder, with large hexes about 15/16". Napoleon, in his maxims, writes-off successful timing of concentric attacks as being too difficult to coordinate, but I think his maxim (it's quoted in an article in Wargame Desgin Nr.7) overlooks the kind of limited, nibbling objectives the Coalition went for. There is a great opportunity for a multi-player game: Macdonald, Oudinot, Napoleon, Barclay, Bluecher, and Buelow. The whole campaign was over in two weeks. By Sept. 6th, a battle in or near Leipzig was certain. On the strategic map what you can do is limited. There will be no administration or Attrition. There are 33.3 tactical hexes to a strategic hex. An entire 22 x 17" game map from the lower level fits into one hex. And the tactical battlemaps are small: Dennewitz and Katzbach are each 22 x 17", Grossbeeren and Kulm are just 11 x 17". In the multi-player game the Allies must map their strategy prior to game start, thereafter they can only communicate in writing (with a delay). The game starts with the run-up to Dresden (21 Aug.), and lasts through 6 September (4 Strategic turns). Back to OSG News February 2003 Table of Contents Back to OSG News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by Operational Studies Group This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com