La Bataille de Deutsch-Wagram 1809 2018

7 Maps and 1500 Counters recreate second largest Napoleonic Wars battle between French and Austrian Forces and is major contest to conclude War of Fifth Coalition. Game includes 100 page plus editorial booklet.

Includes rules; charts and editorial pieces only available with game purchase. Game can be linked to Aspern-Essling by use of special scenarios.

The game will recreate the intense and grinding battle which occurred on July 5, 1809 and July 6, 1809 just outside Vienna between the 165,000 strong army of the French Empire led by the Emperor Napoleon; and the 145,000 strong Austrian army, under the Archduke Charles. The game is not a reprint of ME’s original title published in the early 1980’s, but is an all new game with all new research for the orders of battle and the maps.

The game can be linked to ME’s La Bataille d’Aspern Essling 1809, or played without AE. There is a second game as part of the Wagram package called Drive to the Bridges includes the action near the Danube River occurring at the same time as Wagram. This game is an area movement contest.

There are several new features to La Bataille de Deutsch-Wagram 1809 including a new terrain type called a feldlager—a sort of fortified semi-permanent encampment; special rules for Marshal Massena travelling via carriage during the battle; and the possibility of the Archduke John arriving at the battlefield in time to interject his fresh troops to assist his tired brother’s army and defeat the French.