A Famous Victory (1995)

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Designer	Richard H. Berg
Artist	Beth Queman
Publisher	Moments in History
Year Published	1995
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Category	Wargame
Mechanic	Chit-Pull System Hex-and-Counter Simulation
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Family	Pre-Napoleonic: 1600-1780
Primary Name	A Famous Victory
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A Famous Victory is MiHs game simulating the battles of Blenheim and Ramillies. Quote from the rules "A Famous Victory (AFV) allows players to recreate two of the major battles - Blenheim and Ramillies - fought by England and her continental allies against the ambitions of the Sun King, Louis XIV, during the War of the Spanish Succession, a war that revealed John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough, as England's greatest Field Commander and one of the true military geniuses in history."
Components:
22x33 inch game map (back printed)
720 counters
rule booklet plus historical comment
4 aid charts
1 d6
1 d10

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Great leaders series (on battles of War of the Spanish succession 1701-1714) :
Vol I : A Famous Victory (Blenheim 1704 and Ramillies 1706)
Vol II : Fields of Glory (Oudenarde 1708 and Malplaquet 1709)

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Quick Setup on Web-Grognards	http://www.criticalhit.com/AFVQSU.pdf	2007-01-17
Errata on Web-Grognards	http://www.criticalhit.com/AFVErr.pdf	2007-01-17
Charge Reaction Table on Web-Grognards	http://grognard.com/errata/fogcharg.doc	2007-01-17
Optional Setup on Web-Grognards	http://grognard.com/variants/famvict.txt	2007-01-17
Variant on Web-Grognards	http://grognard.com/variants/afvmih.txt	2007-01-17