Prussia's Glory (2002)

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Designer	Bob Kalinowski
Artist	Rodger B. MacGowan Mark Simonitch
Publisher	GMT Games
Year Published	2002
# of Players	1 − 2
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Playing Time	180 minutes
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Primary Name	Prussia's Glory
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Four battles featuring Frederick the Great in the Seven Years War: Rossbach, Leuthen, Zorndorf and Torgau. Short Battle Scenarios use the historical deployments, while Main Scenarios allow alternate history. Simple turn sequence, low unit counts. Mechanisms include CRT, Zone of Control. Rules emphasize the role of artillery, with a wide variety of ordnance.

TIME SCALE One hour per turn
MAP SCALE 500 yards per hex
UNIT SCALE Brigade level with some Regiments and Battalions
704 5/8" full-color die-cut counters.
Two 22"x34" full-color back-printed mapsheets
32-page Rulebook
2 11x17" Player Aid Cards
2 6-sided dice
DEVELOPERS Joshua Buergel, Dick Vohlers, Andy Lewis
ART DIRECTOR Rodger B. MacGowan
MAP ART Mark Simonitch
COUNTER ART Mark Simonitch and Rodger B. MacGowan

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Nominee for the 2002 Charles S. Roberts awards for Best Pre-World War II Boardgame (Charles S. Roberts Awards).

Prussia's Glory :

Rossbach
Leuthen
Zorndorf
Torgau

Prussia's Glory II :

Prague
Kolin
Krefeld
Kunersdorf

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Publisher: GMT Games

Artist: Rodger B. MacGowan, Mark Simonitch

Year: 2002

Product Code: 0113

Size: GMT standard box

1.43 pounds

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11	General [POLL] What battle is your favorite to play?	2012-03-16	Nap16	5
1	General Favorite Scenario?	2011-09-19	gittes	3
0	General Help	2011-05-13	nemesisuk	4
1	General VASSAL module in beta (Krefeld)	2010-04-11	sdiberar	0
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16	Reviews Glorious Prussia´s Glory	2010-03-15	Zaphikiel	2
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Rossbach Opening Strategy Considerations

For the almost 10th anniversary of PG,here's some observations on the opening moves in the Rossbach Main scenario.

bobkalinowski

2011-08-13

PG I Order of Battle Design worksheet

This was the last version of our working OOB worksheet for the armies in the battles. Loaded for general info and historical/game design trivia and perspective. Not necessarily 100% accurate or correct -- but you've been playing with its results for ten years :-)

bobkalinowski

2011-07-27

Description of counters and leaders.rar

Description of the counters and the commanders

Prussia

2006-04-28

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