Frederick the Great (1975)

Frederick the Great is an operational level wargame on the Seven Years War between Frederick the Great's Prussia (and allied Hanover) and the anti-Prussian coalition consisting of France, Austria, Russia and a host of European countries.

There are seven scenarios, each covering one year of campaigning.

The game consists of a map covering most of central Europe, rules and counters depicting the important leaders and generic strength points representing armies.

Frederick the Great was originally published by SPI in 1975 as an insert game in issue #49 of the Strategy & Tactics magazine. It was republished in boxed format in 1982 by the Avalon Hill Games Company.

Magazine References:

Moves Article Index:

• Number 18, December 1974/January 1975
  • MechWar '77 / Frederick the Great - "Designer's Notes" (Design Notes)
• Number 21 :
  • Strategy analysis
• Number 31 :
  • Game analysis

• The GENERAL Vol.20,No.3
  • Frederick the Great – “Craft of the Soldier King” (The Winning Edge in Frederick the Great) Deane Sperdakos
  • Frederick the Great – “Diplomacy And Grand Strategy In Frederick The Great-Or How to Prevent the Lights from Going Out All Over Europe” (Discussion) Joseph Balkoski
  • Frederick the Great – “The Silesian Wars, 1740-1745” (Scenarios) Arnold Blumberg
  • Frederick the Great – Insert-Variant Counters For Frederick the Great new scenario-The Silesian War