Solferino 1859 2004

Solferino portray final battle second italian war independence nominal french victory persuade napoleon iii peace attention aim italian ally battle europe maybe world monarchs command army little napoleon french victor emmanuel sardinians franz joseph austriansthe scale meter hex hour turn unit infantry cavalry brigade corpslevel artillery battery unit rate attack strength movement factor cohesion represent morale number loss unit dissolve infantry cavalry artillery stacking limit unit type plus additional artillery unit hex facing importance movement affect combat unit attack hex penalize attack flank rearcommand control great importance unit attach high level formation corp french austrians division italian unit command range corpsdivision headquarters hq range monarch pass initiative test outofcommand unit nt helpless bar enter hex adjacent enemy unit front royal imperial personage particularly victor emmanuel franz joseph mobile limit forward movement essentially huge meeting engagementthe movement sequence use chit pull mechanism activation chit formation plus chit represent unattached unit place cup draw determine corpss division unit player win initiative usually french slight advantage able select formation turn have drawcombat somewhat unusual employ system make attack hard bloody attacker strength compare defense value terrain occupy defender clear hex wood village upper slope town defender strength nt matter glance combat result table look favorable catch hq stack attacker pass initiative test attack combine brigade second defender get use strength defensive fire successive attack attacker fire untypical result uncoordinated attack attacker turn suffer disorder force fall damage coordinate attack work well defender divide strength attack unit add theirs note require presence hq risk loss commander process replace effective subordinate artillery help soften target nt lot battery gun present abstractly incorporate infantry brigade strength bad slowly trouble obtain good line sight easily eliminate near enemyas battle go formation demoralize loss half initial step demoralize little retreat fieldplayer gain victory point occupy town enemy corps division demoralize win instantly eliminate enemy emperor napoleon franz joseph careless player expose monarch attackthe battle start dawn usually end abruptly late afternoon thunderstorm sweep field storm hold turn pm arrive oppressive heat certainly slow unit lower moralethis game announce series later issue vae victis pair sequel cover battle magenta big battle war reichshoffen francoprussian war difficulty attack frustrate aggressive player simply owe lack widespread interest midth century european war solferino give glimpse american civil war like general mcclellan.