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Lace Wars Series #11 - Army of Roussillon, Les Folies d'Espagne

By: Red Sash Games

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games (Professional) (Red Sash Games)

MSRP $192.00


Product Info

Title
Lace Wars Series #11 - Army of Roussillon, Les Folies d'Espagne
Publisher
Category
Author
Ian Weir
Publish Year
2017
Dimensions
10.5x13x2.25"
NKG Part #
2147656790
MFG. Part #
RSGLW011
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
12 Years and Up
# Players
2 Players
Game Length
120 Minutes

Description

Army of Roussillon is the first in a set of four dealing with the War of the Grand Alliance (1688-1697). This war, sometimes called the War of the League of Augsburg or the Nine Years War, was the second of the three great wars of Louis XIV. As a young man he waged the Dutch War to expand France's borders. This was a war of aggression. As an old man he fought the War of the Spanish Succession to put his grandson on the throne of Spain. Despite the King's ultimate aim this was a defensive war. The War of the Grand Alliance was Louis' war of middle age - a war of grinding attrition involving nearly a million men.

In Army of Roussillon, you will have a chance to change history - and even if you cannot, perhaps you can win enough glory to write your name in the history books.

Like the other games in the series, Army of Roussillon focuses on the operational art rather than tactics or grand strategy. You are the theatre commander, subject to dictates from on high and only partial able to guide the action. Your main goal is to acquire Prestige. Your playing pieces represent battalions and regiments, which you must deploy wisely, deciding how strong to make your garrisons, and how many units to group into mobile formations for attack or defense. These formations are commanded by Leaders, rated for their skill and their temperament (and their political pull), and assisted by Auxiliaries. These last are specialists such as grenadiers, pioneers, or the migueletes mentioned above. Once you are organized, be sure you pick the right time to fight. You have few men to start with and it is likely you will not get any more!

Components

  • TWO full color map sheets at 1 league per hex, representing the northeast corner of Spain in the late 17th Century.
  • 600 counters representing the forces of the French and the Spanish and their allies.
  • A set of charts and tables, plus display cards.
  • A series rulebook - 3rd Edition (3.75) - called the King's Regulations and Orders (KR&Os), a game-exclusive rulebook, scenario & OOB information, and an historical commentary.
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