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Medina De Rioseco 1808 box art
2008 Ranked #11,610

Medina De Rioseco 1808

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Napoleonic Wargame Chit-Pull System Hexagon Grid

Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

2.75/5

Rating

7.85

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Medina de Rioseco 1808 covers the battle of the 14 July 1808 between French army of marshal Bessières and the two Spanish armies of lieutnant-generals La Cuesta and Blake. This game belongs to the Jours de Gloire series.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Chit-Pull System

Draw tokens to determine which units, factions, or events activate next.
Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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Medina de Rioseco 1808 covers the battle of the 14 July 1808 between French army of marshal Bessières and the two Spanish armies of lieutnant-generals La Cuesta and Blake. This game belongs to the Jours de Gloire series. Rules: Jours de Gloire Empire version 1808 Scale: 1 hex. = 300 m - 1 counter = 1 battalion/squadron Map size: A2 Spanish army: 22.000 men - 44 counters French army: 13.000 men - 27 Counters Published in Vae Victis Magazine No. 83 together with Somosierra 1808

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Napoleonic Wargame

Mechanism

2
Chit-Pull System Hexagon Grid

Family

4
Cities: Medina de Rioseco (Spain) Country: Spain Magazine: Vae Victis Series: Jours de Gloire (Frédéric Bey)

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Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
240 min
Complexity
2.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Frédéric Bey

Artists

3
Didier Bourgeois Christophe Camilotte Giuseppe Rava

Publishers

1
Vae Victis

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