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Prussia's Glory: The Battles Of Frederick The Great box art
2002 Ranked #8,463

Prussia's Glory: The Battles Of Frederick The Great

A historical wargame has commanders refight four Seven Years’ War battles with artillery and maneuvering forces. Alternate main scenarios let deployments diverge from history, changing how each battlefield must be approached.

Wargames Wargame Age of Reason Hexagon Grid History: Age of Kings

Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.82/5

Rating

6.71

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

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.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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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 Contents: 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 MAP ART Mark Simonitch COUNTER ART Mark Simonitch and Rodger B. MacGowan

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Age of Reason Wargame

Mechanism

1
Hexagon Grid

Family

2
History: Age of Kings History: Seven Years War

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
1–2
Play time
180 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Bob Kalinowski

Artists

2
Rodger B. MacGowan Mark Simonitch

Publishers

1
GMT Games

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