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The Franco-Prussian War
Forrester Hammer
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All the wargames I know of about the Franco-Prussian War.
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1. Board Game: The Franco-Prussian War [Average Rating:5.68 Overall Rank:5985]
Forrester Hammer
United States
New Haven
Connecticut
The Franco-Prussian War- covers the first few months of the war.
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2. Board Game: The Franco-Prussian War [Average Rating:6.54 Overall Rank:3828]
Forrester Hammer
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New Haven
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The Franco-Prussian War (Wars of the Imperial Age Series)- covers the whole war, which makes it appealing, but supposedly
it favors the French.
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3. Board Game: Aigle foudroyé [Average Rating:6.57 Unranked]
Forrester Hammer
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New Haven
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L'aigle foudroye (The Stricken Eagle)- from VaeVictis 38. It covers the beginning, most crucial part of the war.
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4. Board Game: La Campagne de la Loire [Average Rating:6.10 Unranked]
Forrester Hammer
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La Campagne de la Loire- from VaeVictis 14. It includes the campain of the Loire.
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5. Board Game: The Franco Prussian War of 1870 [Average Rating:5.50 Unranked]
Forrester Hammer
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The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-
This is a card game available online. I'm not sure how loosely it is actually based on the war, but I don't think a card game could be that exact.
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Florent Coupeau
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As the designer of this game, I think I can answer that.
It is very very loose

I made it in the plane between Paris and Philadelphia in 2004. No need to say that it was my first try as a game. Since then, I hope I designed better wargames.
But I should look back and improve this game (one day).
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  • Posted Tue Jun 9, 2009 10:57 am
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6. Board Game: The Sedan Campaign, 1870 [Average Rating:5.71 Overall Rank:5940]
Walter Clayton
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How could you leave out this from S&T
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M Stumptner
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One can leave it out because it is not about the historical FPW but a fantasyland where retreating into fortresses is the preferred French strategy instead of the historical certain doom.
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  • Posted Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:32 am
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Charles Vasey
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I suspect it was designed by French apologists for Bazaine.
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  • Posted Sun Dec 7, 2008 11:32 am
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Heath Avery
Australia
Mount Keira
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Mr Stumptner
Do you work for ATO magazine by any chance
I thought ebough is enough Ill paddle through a few posts and....
yes found 30 plus anti ST mag posts and 30 plus pro other mags games posts.... what a surprise
This is a good lil simple game And let me knowm when ATO come up with a FP war campaign game.....Ill buy it immediatley
But please let your hatred of ST mag games go by we need people to buy all the mags and games otherwise it aint gunna last
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  • Posted Thu Apr 7, 2011 4:41 am
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7. Board Game: Blood and Iron [Average Rating:5.77 Overall Rank:6057]
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Covers the battles of Sedan and Froeschwiller.
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  • Posted Wed Oct 5, 2005 4:06 pm
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jormungandr wrote:
Covers the battles of Sedan and Froeschwiller.


Erroneous - it covers the Battles of Blood and Iron, respectively.
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  • Posted Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:02 am
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8. Board Game: Blood & Iron: Bismarck's Wars for Empire [Average Rating:6.44 Overall Rank:5263]
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Covers other wars along with the Franco-Prussian War. Strategic in scale.
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9. Board Game: Death Ride: Mars la Tour [Average Rating:8.33 Unranked]
Peter Bogdasarian
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Covers the battle of Mars la Tour with an area impulse system.
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Heath Avery
Australia
Mount Keira
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AND THE FANTASTIC NEWS IS
Against the odds is re-releasing this one in 3 issues time
HORRAY Ive been after it since it appeared and was quickly sold out...even begged the designer for a print copy but it wasnt to be
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  • Posted Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:45 am
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10. Board Game: Empires at War [Average Rating:5.33 Overall Rank:6440]
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Covers Gravelotte along with 3 battles from other wars.
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11. Board Game: 1870 [Average Rating:6.32 Unranked]
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Division level wargame on the Franco-Prussian War from August 1870 to February 1871 in 67 three-day turns. 1 map, 200 counters. Rules for supply, railroads, French sea movement, fortresses, and the Siege of Paris.

Game in French by Jeux Descartes.
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I remember buying that in a shop on the rue Etienne Marcel. Essentially a SPI clone with lots of Republican reinforcements.
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  • Posted Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:25 pm
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12. Board Game: Reichshoffen 1870 [Average Rating:6.00 Unranked]
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The game is the second release of the "Les Grandes Batailles de Napoleon III" serie.

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13. Board Game: Prussia Rising [Average Rating:5.94 Unranked]
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A nice looking DTP game for quick games on the conflict it seems...
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14. Board Game: Garibaldi. L'eroe dei due mondi [Average Rating:5.00 Unranked]
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Covers the battle of Digione (Dijon 1871) along with 2 battles from other wars.
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15. Board Game: Spicheren [Average Rating:6.00 Unranked]
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Game appeared in the magazine Casus belli nª 15.
Map of 41x 30 cm with 99 counters. It reproduces the battle of the french-prussian war of Spicheren of the 6 of August of 1870.
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I've been to this battlefield. It's located on the outskirts of Saarbrueken - a friend told me about the battle, which I had never heard of up to that time blush
 
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  • Posted Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:58 am
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16. Board Game: Loigny [Average Rating:6.00 Unranked]
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Game included with Alea Magazine nº6.
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How would you rate the war as a games topic? Seriously unbalanced? Vastly more interesting for one side than for the other? More about the logistics of railroad deliveries than actual troop movements and resource allocations? Requiring "iron maiden" rules for the French side in order to mirror reality?
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  • Posted Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:38 am
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Heath Avery
Australia
Mount Keira
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The war a def yes!!
The individual battles A big no
The campaign games are not as much fun but the ind battle games work for me every time...the vv one,blood and Iron and Im sure the Vassey DTP thats about to be reissued...
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  • Posted Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:54 am
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I'm surprised this war has so little coverage, given it's historical importance and the possibilities inherent in the situation. We could do with the Death of Empires system being backdated to this particular era - there are so many parallels between 1870 and 1914 that it seems a waste of an opportunity not to.
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  • Posted Sun Jun 1, 2008 8:55 pm
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Lawrence Hung
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I am also for more games on this war because I don't know much about it (only knowing it piecemeally). This is an important war which shapes the modern world boundaries in Europe. Looking at all the lower than a rating 7 of these games, this war seems to suggest it might not be simulated easily with fun. Maybe we are looking for the next "Ted Racier" of the Franco-Prussian war which can change people's perception about the war entirely. What about this upcoming game: Age of Bismarck: The Unifications of Italy and Germany 1859 – 1871.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27128
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