THROWING THUNDERBOLTS: A Wargamer's Guide to the War of the First Coalition, 1792-1797

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A guide to wargaming the wars of the French Revolution explains how the battles of the revolution can be recreated by some of the different wargame systems available at an appropriate scale. The focus of this volume is the War of the First Coalition, 1792-7, which involved more than 150 battles and actions, all of which offer potential scenarios for different wargames.

Included are nine ready-made scenarios using commercially available rulesets and covering the full range of the combatants and at different scales of game -- the first major battles of both Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington, at Toulon 1793 and Boxtel 1794. The Battle of Castiglione is fought in full at two different scales, and the armies of Prussia and Sardinia Piedmont feature strongly in two more scenarios. Two further scenarios are naval scenarios including a part of the Glorious First of June and a frigate action in the East Indies.

The armies of France, Britain, Spain, Austria, Prussia, United Provinces (the Netherlands), Sardinia Piedmont, Hannover, Hesse-Kassel, Hesse Darmstadt and the Two Sicilies (Naples) are all involved in this great conflict, involving action on all the borders of France as well as the internal counter-revolution. The navies of England and France are also included. Provides the background with clear maps.