GENERAL de BRIGADE, Deluxe Edition

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8.5x11, General de Brigade Deluxe edition brings changes and enhancements to a number of key areas within the rules, although the basic mechanisms remain the same. The key challenges in playing General de Brigade Deluxe are command and control, correct formations, (for both battalions and brigades), and appreciating or compensating for particular national traits. Brigade orders contribute significantly to command and control, these orders limit the 'nippy little battalion' syndrome and restrict the wargamer from doing more or less whatever he wants with any unit whenever it suits him.

In addition, generals are now graded as to their ability and this directly impacts on their capacity to command on the battlefield. For example, the number of charges they can order per turn is now linked to their ability (see below) and this effects the timing and deployment of attacks, e.g. players will now notice the greater use of attacks en echelon and less reliance upon massed column formations. General de Brigade Deluxe still allows wargamers the freedom to command and maneuver most of their battalions or squadrons but continues to stress the importance of those higher command decisions such as brigade formations, brigade objectives, the timing of assaults and the deployment of reserves.

The Deluxe Edition also includes more information of the organization of the major armies, (including the Ottoman Turks), new pick up and play divisions, a reworked Victory & Defeat chapter introducing a Corps/Divisional breakpoint, so permitting the easier identification of victory, revised points values and also three new scenarios!

The rulebook comes with a gloss laminated full-color, 4-page Quick Reference Sheet. None of your usual having to cut out the playsheet nonsense here, this is a Deluxe Edition after all!