War and Peace (game)
War and Peace, subtitled "Game of the Napoleonic Wars: 1805-1815", is a board wargame published by Avalon Hill in 1980 that simulates ten years of Napoleonic wars. Description. "War and Peace" is a multi-player strategic war game that simulates the Napoleonic Wars from 1805 to 1815 through ten separate scenarios. Scenarios. The game is divided into nine scenarios: Several more scenarios were published in various issues of "The General". Supply. A unit must trace supply to a major city through a chain of friendly strength points up to 3 hexes long. Naval Rules. They  are used only in the campaign game and consist of blockades of ports and skirmishes per sea zone (Baltic, North Sea, Atlantic and Mediterranean). There is a separate chart to see what happens when fleets come together. Publication history. "War and Peace" was designed by Mark McLaughlin and published by Avalon Hill in 1980 in a boxed set with cover art by Denis Dighton. After the demise of Avalon Hill, the rights to the game were acquired by One Small Step Games, which reprinted it in 2020, with a redrawn map and counters, and new scenarios of the Italian Campaign  of 1796-7, the Egyptian Campaign of 1798 and the Marengo Campaign of 1800. Reception. In Issue 26 of "Phoenix", David Mylie notes "If you prefer strategic games or are interested in the Napoleonic period, "War and Peace" is well worth investigation." "War and Peace" was chosen for inclusion in the 2007 book "". Fantasy author R. A. Salvatore commented, "I've played them all and that's the one that had me lying in bed for hours and hours, working up multi-turn strategies for blasting my enemy's supply lines, or creating a back-alley run to Paris. That 's the game, with its simple elegance yet multitude of tactics, that offered to me exactly the right amount of information to juggle. Neither overwhelming nor underwhelming, too hot nor too cold, too big nor too small, too soft nor too hard, "War and Peace" fit this duck's bill." Awards. At the 1981 Charles S. Roberts Awards, "War and Peace" was a finalist for "Best Pre-Twentieth Century Game of 1980."