The Sadowa Campaign

The Sadowa Campaign is a two-player game that simulates the central campaign of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.

One player controls the armies of Prussia, and the other those of Austria. There are also Saxon units involved, but they are treated as Austrian for all game purposes. The game actually covers a lot more than just the Battle of Sadowa, or Königgrätz, and indeed combat might not take place on the historical battlefield, hex 2307 on the game map.

The game system is derived from that of The Vicksburg Campaign. However, to simulate larger-scale warfare in Central Europe, with even more lethal weaponry, the system has been adapted and simplified. Most notably, there is no need for naval rules in land-locked Bohemia and Germany, and the mechanics for entrenchments and random events have been deleted. Still, those familiar with The Vicksburg Campaign should find The Sadowa Campaign familiar, and vice versa.

Contents:

• One 17′′ x 11′′ mounted map
• One countersheet of 100 counters
• One rulebook
• One Tracks Chart with tracks for game turns, losses, victory points and morale
• Two 6-sided dice