Freiburg (wargame)

It received poor reviews from critics, who called it the weakest of the four games in the Thirty Years War box, "a series of slogging matches", "not much fun", and "relatively boring."

From 1618 to 1648, a series of religious conflicts between Protestant and Catholic states broke out in Europe, killing an estimated 4 to 8 million soldiers and civilians.

[2] After the success of SPI's first quadrigame, Blue & Gray, released in May 1975, the company quickly produced more quadrigames, including Blue & Gray II, Napoleon at War, Modern Battles, and Thirty Years War, which was published in 1976 and included the four games Nordlingen, Lützen, Rocroi, and Freiburg.

"[2] In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nick Palmer thought that Freiburg was "awful", and called it the "Unsatisfactory component of the otherwise excellent Thirty Years War Quad."

"[6] In his 1980 sequel, The Best of Board Wargaming , Palmer added that "the interesting-looking terrain restricts manoeuvre too much to show the system to advantage", and gave the game a very poor "Excitement" grade of only 20%.

[7] In Issue 25 of the UK wargaming magazine Phoenix, Chris Bramall was not impressed by Freiburg, calling it "a siege game and a relatively boring one at that."