Friedrich (after the German name of Frederick II of Prussia) is a strategy board game about the events of the Seven Years' War.

Three to four players command the nations that were involved in the war: Prussia (Frederick II), Russia (Elizabeth I), Austria (Maria Theresa), and France (Madame de Pompadour).

This way, the attacking nations of Sweden, Russia, and France (requires two cards instead of one) have to quit the game one after the other, but not necessarily at the same time or in the same order.

Otherwise, the first attacking nation that succeeds in capturing all of its objective cities from Prussia or his ally Hanover is declared the winner.

What is noteworthy about this game is that, although the rule system is very small and simple, each of the nations has its very own character and needs to be played completely differently from all the others.