Napoleon (board game)

If a player retreats, the non-retreating army's reserve units triple their CV and fire one final volley.

[1] Gamma Two immediately re-issued the game later in 1974 that used cover art based on the famous painting Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David.

Gamma Two sold the rights to Napoleon to Avalon Hill, which produced a second edition of the game in 1977 using the same cover art.

He noted that luck plays a part in the game, saying, "The vagaries of the dice produce scrambling, tension filled battles in which a decisive defeat can be turned into victory in an amazingly short time."

Haggart concluded, "The game system forces the players to think in terms of 'space-time,' that is, envisage a series of marches culminating in a battle at a point where the enemy can neither win nor afford to retreat.

"[8] In Issue 13 of Paper Wars, Jonathan Price noted, "Unlike other wargames, Napoleon rarely playes alike twice.

With the ability to establish one's own initial deployment and the myriad of moves available from this, each game plays fresh almost every time.

"[9] In Issue 52 of Moves, Ian Chadwick wrote, "It is good for a few quick games, and the outcome is hard to predict since the dice play such a large part in combat.