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Website dedicated to Frédéric Bey wargames and articles

2010 Entries

December 30, 2010


Two new articles in Vae Victis #96

  • La bataille de Pensacola (GMT Games), un jeu réussi pour un siège méconnu
  • La guerre des Deux Roses, une très sanglante querelle de famille

December 21, 2010


A new article in Prétorien #17

  • La guerre de César à Alexandrie (illustrated by Serge Baudouard)

December 2, 2010


Release of Alemeida and Bussaco 1810
Available in English or French

  • 3 battles: Almeida, Bussaco and Coimbra 1810
  • 1 rules and scenarios booklet (12 pages)
  • 1 player aid chart
  • 1 60x42 cm map, backprinted
  • 1 counter sheet of 216 die-cut counters
Orders: Almeida et Bussaco 1810


October 28, 2010


A new article in Vae Victis #95

  • Les batailles de Pylos et Sphactérie , ou comment mettre Sparte en échec et (presque) mat

Release of the inserted game Sphacteria, 425 B.C., a two-player wargame about the land and naval battles of Pylos and Sphacteria, during the first phase of the Peloponnesian War

Sphacteria includes an A4 map and 67 counters


September 20, 2010


A new article in Prétorien #16

  • La bataille navale de Salamine (illustrated by Serge Baudouard)

August 28, 2010


A new article in La Revue Napoléon #43

  • La troisième invasion du Portugal

August 27, 2010


Two new articles in Vae Victis #94

  • Chariots of Fire (GMT Games), un âge de bronze enrobé de « chrome »
  • Napoleonic 20 (VPG), les grandes batailles de Napoléon avec peu de pions

July 12, 2010


A new article in La Revue Napoléon #42

  • Masséna à la tête de l'armée du Portugal

July 3, 2010


A new article in Vae Victis #93

  • Washington's War (GMT Games), la quintessence du jeu à cartes d'activation

June 23, 2010


A new article in Prétorien #15

  • L'expédition athénienne en Sicile : de l'arrivée de Démosthène au désastre final (II) (illustrated by Serge Baudouard, pictures by Natalia Griffon de Pleineville)

June 18, 2010


A new article in Vae Victis hors série #13

  • La guerre pour Jérusalem, Richard Cœur de Lion face à Saladin

June 14, 2010


Release of Le Lion et l'Epée (The Lion and the Sword)
Available in English or French

  • 2 battles: Arsuf and Tremetousia 1191
  • 1 rules and scenarios booklet (12 pages)
  • 1 player aid chart
  • 1 59x40 cm map
  • 1 counter sheet of 216 die-cut counters
Orders: Le Lion et l'Epée


June 13, 2010


Jours de Gloire web site is one year old!

Thanks to Eric Sublet (Ludifolie) for the design.


June 6 2010


A new article in Against The Odds #28

  • Wagram: The First Victory of a New Age (translation by Stephen Neuville)

May 5, 2010


A new article in Vae Victis #92

  • Tomb for an Empire (Bellica 3rd Generation), la « folie » espagnole de Napoléon

April 8, 2010


A new article in Prétorien #14

  • L'expédition athénienne en Sicile : des plans d'Alcibiade à l'échec de Nicias (I) (illustrated by Serge Baudouard)

April 4, 2010


A new article in, La Revue Napoléon #41

  • La campagne d'Andalousie : une victoire inachevée (original map by Pascal Dasilva)

February 25, 2010


A new article in Vae Victis #91

  • L'Empire romain et sa défense

January 24, 2010


Release of Gospitch and Ocaña 1809
Available in English or French

  • Jours de Gloire series, Battles #27 and #28. The game includes the battles of Gospitch (May 21 and 22, 1809, in Dalmatia) and Ocaña (November 19, 1809, in Spain), with the combat of Ontigola, fought on November 18 1809, as a bonus
  • 1 scenario booklet with historical notes (8 pages)
  • 2 A3x2 maps - 417 counters - 1 color Player Aid Card
Orders: Canons en Carton


January 18, 2010


A new article in Prétorien #13

  • La victoire de Sparte sur Argos et Athènes à Mantinée (illustrated by Serge Baudouard)