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2011 Entries

December 29, 2011


Three new articles in Vae Victis #102

  • Lost Battles (Fifth Column Games), la dynamique retrouvée des batailles antiques
  • Birth of a Legend (ATO), Robert E. Lee et la campagne de la Péninule
  • Roliça, Vimeiro, Porto, Junot, Soult et Wellesley se disputent le Portugal



December 20, 2011


A new article in Prétorien #21

  • La destruction de Carthage (illustrated by Serge Baudouard)

December 10, 2011


Video review of Allemagne 1813 (Jours de Gloire Campagne IV), by Marco Arnaudo



December 2, 2011


A new article in La Revue Napoléon #3 (new series)

  • Les de Torres Vedras, symbole de la « grande stratégie » britannique

November 18, 2011


Release of Fuentes de Oñoro 1811 (Jours de Gloire series)

Available in English or French

  • 3 battles: Foz d'Arouce, Fuentes de Oñoro et El Bodón 1811
  • 6 scenarios
  • 1 color rules booklet
  • 1 59x41 cm map
  • 2 41x28 cm maps (backprinted)
  • 1 counter sheet of 216 die-cut counters
  • 1 Player aid

Order: Fuentes de Oñoro 1811


October 29, 2011


A new article in Vae Victis #101

  • Fuentes de Oñoro, l'ultime combat de Masséna

September 24, 2011


A new article in Prétorien #20

  • L'impitoyable guerre de Numance (illustrated by Serge Baudouard)

September 3, 2011


Three new articles in Vae Victis #100

  • VaeVictis, 100 couvertures et 17 ans d'histoire
  • Infidel (GMT Games), la chevalerie franque à l'épreuve de l'Orient
  • Le déclin des Carolingiens, quatre batailles méconnues d'un IXe siècle oublié

September 2, 2011


A new article in La Revue Napoléon #2 (new series)

  • Discorde et incompréhension entre les maréchaux français en Espagne et au Portugal

August 10, 2011


Historical notes in Voyage & Histoire #3

  • Waterloo, la fin de l'Empire, le début de la légende

August 5, 2011


Contribution to "A Tribute to Charles S. Roberts (1930-2010), The Father of Board Wargaming", in C3i Magazine #25


July 5, 2011


A new article in Vae Victis #99

  • When Lions Sailed (S&T #268), géostratégie des premiers empires coloniaux européens

June 23, 2011


Two new articles in Vae Victis hors série #15

  • Prussia's Glory I et II (GMT Games), une systéme simple pour aborder les batailles du grand Frédéric
  • Close Action et Flying Colors (CoA-GMT Games), la guerre navale sous Louis XV et sous Louis XVI

June 20, 2011


Release of the book Alesia : The Victory of Roman Organisation (maps by Pascal Da Silva and Antoine Poggioli)

Available in English or French

Orders: Alesia


June 17, 2011


A new article in Prétorien #19

  • Munda : la dernière victoire de Jules César (illustrated by Serge Baudouard)

June 6, 2011


A new article (with Riccardo Rinaldi) in Voyage & Histoire #2

  • Solférino, en Italie, sur les chemins de la Liberté (pictures by Riccardo Rinaldi)

May 30, 2010


A new article in La Revue Napoléon #1 (new series)

  • La victoire de Grand Port et la situation stratégique dans l'océan Indien (map by Serge Baudouard)

May 20, 2011


Release of Jours de Gloire Campaign : Germany 1813, from Lützen to Leipzig

Available in English or French

  • 1 box
  • 2 dice
  • 5 scenarios (from 2 to 16 turns)
  • 1 color rules booklet
  • 1 84x59 cm map
  • 1 counter sheet of 216 die-cut counters
  • 24 event cards
  • Player aids, charts and scenario sheets

Orders: Germany 1813


May 3, 2011


Two new articles in Vae Victis #98

  • Julian (S&T #266), derniers triomphes avant la tempête
  • The Coming Storm (OSG), l'offensive d'hiver d'OSG

March 29, 2011


A new article in Voyage & Histoire #1

  • Austerlitz, champ de gloire (pictures by Eric Teng)

March 21, 2011


A new article in Prétorien #18

  • La prise de Syracuse par Marcellus (illustrated by Serge Baudouard)

March 2, 2011


A new article in Vae Victis #97

  • Labyrinth (GMT Games), le dédale géostratégique du XXIe siècle

February 28, 2011


Video review of The Lion and The Sword, by Marco Arnaudo