It is always great to spend quality time with my sons. The Russians were going to be busy with the Turks. Further Villeneuve was not sailing to invade England, but to pass through the straits of Gibraltar and conduct operations against the Austrian controlled parts of. Napoleon had left Boulogne on 27th August with the main body of La Grande Armee. While we only played a few hours and a number of distracting work phone calls pulled me away at times I was still pleased with the interaction and connection I was able to have with my son. The battle of Trafalgar took place on October 21st 1805, i.e. It is a mammoth board, with 20mm scale miniatures of the troops, that I have added the ships to in order to bring the whole surface of the map to life.īy October 1805, the north coast of Spain had been invaded and French shipping was trapped in portĮarly on the French side had convinced the Ottomans to join in their cause and the Russians came to aid the Austrians on the Hungarian plains

The board is TRULY massive - more than covering the entire dining room table the 3rd Coalition of England, Russia and Austria The 1805 scenario features France and Spain vs. Every once in a while I get a wonderful request from one of my sons to play a favored game of mine.