Leuthen: Frederick’s Greatest Victory

About this board game

Leuthen: Frederick’s Greatest Victory is a detailed historical battle simulation for 1–2 players, with an approximately 360-minute playing time.

Set on December 5, 1757, the game recreates Frederick II’s desperate campaign to defend Silesia. Around the village of Leuthen, roughly 40,000 Prussian troops faced an Austrian, Imperial, Bavarian, and Württemberger force of nearly 60,000 men.

Explore the battle’s dramatic progression as Frederick maneuvers around Prince Charles of Lorraine’s flank and launches a powerful attack. Although the initial blow collapses the enemy line, the Austrians reorganize and fight back, leaving the outcome uncertain until a climactic cavalry charge finally breaks their army.

The game presents both the historical battle and its possibilities through carefully detailed maps, counters, scenarios, and special rules. Its scale places players directly in command of the formations that shaped the engagement:

• Infantry battalions, cavalry regiments, and artillery sections
• Hexes representing 100 yards of ground
• Turns representing 20 minutes of battle
• Four 22 x 34-inch game maps and 560 counters across two countersheets

Leuthen also includes a 28-page booklet containing second-edition standard-series rules, special rules, scenarios, and historical commentary by period authority Professor Christopher Duffy. The commentary covers previously unpublished aspects of the battle, with maps, diagrams, statistics, and an analysis of the 1757 campaign in Silesia.

For gamers and students of the period, Leuthen offers a colorful way to examine Frederick’s greatest victory and the battle that forced the Austrians to retreat to Breslau before evacuating Silesia.