Napoleon’s Wheel: Danube Campaign – Part 1

About this board game

Napoleon’s Wheel: Danube Campaign – Part 1 is a 1–4-player board game with a listed play time of 60 minutes, depicting four scenarios from Napoleon’s 1805 Danube Campaign.

Part of OSG’s The Library of Napoleonic Battles series, the game uses the series’ common rules and game system. Its scenarios cover major actions from October through December 1805, including the campaign’s decisive confrontation at Austerlitz.

• Ulm — Napoleon’s Wheel: 9–15 October
• Dürenstein — Kutuzov’s Trap: 11 November
• Schöngrabern — Bagration’s Rearguard: 16 November
• Austerlitz — The Battle of Pratzen and Sokolnitz: 1–2 December

The standard TLNB game system sets the scale at 480 metres, or 525 yards, per hex. Strength is measured at 500–800 men per strength point, while each turn represents one hour.

Napoleon’s Wheel is the final TLNB entry to include cards. Its deck is a universal common deck intended to serve as the official card deck for subsequent games in the series, and it is also available separately through OSG’s online store.

Once players own this common deck, they will not need another for later games. Those releases will have reduced retail prices to reflect printing and manufacturing savings. Released in 2020, this entry presents a focused selection of 1805 Danube Campaign scenarios within a consistent series framework.