1854: The Alma

2023
BGG Average Rating
6.5
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Players
1-2
Weight
2.00/5.00
Age
13+

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📖 About This Game

1854: The Alma is a small footprint grand tactics scale solitaire minigame on the iconic battle between Russia, France, England and Turkey at the outset of the Crimean War. Allied units are mostly brigades while Russian units are regiments, each hex is around 500m, and each turn is one hour. 1854 is mechanically a streamlined combination of our Imperial Bayonets series as well as Koniggratz and the rules only clock in at around 6 pages. The game features no CRT and can be played opposed making it an excellent intro into wargaming for new gamers while providing a satisfying challenge to more experienced gamers. —description from the publisher