Vae Victis Magazine #169

Vae Victis is a French language game magazine published bimonthly. Vae Victis offers articles on military history (analysis of strategy and tactics throughout the ages, presentation of the units used in military campaigns) and all about what is going on in the war-games world together with critical analysis and new release box opening. The Special Game Issue includes wargame comes with a map, die cut counters and rules booklet (English translation of the rules available on the Vae Victis site).

This Special Game Issue including the game: Lützen 1813.

Lützen 1813 is a grand tactical wargame simulating the confrontation of May 2, 1813 which marked the beginning of the first phase of the German campaign. The Russian-Prussian coalition army is in an offensive attitude, Tsar Alexander and his entourage considering a victory over a desperate Napoleon as probable, his army of conscripts suffering from a weakness in cavalry. Lützen 1813 uses the same system as Bautzen 1813 published in VaeVictis 150.