Leipzig (wargame)

Leipzig, subtitled Napoleon vs. Europe 1813, is a grand tactical board wargame of Napoleon's unsuccessful campaign of 1813 to keep French control of the German states and Saxony. James F. Dunnigan designed it for Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI), which lists it among its first releases in September 1969 and published a commercial edition in 1972. The French player begins facing a hostile alliance of Prussia and Russia, with other enemies waiting in the wings, and must strike quickly to exploit the classic Napoleonic central position. A game turn has a movement phase and a combat phase, and the combat phase runs through attacker supply allocation, defender retreat before combat, defender supply allocation and combat resolution. Design touches that give it period feel include leader bonuses, forced marching and cavalry screens. Its system was later reused in SPI's La Grande Armee.