The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon in Russia 1812 is a two-player board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. in 1972, simulating the September 1812 battle fought between Napoleon Grande Armee and the Imperial Russian Army during the French invasion of Russia. It first appeared as a pull-out game in issue 32 of SPI Strategy and Tactics magazine, dated May 1972, with graphic design by Redmond A. Simonsen, before SPI issued later boxed editions. As with other early SPI titles, its low production cost and magazine distribution let hobbyist wargamers explore a specific Napoleonic engagement in operational detail without the expense of a standalone retail release.
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is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1972
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The Battle of Borodino is a 2-player wargame that uses the same rules system as SPI's popular Napoleon at Waterloo game published the year before.
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is a simulation of the Battle of Borodino during the French invasion of Russia in 1812
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adapted from SPI's 1972 Napoleonic wargame The Battle of Borodino
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