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Feb 3, 2026·Review·15:04·3970·Watch on YouTube

1809: Talavera Overview | Napoleonic Wargame Board Game | Tactical Workshop

Zilla Blitz

Zilla Blitz

Watch “1809: Talavera Overview | Napoleonic Wargame Board Game | Tactical Workshop,” a board game review for 1809: Talavera from Zilla Blitz on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Zilla Blitz on YouTube:

We do a deep dive first look and overview of 1809: Talavera, the 2-player wargame covering the Napoleonic Peninsular War battle in 1809 between the French and Spanish/British Allied forces. The game is published by Tactical Workshop and designed by Frederic Delstanches. 1809: Talavera on Gamefound: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/tactical-workshop/1809-talavera If you'd like to support my work creating historical wargaming videos, here are some ways: Join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/zillablitz Buy a boardgame on Noble Knight Games store with this link: https://www.nobleknight.com/?awid=1430 Buy me a coffee via Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/zillablitz Thanks! Tactical Workshop Website: https://www.tacticalworkshop.com/ 1809: Talavera on Board Game Geek: (not yet) Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:33 Game Overview 03:19 Documentation 05:59 Counters 08:32 Player Aids 10:24 Leader & Event Cards 11:20 Map 14:03 Final Thoughts The game shown in this video is a advance publication/late prototype copy provided by Tactical Workshop. —---- My Current Wargaming Tools- • Oregon 2.0mm Counter Clipper: https://amzn.to/3SUyDX7 • Oregon 2.5mm Counter Clipper: https://amzn.to/3SzYJPs • Bent Tip Lighted Tweezers: https://amzn.to/4hyCOVx • Long Tweezers (for bigger counters): https://amzn.to/45Oaw3Y • Dice Tower #1: https://amzn.to/3EcoQHU • Dice Tower #2: https://amzn.to/3RweSDS • Black Dice: https://amzn.to/3dXLd92 • White Dice: https://amzn.to/3rmQcn1 • Laser Line Sight: (out of stock) Amazon & Noble Knight links are affiliate links. If you’d like to help the channel, you can use those to purchase. —---- #1809talavera #tacticalworkshop #wargaming This overview produced by Zilla Blitz. 1809: Talavera Overview | Napoleonic Wargame Board Game | Tactical Workshop

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1809: Talavera

1809: Talavera

2026·Frederic Delstanches

1 - 2 players
60 - 800 min

About 1809: Talavera, from BoardGameGeek:

1809: Talavera is the second volume in the"Fix Bayonets!" series of Napoleonic tactical wargames. It covers, at the battalion level, the two days of the battle with one player in charge of the Anglo-Spanish armies and the other leading the French forces. It can be played solo, playing both sides. Components: One (2-panel) 55 1/2" x 22" mounted map. 6 double-sided color counter sheets with 18 "Fix Bayonets!" markers, 168 3/8x3/4" markers, 220 1/2x1/2" markers, 372 3/4x3/4" unit counters. One 24-pages Battle booklet. One 56-pages Rules booklet. Two identical 17x11" player aid cards. One 17x11" Turn & Tracks sheet (similar to the one in Albuera) two custom 10-sided dice, one for each side. One 11x8.5" + two 17x11" Order of Battle sheets 47 Leader and Special Event cards

Designer

Frederic Delstanches

Publisher

Tactical Workshop

Categories

NapoleonicWargame

Mechanics

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