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May 31, 2026·How to play·07:53·51·Watch on YouTube

A quick glance at 1812:The Retreat

St.Just74

St.Just74

Watch “A quick glance at 1812:The Retreat,” a how-to-play guide for 1812: The Retreat from St.Just74 on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by St.Just74 on YouTube:

1812:The Retreat is a freezing race for survival for 1 to 4 officers in snowy Russia. Playing time: 60 (solo) to 120 minutes (multiplayer) Difficulty: 3/5 You are a captain leading your remaining company of soldiers from Moscow during Napoleon's catastrophic campaign of 1812. Survive the retreat by making to Vilnius or to the Polish border. Each soldier is worth a number of VP's at the end of the game. A soldier that loses all of his strength dies on the side of the road or freezes at the bivouac and is disqualified. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins! Needless to say - and as you are accustomed to with the designs from Jason St.Just - the game is very immersive and cuttthroat. For those wanting an even more immersive experience, there is also a "BATTLE EXPANSION" where the soldiers can be called upon to do battle on the fields of Maloyaroslavetz, Viazma, and Krasnoi...of course, having come this far, being engaged in a battle on enemy territory is far from ideal. The concept '1812 The Retreat' has been registered by the designer under number 202206-2ef7fcce9ac2

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1812: The Retreat

1812: The Retreat

2024·Jason St.Just

1 - 4 players
60 - 120 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About 1812: The Retreat, from BoardGameGeek:

In 1812: The Retreat the players are captains of a company leading their soldiers out of Russia during Napoleon's catastrophic campaign of 1812. The players must survive the retreat by making it safely to Vilnius or the Polish border. A soldier that loses all his strength dies on the side of the road or freezes at the bivouac and is disqualified. They can also be captured by the Cossacks. At the end of the game, each soldier is worth a number of victory points. The player with the most points wins the game...but remember: there WILL be casualties! 1812 is a resource management/survival game very high in theme. It is fresh, daring and cutthroat... The game is played in 3 phases consisting of a number of rounds: From Moscow to Smolensk, from Smolensk to the Berezina and from the Berezina to Vilnius. At the end of each phase, benefits lie in wait for the soldiers in the vanguard arriving at the location first. At the end of each round, a main event card will be drawn which will have consequences for all the soldiers on the board: this can be cold, snow, an attack of the cossacks or maybe a village in the distance that can be explored... All players have a number of soldiers under their control: an officer, a musician, light infantry, heavy cavalry... Each of them have their own advantages. The loss of any of your soldiers during the game will always have consequences for your company for the remainder of the retreat. -description from the designer

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