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At Any Cost: Metz 1870
Head-to-Head Duel

At Any Cost: Metz 1870

Designed by Hermann Luttmann

Published by GMT Games

Moderate Depth: 30 Min Teach

Players

1-2

Play Time

120-480 min

Complexity

3.3 / 5

Rating

8.0

Year

2018

Community Snapshot

Best with 2
Medium complexity
120–480 min
8.0 on BGG (265)
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Language Editions

English

Categories

Post-Napoleonic
Set in the 19th century after Napoleon — Victorian era, industrialization, and colonial expansion.
Wargame
Simulate warfare — military strategy, tactics, and historical battles.

How It Plays

Chit-Pull System

Tokens are drawn randomly from a pool to determine who acts next — it adds suspense to every round.

Dice Rolling

You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!

Hexagon Grid

The board uses hexagons instead of squares — this gives you more directions to move and think about.

About This Game

At Any Cost: Metz 1870 is a game simulating the situation west of the Metz fortress during those few days of August 1870. The game is designed to be a playable, two-player brigade-scale game that allows players to experience the unique tactical warfare matchups that characterized fighting during the Franco-Prussian War. This era, though generally overlooked in the gaming industry, is a fascinating study in Napoleonic tactics (and uniforms) slamming head-on into modern killing technology.…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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