Great Northern War Fight across the battlefields of Northern and Eastern Europe in Great Northern War, a detailed tactical wargame covering the campaigns, battles, and skirmishes that ended Swedish dominance of the Baltic and transformed Russia into a European great power. From Humlebæk and Narva to Kliszów, Fraustadt, Holowczyn, Poltava, Helsingborg, Stresow, and the final campaigns in Finland and Norway, Great Northern War places you in command of the armies that fought for control of the Baltic world. What began in 1700 as a coordinated assault by Russia, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony against the young King Charles XII became a grueling 21-year struggle across Scandinavia, the Baltic provinces, Poland-Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Finland, and Northern Germany. Take command in Great Northern War, where detailed tactical maps and historically grounded orders of battle place you in control of armies fighting across snow-covered plains, frozen rivers, fortified towns, forests, marshes, villages, coastal regions, and open continental battlefields. Every engagement is shaped by the realities of early 18th-century warfare: aggressive shock tactics, disciplined musket fire, pikes and bayonets, cavalry charges, dismounted dragoons, field fortifications, morale, command, supply, attrition, and extreme winter weather. Command the Armies of Northern Europe Recreate the major campaigns of the Great Northern War from either side of the conflict. Lead Sweden and its allies, including: Swedish Guards and line infantry Finnish infantry and cavalry Provincial and enlisted regiments Swedish cavalry and dragoons Troops from Sweden’s Baltic and German possessions Pro-Swedish Polish and Lithuanian formations Cossack allies Swedish field and regimental artillery Or command the Northern Alliance and Sweden’s other enemies, including: Russian Guards and regular infantry Russian dragoons and cavalry Russian Cossacks and irregular forces Danish regulars and militia Danish cavalry and dragoons Norwegian infantry and dragoons Norwegian ski troops Saxon infantry, cavalry, and dragoons Polish-Lithuanian hussars, pancerni, rajtars, dragoons, cossacks, and noble levy Prussian and other allied contingents The historically accurate Order of Battle reflects the many armies, alliances, and internal divisions that shaped the war. Swedish forces begin the conflict with superior training, leadership, morale, and aggressive doctrine, while the Russian army develops from an inexperienced and uneven force into a disciplined military capable of defeating its former teachers. A War Across the Baltic WorldGreat Northern War covers the full scope of the conflict across its major campaigns and theaters. Fight through the opening campaigns of 1700 and 1701, when Denmark-Norway, Saxony, and Russia launched separate attacks against Sweden. Lead Charles XII’s rapid counteroffensives at Humlebæk, Narva, and Riga, where the Swedish army defeated each opponent before the alliance could concentrate its...