Lille: The Classic Vauban Siege
Lille: The Classic Vauban Siege is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1978 that simulates the Siege of Lille in 1708. The game was originally part of the four-game collection The Art of Siege, and was also released as a stand-alone "folio" game. Background In 1708, during the War of Spanish Succession, Anglo-Dutch forces under Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene besieged Lille, capital of French Flanders. The fortress of Lille had been designed by Marshal Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, who had considered it his crowning achievement. Against the well-defended fortress, the siege took three months and over 16,000 casualties to bring about a surrender. Description Lille is a two-player wargame where one player controls the Dutch-Anglo besiegers, and the other player controls the French defenders. With a small map and only 200 counters, the game has been characterized as "simple". Gameplay The game system, adapted from SPI's 1972 game Napoleon at War, uses an alternating "I Go, You Go" series of turns, where one player moves and attacks, followed by the other player. Unlike most wargames of the time, Lille does not use a hex grid map,. Instead, counters are moved from area to