VaeVictis n°168

    The revolt of the Cipayes

FULL GAME: The Revolt of the Cipayas

The Cipayan Revolt is a strategic game whose mechanics are derived from those of The Belgian Campaign, 1815 (VV124) and The Eagles of the Danube (VV144). On May 10, 1857, the massacre of the British garrison of Meerut by native troops belonging to the Bengal Presidency set the world on fire and inflamed the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. It took the British more than two years to regain control of the revolting provinces. Once the rebellion was put down in 1859, the British crown was forced to launch a series of in-depth reforms to modify its system of governance in India, notably by abolishing the East India Company to which power had been delegated until then.  
The game offers you to retrace the first year of the conflict on an operational scale, during which most of the military operations are concentrated.
Will you succeed in liberating India from the British yoke?
Will you be able to put down the rebellion and regain control of the jewel in Queen Victoria's crown?

    One unit : about 2000 men
    Map : one link = several tens of km
    One turn : 2 months
    Playability in solitaire: 6/10
    Complexity: 5/10
    Duration of a game : 1h30 to 2 hours