Custoza and Goito

Last Christmas I received Europa Simulazioni's Custoza: Fields of Doom, a game about the 1848 and 1866 battles during the 1st and 3rd Italian Wars of Independence. Both battles were defeats for the Italians.

Custoza: 1848 introductory scenario

Custoza: 1848 introductory scenario (losses)

In January I also received Goito, a game inside issue 6 of the Parabellum Magazine, which uses the same system but for a smaller battle (roughly 1 Corps vs 1 Corps), which is therefore a good introduction to the system.

Battle of Goito. Austrian attacks repulsed

Battle of Goito: final positions

The system has some unique mechanics (fog of war, command & control) that requires a bit to get used too, but it's not hard to learn and once you get the use of it the game flows smoothly. So far I like it.