Published by The History Game Company and designed by Steve Kling, Poltava is the key battle between Russia and Sweden in The Great Northern War.
The Swedes had been besieging Poltava with a somewhat depleted force, when Tsar Peter I (Peter the Great) arrived with a large Russian army. The subsequent engagement saw the Swedish force under Field Marshal Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld defeated in battle, marking the start of decline of the Swedish Empire.
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