Frédéric Bey

Frédéric Bey, born 20 April 1961 at Issy-les-Moulineaux in France, is a designer of wargames and the author of books and articles on the subject of military history.

Biography Frédéric Bey has done advanced studies on commerce and history. The wargames which he has designed cover ancient, medieval and Napoleonic military history. They have been published in Casus Belli and Vae Victis magazines as well as in several American magazines, such as C3i.

He is the organizer of the Trophée du Bicentenaire (Bicentennial Trophy), an annual international competition for wargaming whose objective is to commemorate the bicentennial of great victories of Napoleon.

A specialist in Napoleonic and Roman history, Bey is the author of a large number of articles on strategy in the ancient world and on the Napoleonic Wars which have appeared in Guerres & Histoire, De la guerre, La Revue Napoléon, Prétorien, Traditions, Histoires de France and Against the Odds magazines.

He has given many conferences on military history at the château de Vincennes under the auspices of the Centre d'Etudes d'Histoire de la Défense (CEHD), and has also been interviewed on France Inter (2000 Years of History) on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Battle of Austerlitz and at the Centre Culturel Irlandais de Paris in connection with a day celebrating Napoléon and Ireland.

An enthusiast of the Empire and strategy, Bey has published three books on the battles of Austerlitz, Jena, and Friedland for Quatuor Editions. He is also the co-writer of Infographie de l'empire napoléonien.

Awards and recognition Bey has received multiple nominations for Charles S. Roberts Awards, and was inducted to the Wargaming Hall of Fame in 2024.

Selected works Books Austerlitz, la victoire exemplaire, Editions Quatuor, 2005, 380 pages Iéna et Auerstaedt, la victoire foudroyante, Editions Quatuor, 2006, 271 pages Rome, la légion romaine au service de l'Empire, Histoire & Collections, 2007, 82 pages Eylau et Friedland, la victoire avant tout, Editions Quatuor, 2008, 263 pages Alesia, The Victory of Roman Organisation, Histoire & Collections, 2011, 64 pages Issos and Gaugamela, Alexander defeats and dethrones Darius III, 333-331 BC, Cérigo Editions, 2020, 48 pages edited by Jean Lopez, La guerre antique, Éditions Perrin, 2021, 397 pages edited by Jean Lopez, Les dix meilleures armées de l'Histoire: Des Assyriens à l'US Army, Éditions Perrin, Collection Tempus, 2022, 231 pages ( edited by Thierry Lentz and Jean Lopez, Les mythes de la Grande Armée, Éditions Perrin, 2022, 444 pages with Vincent Haegele and Nicolas Guillerat, Infographie de l'empire napoléonien, Passés/Composés, 2023, 160 pages Alésia, le triomphe de l'organisation romaine (second edition), Histoire & Collections, 2023, 64 pages edited by Jean Lopez, La guerre antique, Éditions Perrin, Collection Tempus, 2024, 576 pages edited by Thierry Lentz and Jean Lopez, Les mythes de la Grande Armée, Éditions Perrin, Collection Tempus, 2024, 422 pages

Articles Bey is a regular contributor to the historical magazines Guerres & Histoire, Histoires de France, La Revue Napoléon and Prétorien and the wargaming magazines Casus Belli, Vae Victis, C3i and Against the Odds.

Wargames Frédéric Bey has designed more than 70 wargames: Bellum Gallicum / Casus Belli No. 68 and No. 69 / 1992