They’d previously made the first Napoleon’s Campaigns game using their old AGE-engine, but this newest game was supposed to use the internal Clausewitz engine. EU4 hadn’t released at the time, so it was in many ways a proto-Europa Universalis 4 prequel focused solely on warfare during the Napoleonic wars.Ī fascinating if limited game with a Hearts of Iron-style take on the era It started life as Napoleon’s Campaigns II, under AGEOD, who had recently joined the company as ‘Paradox France’. March of the Eagles was a Paradox grand strategy spin-off title as interesting as it was tragic. We’ll try and expand on these new additions when we can.
Not all of the games above have full write-ups below yet, but we’ve been adding in extra suggestions from the community as we go. Austerlitz: Napoleon’s Greatest Victory.Let’s take a look at some of the best of the best.
Still, this is a subject that's offered up some excellent titles in the digital realm over the years that simulate the pitched battles and fast-evolving strategy and tactics of the Napoleonic era, filling our screens with serried ranks in colourful uniforms, great rows of heavy cannon, billowing sails of warships in their golden age – and battlefields choked with the obscuring smog-clouds of black powder weaponry. One could argue he's starting to fall out of favour a touch, however there's not really been much that's 'new' in computer games on this topic the past few years – and, if you talk to Bill, the Corsican devil is also finding less table space in miniature lands than he used to.
With such a storied military career, such a massive historical impact and such a rich and enduring cultural presence, the exploits of the first Emperor of France have made excellent fodder for wargames across digital, table-top and miniature properties. That man among the finest of generals, Frenchest of French, mediumest of a height lineup.
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