拿破仑之鹰：拿破仑战争游戏/Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars

NAPOLEON S EAGLESThe game is a grand strategic simulation of the Napoleonic Wars derived from a masterpiece boardgame by Marc McLaughlin
AVALON DIGITAL has captured the look feel challenge and excitement of the classic original board game War amp Peace and brought it to life on your computer Solo mode against the AI in some scenarios allows you to become Napoleon as you lead your armies from the fields of France to the steppes of Russia and from the deserts of Egypt to the mountains of Spain Or you stand against him as Blucher Kutuzov the Duke of Wellington or any of a score of other famous generals as you plan your strategies to turn the tide of the Napoleonic Wars And you can play all scenarios and campaigns in multiplayer2 players
Fight on land and at sea in short scenarios that cover every major strategic operation from1796 to1815 or do it all in a grand campaign that may or may not end on the field of Waterloo
SCALE
Napoleon s Eagles is a monthly turn-based hex-based40 miles each strategic game
Dozens of individually named and rated generals lead armies composed of abstract strength points each representing roughly5000 men infantry or cavalry and their intrinsic artillery
Every major and minor power of the Napoleonic Wars is represented with its own set of individual pieces each of which is depicted by square counters illustrated with a soldier attired in the uniform unique to their nation and type
The mix of forces includes everything from Spanish partisans and Prussian Landwehr on up to Russian Cossacks and Napoleon s Old Guard and more
The game also includes squadrons of ships of the line and transports with which players can wage both a global naval struggle or recreate the situations that led to the epic clashes at the Nile Copenhagen and of course Trafalgar
CONTENT
The game contains
Different playing modes solitaire play against the AI
All the historical scenarios from the boardgame Some have been thoroughly tested to be solo against AI and can also be played in multiplayer mode others are2 players multiplayer-only for now the Solo vs AI will come during the next months
THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN OF179697
THE ARMY OF THE ORIENT BONAPARTE IN EGYPT179899
MARENGO1800
THE SUN OF AUSTERLITZ1805
NAPOLEON S APOGEE18061807
WAGRAM1809
THE CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA1812
NAPOLEON AT BAY1814
THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN1815
STRUGGLE OF NATIONS1813
THE PENINSULAR WAR18081814
SPAIN18111814
THE FINAL GLORY18121814
Varied Hex maps with a scale of40 miles per hex weather zones major cities for production and victory
6 Major Powers playable inside Pro or Anti-French Alliance dozens of minor nations and powers
5 different types of infantry3 of cavalry all rated for their morale i.e quality levels
Warship or Transport naval squadrons
All main historical leaders present
March to the sounds of guns conduct forced marches fight pitched battles entrench your armies lay siege and engage in amphibious economic and guerrilla warfare
Production system for the grand campaign to create your own reinforcements
Turn-based system scale of one month per turn with different phases Attrition Alliance Reinforcements Movement and Combat
An elegant easy-to-understand on-screen guide that will walk you through every sequence of play and help you better understand the nuances and depth of choices and strategies available
Available in English and in French upon release with Spanish German Russian and Chinese coming in a few months afterwards
No internet connection required to play against the AI
THE GRAND CAMPAIGN GAME WAR AND PEACE18051815 a complete campaign covering the entire Napoleonic Wars with production diplomacy foreign wars land and naval warfare
2 Players MP Only this campaign is only playable in multiplayer mode for now as the AI work on a project of this scope is daunting and will be made over time
We prefer to have a playable2 player multiplayer mode rather than an unfinished and unsatisfactory AI that would not render justice to the game
PLAY DURATION
Estimated Playtime1 to Many Hours
HISTORY
Although first published in1980 by the Avalon Hill Company the boardgame War amp Peace has continued to evolve thanks to a dedicated fan base whose contributions have enhanced the game while retaining the original core set of basic rules AVALON DIGITAL has taken the most recent of those versions the6 th Edition which came out in2021 and faithfully adapted it to the computer Original designer Mark G McLaughlin and his more recent co-designer John Gant have shepherded the board game through the latest of its six iterations
The computer game was renamed Napoleon s Eagles in2024 due to some other company having previously registered that brand on the computer games class but our game remains the faithfull adaptation of the original boardgame which as such is the original1980 IP of Mr Mark McLaughlin
The original rules and scenarios remain intact with additional scenarios set in Italy and the Levant to recreate Napoleon s early campaigns Anyone who loved the board game will find the system familiar in every way
John thoroughly revised and enhanced the original grand campaign for the5 th and6 th editions with Mark s wholehearted approval and gratitude In order to further ensure that they get every aspect of War amp Peace correct AVALON DIGITAL has retained Mark as one of the lead playtesters and consultants for the computer version of his classic and much-beloved design
Napoleon s Eagles by AVALON DIGITAL is more than just a simple port of a board game to the computer it is also a labor of love by an international team of historians and wargamers for whom this game is THE game on the Napoleonic Wars
NB The game name is a tribute to the well-know novel from Leon Tolsto War and Peace set in the Napoleonic era
ONGOING AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
As mentioned above the biggest challenge for a development team in a game like Napoleon s Eagles is to create an AI that can prove to be challenging to players We and the beta testers of the game recruited from the Kickstarter campaign see below found a good balance and status in6 of the game s scenarios For the other scenarios and campaign the AI is still work in progress and we felt safer to keep the2 players multiplayer version only for release
Our development team who has created the acclaimed Carrier Battles game is working hard and continuously on the AI and will provide regular free updates to it
We conducted a survey last Spring to see with our testers and backers if they wanted the game to release now or wait till everything was in place to do so Most wanted the immediate release as they feel the game is good enough to be a wonderful experience and a current release will increase the number of potential players to join in multiplayer sessions
WEBSITE
Visit the game s website here
KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN