Game of the Week, June 9 - 15
We return to the Napoleonic Era with our title this week: Campaign Marengo from the Napoleonic Battles series. It is on sale now through Sunday June 15th, for 25% off normal pricing.
Like a lightning bolt falling from the heavens, Napoleon Bonaparte's Army of the Reserve descended out of the Alps upon the plains of Piedmont in late May of 1800 and into the annals of glory. What followed was a blitzkrieg campaign that caught the Austrians completely by surprise. The French army rolled on to the east to take Milan and then turn south and west to fight the Austrian army at Piacenza, Casteggio and then Marengo, the final battle of the campaign. Bonaparte's fame was secure and by 1804 he would be crowned the Emperor of France.
Campaign Marengo covers the battles and campaigns in Northern Italy from 1795 through 1800 and allows the players to refight the famous battles of these campaigns. Three campaign files cover the major campaigns while three shorter ones cover the various operations in 1796 to resupply Mantua and defeat Bonaparte and the French in battle.
Relive the days of Suvorov's Russian army marching onto the fields of battle alongside their Austrian allies. As the commander of the French army in 1796, lead your men on to victory on the fields of Castiglione, Rivoli, Arcole and the other battles around Verona. As Massena, lead the French to victory at Loano in 1795. Campaign Marengo offers all this and more!
To read more about the historical background information and details on how the game was brought together, check out the Design Notes.
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Campaign Marengo includes 198 scenarios both for play against the AI and for Head-to-Head / Play by Email play. Many of the scenarios have both 15-minute and 10-minute turn versions.
The battles included are:
- Loano
- Voltri
- Montenotte
- Dego
- Ceva
- St Michele
- Lodi
- Lonato
- Castiglione
- Bassano
- Caldiero
- Arcole
- Rivoli
- Magnano
- Mincio
- Vaprio-Cassano
- Tidone
- Trebbia
- Novi
- Savigliano
- Marengo
- Romano
- Casteggio-Montebello
There is a wide sampling of variants and "what if" situations included as well.
In addition to the stand alone scenarios, Campaign Marengo contains six campaigns, both in 15-minute and 10-minute turn versions, which bring an additional ~130 scenarios into the mix.
Note: The version now in the Store is the newest: 4.09.2.
Finally, here's the Napoleonic Battles specific section on the Official WDS forums if you wish to discuss the game, or any games within that series.
That brings us to the conclusion of today's post. There's literally hundreds if not thousands of hours of game play to be had in this title—so what are you waiting for? Head on over to the Campaign Marengo product page and pickup a copy for yourself!
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