Game of the Week, May 12 - 18
We return to the Napoleonic Era with our title this week: Campaign Bautzen from the Napoleonic Battles series. It is on sale now through Sunday May 18th, for 25% off normal pricing.
In December and January of 1813, Napoleon's La Grande Armée limped back into Germany and Poland from the debacle that was the 1812 Russian campaign. Leaving Eugene to hold off the Allied onslaught, the Emperor returned to France to work his magic, and out of the recruits of France a new army was formed.
Meanwhile, Eugene had fallen back in the face of the larger Allied host. The Prussians walked a diplomatic tight rope for the first months of the year but by March were in open revolt. The Prussian generals formed new forces in East Prussia, Silesia and other parts of the realm. Along with the standing army they were ready to stand with their Russian allies. England helped the Allies with cash, clothing and munitions. The Sixth Coalition was formed to liberate Germany and take the war to France. In the battles to come, both sides would be sorely tested to hold their armies together.
Campaign Bautzen allows the players to refight the battles of Lützen and the massive battle of Bautzen, which was the largest land battle fought in Europe up to this time, as well as many other actions of the Spring Campaign of 1813. Will the Allies pull off a victory against Napoleon or will they succumb to his mastery on the battlefield?
As a bonus included in this title are the battles of the Russo-Swedish War of 1808-09. Refight the actions in Finland and Sweden which pitted the Russians against their old foes the Swedes. Engage the Swedes in their homeland in the last actions of the war.
Note: The Fall campaign of 1813 is covered in Campaign Leipzig.
To read more about the historical background information and details on how the game was brought together, check out the Design Notes.
Campaign Bautzen includes 159 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 major battles included are:
Mockern
Grossgorschen
Lutzen
Eichberg
Konigswartha
Bautzen
Reichenbach
Hainau
Hoyerswerda
Luckau
There is a wide sampling of variants and "what if" situations included as well.
In addition to the stand alone scenarios, Campaign Bautzen contains three campaigns, both in 15-minute and 10-minute turn versions, which bring an additional 64 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 Bautzen product page and pickup a copy for yourself!
Of course you should head on over to the productpage and pick up a copy of this gem. To get a feel for the Zenith and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte you should begin with Napoleon in Russia, The full campaign of course, Then this game, follow up with the masterpiece that is Campaign Leipzig and end it all with Napoleons brilliant Campaign of 1814. That he eventually lost… eh…. Did i mention that i love this series?
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