Napoleon: Total War

Napoleon: Total War is a strategy game about the military campaigns of Napoleon, spanning two decades from the early Italian campaign to the Battle of Waterloo. You lead troops through battles as Napoleon or against him, with the outcome shaped by your command.

The Peninsular Campaign

Set during the conflict on the Spanish Peninsula from 1811 to 1814, this independent campaign adds a map with 32 controllable regions. You can play as France, Great Britain or Spain, each with a different position and approach. France seeks to suppress resistance and shift regions toward its political alignment; Britain begins with few regions but has income from Northern Europe and North America to help liberate regions for Spain in exchange for Guerrilla aid; Spain also starts with few regions and has permanent access to Guerrillas for use in battle.

The campaign adds 28 units across the three playable nations, including five Guerrilla types available to all nations. These units are adept at stealth and can deploy outside their faction’s deployment zones. The new types are Tiradores (Skirmisher Infantry), Cazadores, Lanceros (Lancer Cavalry), Husares (Light Cavalry) and Leader (General). The campaign also introduces a Political Alignment system, in which France works to increase pro-French sentiment across the peninsula.

Two new agents can influence political conversion. Provocateurs, available to France and Great Britain, promote anti-opposition sentiment, incite unrest, reduce research turn times and spy passively. Priests, available to Spain and Portugal, promote anti-opposition sentiment and incite unrest. Spain also gains a Guerrillero agent, similar to a Spy, who can harass enemy armies, hold them in place for a turn and cause attrition.

Battles and units

The Coalition Battle Pack adds six units and the Battle of Friedland, fought between France and Russia on 14 June 1807. At the height of his empire, Napoleon defeated Russia in detail, removing it from the war and ending the Fourth Coalition.

The pack’s units are:

• Lifeguard Hussars: fast light cavalry suited to dealing with skirmishers and artillery that attack at long range.
• Coldstream Guards: disciplined elite foot guards who inspire nearby troops.
• Archduke Charles' Legion: disciplined line infantry skilled in weapons drill and accuracy.
• Luetzow's Freikorps: swift light cavalry, effective in melee and on the charge.
• Life Hussars: sabre-armed light cavalry, powerful on the charge and effective in melee.
• Semenovski Lifeguard: elite guards with excellent morale, suited to fighting skirmish troops and artillery.

Elite campaign units

Heroes of the Napoleonic Wars and the Imperial Eagle Pack add elite units that become available on the campaign map after a specific technological advancement or when you own the relevant territory. They appear in both single-player and multiplayer modes.

Heroes of the Napoleonic Wars adds:

• 7th Lancers (France)
• Brandenburg Uhlans (Prussia)
• 1st Hussars (Austria)
• 15th Hussars (Great Britain)
• 1st East Prussian Grenadier Battalion (Prussia)
• 6th Regiment d'Infanterie Légère (France)
• 17th Jäger Regiment (Russia)
• 1st Regiment Emperor's Own (Austria)
• 18th Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne "The Brave" (France)
• Moscow Musketeers (Russia)

The Imperial Eagle Pack adds:

• Grand Battery of the Convention (France)
• HMS Elephant (Great Britain)
• Towarczys (Prussia)
• Royal Scots Greys (Great Britain)
• 5e Regiment de Hussards (France)
• Pavlograd Hussars (Russia)
• 8th Life Regiment (Prussia)
• 47th (Czech) Regiment (Austria)
• 88th Foot “Connaught Rangers”
• Archduke Ferdinand Cuirassiers (Austria)
• Lifeguard Cossacks (Russia)