Peninsular War Battles

Peninsular War Battles is a turn-based wargame about Napoleon’s campaign to conquer Portugal and Spain. You command British, French or Spanish forces across six campaigns, with 40 missions in total. The battles represent major engagements of the period and offer a range of tactical options.

Campaigns and missions

The campaigns comprise a five-mission Tutorial and five further campaigns: Invasion (3 missions), Assault (8), Conquest (8), Engagement (8) and Hammer (8). Every mission except those in the Tutorial can be played as either side.

Command your forces

You use infantry, cavalry and artillery together to gain an advantage in battle. Infantry can form line, column or square, while light infantry can skirmish in open order. Infantry units have four experience classes: Raw, Average, Veteran and Elite. The game includes 12 troop classes: infantry, light infantry, riflemen, light cavalry (light dragoons and hussars), lancers, dragoons, cuirassiers, and 4pdr, 6pdr, 8pdr, 9pdr and 12pdr artillery, as well as horse artillery.

Units and tactics

The game features 64 different combat units, depicted with the uniforms, colours and flags of the period. Its historical models comprise 53 models representing 66 unit types. Tactical features include flank attacks, strategic movement, map zoom and detailed combat analysis.