Louis Nicholas Davout

This set of games is more a tournament for the coveted title of Iron Marshal. There are no campaign rules, nothing to do besides play.

The game is played with all players representing the French. We will play a made up battle from each year of the French Empire (1805-1815) with points being accumulated from each game. The division of forces will be historical to the year we are playing with usually an advantage going to the French (to encourage people to try and choose them). We will about 600-700 points per side depending on the year and armies in question,

At the beginning of each game each player will bid a handicap of between 0 and 100. The half of the players with the highest bid will get to play the  French, those with a lower bid whatever enemy they are playing that day. The points values of objectives (50 points worth each) will be selected by each side as per the tournament rules.

The points awarded to each player after a game are as follows:

Winning French player: Victory points plus bid
Losing French player: Victory points minus bid
Winning Allied Player: (Victory points plus bid) /2
Losing Allied Player: Victory points

We will play one game for each year from 1805-1815 and the Iron Marshal will be awarded after the last game. The size of the French will always be around 700 points, the allies 600-700 depending on the year (the glory years being better).

Scenarios

Thanks to Tod Creasey ([Tod_Creasey@oti.com) for contributing this campaign series.

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