1806
Napoleon's Campaign against Prussia
October 8th to 14th, 1806
Designer: Kevin Zucker

The Time Is:  1600 hours, 13 October, 1806:

Napoleon and Lannes are standing, surveying the situation from the
Windknolle, the cold insistant breeze rustling at their greatcoat flaps.
Looking just to their right, they can see the road from Jena (1330) to
Apolda (2032).  From either side of it a valley runs down on the left
just in front of the village of Cospeda (1630) to the Muhlthal, on the
right to the Saale valley at Lobstadt (1232).  Beyond Cospeda, somewhat
to the right, is the village of Lutzeroda (1731); and beyond that again,
to the left, is the great wood of Isserstadt (1730), with the village
of the same name at its farther extremity.  On the right lies the
village of Closewitz (1631, at the head of the ravine leading down to
the Saale), situated about a mile from the Windknolle and some 200 yards
to the right of the Apolda road.  That road, after passing near
Closewitz, mounts the slope of a broad down called the Dornberg
(1731-32).  Its rounded top, some 100 feet higher than the Windknolle,
shuts out the view towards Apolda.  Lutzeroda is just visible over the
left slope of the Dornberg.  As it sinks down towards the left they can
begin to make out the Prussian encampments of Hohenlohe's army in the
country beyond.

The Saxon general, Tauenzien, now occupies the Dornberg after earlier
allowing himself to be driven from the Landgrafenberg (1431) by Suchet's
infantry.  Supported by troops in Closewitz and Lutzeroda, Tauenzien
still holds the most defensible position on the plateau; for beyond the
Dornberg it becomes rolling country, perfectly open, without a
considerable slope; nothing but unfenced barren fields, their crops all
harvested except potatoes and turnips.

To the right of the Apolda road lies a large wood, the Pfarr Holz
(1631).  Beyond this on the right is a clearing and then another wood,
the Loh Holz (1732), which almost adjoins the woods which overfill the
Rauthal, the valley leading up from Lobstadt (1232) to Closewitz. The
Rauthal, starting upwards  climbs at first gradually; then much steeper
as it fills with woods.  Halfway up to the plateau the valley branches,
that to the left (as you mount) going to Closewitz, the other along the
eastern edge of the Closewitz wood toward the village of Rödigen (1432).

To their left, the generals standing on the Windknolle see the deep
Muhlthal, separating the plateau on which they stand from that of
Lichtenhain, south of Jena.  As the Muhlthal rises to the broad saddle
joining the two plateaux, the road called the Schnecke ("Snail"; 1629)
zigs and zags, leaving Isserstadt well to its right.

Up the Mulhthal runs the road to Weimar, which Lannes had been about to
follow when musketry from the right upset his plans and caused him to
send for the Emperor.  After studying the scene from the summit of the
Landgrafenberg with Lannes at his side, Napoleon clearly believed the
entire Prussian army was nearby, a calculation which almost proved fatal
for his trusted subordinate, Marshal Davout, further to the east at
Auerstädt.  For tomorrow, while Napoleon and the majority of the French
fight here at Jena, Davout's IIIrd Corps alone will engage the main
Prussian Army.

Adapted from F. Loraine Petre, Napoleon's Conquest of Prussia

1806 simulates the entire campaign leading up to and including Jena and
Auerstadt.  The players maneuver their armies over two maps representing
5,000 square miles of central Germany.  The game uses a standard
two-Player format.  Each day comprises three six-hour turns plus a Night
turn.  Supply, Morale and Reorganiz-ation of units is determined at
Night. Day turns are segmented as follows: In the Reorganization
Segment, Players rally previously eliminated combat units.  Commanders &
Officers that reorganize units in this segment may not exercise any
other command functions during this turn though they may move normally.
In the Command Segment, Players determine the Command status of each
unit.  The twin concepts of Command and Initiative are central to the
game.  All of a Player’s combat units can at least try to move and
engage the enemy every turn.  However, only those which are 'in command'
are certain to move.  Players must move these units first in each Turn,
without knowing how their other forces will behave. The Emperor is able
to command the mo vements of three corps formations at once.  The other
Commanders in the game (three French and two Prussian) are limited to
commanding units of one formation, plus one attached unit, each.  Other
Corps leaders are also able to control the movements of their
formations, provided they pass an Initiative check during the Command
Phase.  Successful die rolls have the effect of placing whole formations
in Command. Command Radius represents effective Command Control
distance.  The Command Radius is two hexes, greater along roads.  Units
of Corps officers who fail their Initiative check and those beyond the
Command Radius of their officers may individually attempt to move and
engage the enemy during a separate Initiative Movement Segment.  Each
unit undergoes this check separately, and must complete its movement
before any other unit checks for Initiative. First, all units judged 'in
command' are moved, then all of a player’s remaining forces may attempt
to move under their own individual unit Initiative.  These attempts are
made one at a time. All command decisions work from the highest level to
the lowest: Army Commanders must choose which corps and individual units
they will place in Command before any Initiative attempts are made. The
French Player may control his whole army on any turn it is sufficiently
concentrated.  Marshal Lannes' Vth Corps, Davout's III Corps, and Murat
with the Cavalry Reserve are Commanders who may operate independently.
Napoleon, with a rating of 3, can command any three of the Ist, IVth,
VIth and VIIth Corps, plus any three units left over.  By attaching the
Guard to Davout and Wrede’s Bavarians to Lannes he may command the whole
of the Gr ande Armée.  Prior to concentration, however, the French right
wing, under Initiative, will be less dependable.

In contrast, the Prussian Player's two Commanders, Brunswick and
Hohenlohe both have ratings of one, and may therefore guarantee the
movement of only one formation on any given turn.  Only somewhat over
half the remainder will move on an average turn.  The Prussian Player
hardly dares to attempt independent maneuvers with Corps Officers rated
2, 3, or 4.  His army will likely stay together, retiring to the east
behind the screen of the Saale River, and throwing out cavalry Vedettes
to patch any dangerous gaps.

- Uses the new Six Days of Glory System
- Set-ups for each day of the campaign, 8 Oct.-14 Oct.
- Nine scenarios from meeting engagements to full campaign.
- Five of the 9 scenarios can begin on any day-35  situations
- The two 22 x 34" maps were designed by Joe Youst.
- 260 Full-color counters created by Rodger MacGowan
- Study Folder (24 pgs), Rules Folder (16 pgs); Set-up sheets (8)