Commands & Colors: Napoleonics Expansion #3 – The Austrian Army

What is Commands & Colors: Napoleonics Expansion #3 – The Austrian Army

The Austrian Army is a Coalition expansion for Commands & Colors Napoleonics.

Prior to the Napoleon wars, the Austrian Empire stretched from Italy to the Netherlands and from Poland to the Balkans. Its Position in the center of Europe, however, made it the perfect target for revolutionary France and in April 1792, France declared war on Austria. The first war lasted for 5 years. Austria renewed the war against France in 1799 and again in 1805, but in both cases was swiftly defeated. In April 1809, judging that Napoleon’s army

was bogged down with the fighting in Spain, Austria invaded Bavaria, but Napoleon recovered quickly and Austria’s defeat at Wagram led to another humiliating peace treaty.

Even though the Austrian army was the third largest in the world, the Austrians lost many more battles than they won. At the time of the Napoleonic Wars, the Austrian army was a large multi-national army, made up of Austrians, Swedes, Hungarians, Englishmen, Scots, Irishmen, Walloons, Poles, Russians, Ukrainians, Germans, Croats, Serbs, and even French royalists.

Game details

Players

2

Age

+14

Duration

90 min

Difficulty

Medium

Type

Expansion

Year

2013

Mechanics

Campaign / Battle Card Driven · Dice Rolling · Hand Management

Categories

Expansion for Base-game · Napoleonic · Wargame

Designer

Richard Borg

Publisher

GMT Games