Age of Eagles is Napoleonic Fire & Fury, fully integrated into the original classic American Civil War rules set. Huge battles are now possible in a system that retains the original ACW rules balance between accuracy and elegant simplicity. Units are infantry and cavalry brigades, as well as artillery batteries of between 6 and 12 guns. Each infantry stand represents 360 foot soldiers while each cavalry stand represents 180 mounted troopers. Ground scale is 120 yards to each inch, while all game turns represent 30 minutes of actual time.
This is a “Big Battle” game where you will command multiple divisions, not battalions. Everything is included to make battles of over 150,000 combatants a playable reality. Unit data charts, Irregular units such as colorful Cossacks or steady Prussian Landwehr, lancers, armored Cuirassiers and more, are all presented in a clear and well-organized format designed to appeal to Grognard and conscript alike. Details include:
-Brigade level to fight large battles in a single setting.
-Unique Initiative and Reserve Movement phases replicate Army level Command and Control.
Infantry movement and fire defined by national doctrine.
-Concepts of skirmishers, defensive squares and massed artillery batteries fully integrated into rules.
- Includes three scenarios – Austerlitz (1805), Dresden (1813) and Quatre Bras (1815).
-100 pages long in addition to a two-page tables and charts sheet. The actual rules weigh in at 55 pages, bibliography 2 pages, scenarios 20 pages, Commanders and Leaders Data Charts 3 pages, Unit Data Charts 9 pages.