Full 1813 Linking Campaign

[Sgt_Rock]

In the Leipzig update 1.04 soon to come out is a full 1813 Campaign file that will finally allow owners of both Bautzen and Leipzig to play out the entire 1813 campaign. This is similar to the campaign file "On To Vienna" that was included in Eckmuhl and Wagram. It allows you to play the entire campaign of 1813 and come up with a result after playing through about 8 battles. The name of the campaign in the Campaign Front End dialog is "The Campaign of 1813 - Head to Head." (sorry - no solo version - just too many scenarios to have to create - maybe if I ever retire and have some time ....) The name of the campaign file in the folder is May-Oct-1813-HTH.cpd. This file was also in the Bautzen game. An ORG file is included so that none of the losses from the Spring carry over to the Fall.

The players start the campaign in the Spring. The first battle could be at Lutzen (semi-historical), Altenburg or near Leipzig. After that the players move on to other battles and finally conclude the Spring campaign. Yes, there is a way that the French or Allies can win and not have to play the full Fall campaign out.

At the "Armistice" branch the players will not be given a choice. This basically means that both sides are exhausted, need time to regroup and continue the war into the Fall. The Outcome dialog will inform both players to move the campaign game file (.cpf) into the Leipzig game. No battle is fought at this time.

Once in the Leipzig game those that have played the Fall Campaign will find it to be an exact duplicate of that campaign. Nothing was changed. I simply linked the two large campaign files together.

No, at present this is not an option to play on into 1814 but that could be part of a future update for those of you that have PLENTY of time on your hands! An AAR of that one would take you years to write not to mention play out all of the battles.

But for now you get the full 1813 campaign. I am sorry if the options are not totally exhaustive but I only had so much time to devote to the campaigns. I think that what you get is adequate at least and challenging as well.

Look for the update to come out within the next week. I will give the ok to John to post it and you should see it NLT than a week from Monday unless John has to travel.