New HPS release 1 Aug 2019 -Marching Eagles - a Paul Bruffell design

[panzerde]

I bought it while I was out of town and managed to download it despite an iffy Internet connection. I've had a few hours to give it a try now.

Despite some UI similarities it doesn't feel at all like the Ancient Wars games to me. Being familiar with Ancient Wars will give you a slight leg up on using the interface, but that's about it.

This is very much a grand tactical Napoleonic game. A sound understanding of combined arms Napoleonic tactics is necessary to win. OTOH, issues of facing and positioning are abstracted. Formation is important. Understanding which unit is your front line and rotating them out if disordered is important. Taking time to prepare your attacks is important, but don't take too long - the scenarios are relatively short!

There's more to this game than there may seem on the surface. It isn't tough to play, but it can be difficult to win.

I would not play with on map combat losses turned on. The numbers shown are tough to interpret meaningfully. The combat report screens were more useful to me.

Like Ancient Wars, this has a miniatures feel to it. Playing this reminds me of playing "Blucher."