Age of Napoleon is a 2003 war and strategy board game created in collaboration between Mayfair Games and Phalanx Games. It focuses on the Napoleonic Wars in Europe from 1805 to 1815. The game's designer is Renaud Verlaque and its artist is Franz Vohwinkel. Although its focus is a real world event, it is not designed to be an accurate simulation of history. Instead it is designed to provide balanced and streamlined gameplay. Gameplay Age of Napoleon is designed for 2 players. One player controls the First French Empire and its allies and the other player controls the countries of the Coalition, led by Great Britain. The other major countries, Spain, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire, and the Austrian Empire, along with 13 minor countries, can repeatedly change sides during the course of the game. The two sides, France and the Coalition, fight on the battlefield with units representing armies, and compete using diplomacy, for control of these countries in order to gain dominance in Europe. Both players may also use cards that represent various events or actions that they can use to change the diplomatic situation of Europe, aid their armies or harm their opponent's armies in battle or movement, and aid their positions in other ways. Army Units The armies used to move around the board, fight battles, and conquer territories are made up by units that each represent a corps of about 40,000 soldiers. Each of a country's corps is led and named by a real-life general. To represent the different skills and seniorities of each general, each corps is defined by three numbers, that corps's Battle Rating (the fighting ability of that corps), Movement Rating (the speed that the corps is able to move across land), and the Seniority Rating (the seniority of the general that leads the corps). Diplomatic Alignment Each country in Age of Napoleon begins with a certain diplomatic alignment, corresponding generally to their alliances or enemies in real life. This alignment can change during the game through war or diplomacy. There are five possible diplomatic alignments for every country: A Coalition Member country is one that is an independent ally of Britain, and thus is under direct control of the Coalition player. An Insurgent Country is one previously controlled by France that is fighting a rebellion against France. Insurgent Countries are under partial control of the Coalition player. A Neutral