HistWar: Les Grognards
Publisher: Battlefront.com
Developer: Battlefront.com
# of Players: 1-8
Category: Strategy
Release Dates
Digital Download - Q4 2009
N Amer - Q4 2009
News
Histwar Les Grognards - Drumroll For Release!
that HistWar: Les Grognard will be available for download at the end of summer (Q3/2009)
Beta Testers wanted for upcoming Napoleonic wargame Histwar: Les
Grognards
HistwarT: Les Grognards, the truly epic wargame by Jean-Michel Mathe, is nearing completion after nearly 10 years of research and development!
New Screenshots and Gameplay Video from Histwar: Les Grognards
Battlefront.com has released a new batch of screenshots for their upcoming strategy game, Histwar: Les Grognards
New HISTWAR Screenshots and Video!
For this special anniversary we have collected bran new screenshots and an exciting beta video from our upcoming “HistWar: Les Grognards”
Histwar - Les Grognards unveiled!
Battlefront.com is thrilled to unveil "Histwar™: Les Grognards"! A revolutionary Napoleonic strategic and tactical war game,
Description
Histwar: Les Grognards brings to life the pageantry, savagery and brilliance of the Napoleonic era like no other wargame before. From its innovative three tiered AI system, the overwhelming level of editing and customization, its unflinching depiction of period combat in gloriously detailed 3D brilliance, and it's wealth of historical knowledge and accuracy Histwar™: Les Grognards is in every way the bleeding edge of Napoleonic combat simulation.
Features
- Authentic Napoleonic style combat from the years 1805-1814.
- Thrilling battles with over 50,000 3D models shown representing up to 500,000 Infantry soldiers, Cavalry and Artillerymen - all fully animated!
- Single player action against the computer and multiplayer with up to 6 people on two sides
- Internet, LAN and PBEM multiplayer modes.
- Variable speed play from real time 1 minute = 1 minute to accelerated 10x time where 6 seconds of gametime = 1 minute of simulated time. PBEM mode played in 15 minute turns.
- Environmental effects such as rain, fog, snow and smoke.
- Units organized into historically accurate and individually controllable Regiments, Brigades, Divisions, Corps and Armies.
- Huge variety of troops types including; Sappers, Skirmishers, Grenadiers, Fusiliers, Chasseurs, Imperial, Middle and Young Guards, Hussars, Cuirassiers, Dragoons, Gendarmes, Carbiniers, Lancers and Mameluks among others.
- Variety of individually modeled and animated "personalities" such as Captains, Majors, Colonels, Flag and Standard Bearers and more.
- Play as any of 15 different major, minor and city state military powers including France, Russia, Austria, Wurtenmberg, Saxony, Poland, Italy and Naples.
- Exhaustively researched Table of Organization and Equipment for all the major combatants included.
- Over 1150 historical Regiments, 4000 unique commanders and 550 accurate military uniforms included.
- Comes with 10 historical battles including Haslach, Austerlitz, Eylau, Friedland, Campaign of Eckmul, Wagram, Moscowa (Borodino), Berezina, Hanau and La Rothiere with the ability to modify or create all new battles with the included game editors.
- Innovative 3 tiered Artificial Intelligence system models the difficulty and challenges of command in the early 19th century battlefield.
- 3 different game editors (Map, Order of Battle and Doctrine) allow you to
build your own battles or modify the included ones, create your own armies and
customize specific characteristics and abilities of any unit or commander.
Create maps in size from 6 x 4.5 Km to 30 x 22.5 Km (over 660 square kilometers) - Ability to create and design your own custom uniforms.
- Variety of camera views supported including exciting 3D Real World and Bird's Eye views plus a 3D Symbolic map and 2D Strategic Overview mode.
- Realistic combat resolution and modeling which takes into account such factors as orientation and density of unit formations, their training, combat effectiveness, fatigue and moral.
- Advanced morale engine accounts for a variety of elements including proximity to friendly commanders and units, weather effects, level of sustained losses, overall fatigue and more.
- More features will be added as the game nears completion!
Notes
HistWar: Les Grognard will be available for download at the end of summer (Q3/2009) through the website of the exclusive publisher Battlefront (www.battlefront.com). The boxed version (CD and manual) will be delivered approx. 4-6 weeks later in a special Limited Premium Edition with a fully printed manual (~250 pages!).