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HistWar : Les Grognards is a tactical game dedicated to Napoleonic warfare.

With this battle simulator you’ll find yourself at the heart of an army acting as a Commander in Chief.

Enjoy a unique experience. Right before the action takes place, build your own Order Of Battle and specify your army’s doctrine. Once you arrive on the battlefield, move your troops by designing your tactical plan and sending orders to your subordinates – Field Marshals, Generals and others… 

Then the battle begins: Aides De Camps and scouts who had been sent forth to observe the enemy have returned with their first reports. Alone, staring at the heart of the battle, you confidently review your enthusiastic troops advancing in well-dressed ranks as if on parade.

All too quickly you have to overcome smoke, dust and, sometimes, even fog. You can hear the guns roaring. Now is the moment to commit the Guard and storm the enemy line. On your Ordnance Survey map you simply indicate where the last-ditch action should take place. Bravo! Your manoeuvre has been successful! The enemy is in full retreat and now it’s time for your subordinates to report their victories.  No doubt they will call this action a tactical and strategic victory!

You made your mark on the battlefield…

To read more about «HistWar : Les Grognards», you can visit the official website : www.histwar.com.

CHARACTERISTICS

• Authentic Napoleonic style combat from the years 1805-1814.
• Innovative 3 tiered Artificial Intelligence system models the difficulty and challenges of command in the early 19th century battlefield.
• 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.
• Thrilling battles with over 50,000 3D models shown representing up to 500,000 Infantry soldiers, Cavalry and Artillerymen - all fully animated!
• 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.
• Play as any of 15 different major, minor and city state military powers including France, Russia, Austria, Wurtenmberg, Saxony, Poland, Italy and Naples.
• Over 1150 historical Regiments, 4000 unique commanders and 550 accurate military uniforms included.
• 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.
• Units organized into historically accurate and individually controllable Regiments, Brigades, Divisions, Corps and Armies.
• Single player action against the computer and multiplayer with up to 8 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.
• 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.
• Ability to create and design your own custom uniforms.
• Variety of individually modeled and animated "personalities" such as Captains, Majors, Colonels, Flag and Standard Bearers and more.
• Exhaustively researched Table of Organization and Equipment for all the major combatants included.
• Create maps in size from 6 x 4.5 Km to 30 x 22.5 Km (over 660 square kilometers)
• Environmental effects such as rain, fog, snow and smoke.
• 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.

CONFIGURATION

Windows XP 32 // Windows Vista // Windows 7 // Windows 8 // Windows 10
Processor Pentium IV 3Go // Athlon 2Go
512 Mo RAM on XP // 1Go on Vista
Compatible DirectX 9.0c (shader 2.0)
Sound card compatible DirectX 9
Hard Drive : 1Go