Matrix Games

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The new Emperor’s Edition is a sequel to the acclaimed Crown of Glory and improves on the original in every area, immersing the player in the epic events of the Napoleonic era. A beautiful strategic map with more than 200 provinces covers all of Europe and North Africa, with scenarios and campaigns from 1792 up to 1820. Players take the role of one of the crowned potentates of any of the eight Major powers as well as having the option to play as a minor power such as Poland or Portugal.

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Features

Emperor's Edition Improvements:
New strategic map including a network of roads connecting provinces
70 new movement areas on the strategic map
New “Simple Economy” mode for players who want to concentrate on military / diplomacy
6 new minor powers
101 new historical events such as “Reign of Terror,” “Janissary Revolt,” and “Assassination of Paul I”
Map zooms in and out smoothly on strategic and detailed combat levels
Nations gain Experience and Naval Experience and use these to purchase national upgrades, advanced units, and special training for units
Improved orders of battle in all scenarios with historical names for hundreds of divisions and ships
New scenarios for 1803 and 1812
New scenarios that allow Portugal, Bavaria, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Poland to be player-controlled
Changes to strategic A.I. to create more historical decisions for certain nations
New “Path of Napoleon” victory condition in which player must try to accomplish all of Napoleon’s goals
New rules for inflation and mobilization limits to better model wartime effects on the economy and to limit army sizes to historical levels
New rules for march attrition
New interface screens for strategic overview, unit and province lists
Ability to fight detailed battles at division or brigade level
New system of in-game help
New music and sound effects
Improvements to Detailed Land Battles:
Cavalry units can deploy cavalry screens in detailed battle
Units can set a reaction radius in detailed battle that allows units to fire at enemy units, to move to intercept them, or to change rotation to face moving enemy units
New system for handling threat zones and formation changes
New “Pursuit Phase” at end of combat
Completely new A.I. for detailed battle
Can now give long-range movement orders to units and to entire military groups
New Detailed Naval Battles at the Ship Level!
Wind speed and direction affects movement and combat
Ships have five different sail states
Damage to hull, guns, carronades, rigging, crew, leaders
Fire round shot, chain shot, or canister shot
20 different critical hit types to ships, such as “fire” and “rudder shot away”
Grappling and boarding