The year is 1805. William Pitt the Younger has forged the Third Coalition: Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia united against Napoleon and Imperial France. It is an alliance built to halt a conqueror, and an alliance doomed to fail. On 2 December 1805, at Austerlitz, the French army shattered Austria and Russia. Europe lay open.

Now the map is yours to contest.

Austerlitz places you in the year 1808, at the height of Napoleon’s power, as the ruler of one of Europe’s 16 most powerful nations. You will command armies, shape policy, bargain with rivals, court allies, and decide the fate of your realm. Will you preserve a balance of power through diplomacy and grand alliance, or break your enemies beneath the weight of your empire’s guns?

This is the premier play-by-email Napoleonic wargame: long-running, widely acclaimed, and award-winning across the UK and Europe. With unparalleled realism and accurate modelling of Europe’s armies in 1808, Austerlitz offers the rare chance to step into the councils, campaigns and crises of the Napoleonic age.

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