2008 · Wargame

Jena 20

A Napoleonic operational wargame depicting the 1806 campaign in which Prussian forces confront Napoleon’s army at Jena and Auerstadt. Players maneuver corps across a map of the battlefield, manage uncertain enemy positions, and fight fast-moving engagements with a low unit density. Story-driven random event cards and alternating day and night turns represent battlefield friction, pauses, and changing conditions. Each hex covers about one kilometer, each unit represents a corps, and turns span roughly three and a half daylight hours or ten hours at night.

groupPlayers

1–2 best 2

schedulePlaying time

50 min

cakeAge

12+

psychologyComplexity

1.9 / 5