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Special rules/information:
1800: Empires and Coalitions is set at the beginning of the French Consulate after Napoleon toppled the French Assembly in the coup of the 18th Brumaire.
It is a 9-player variant with major and minor powers. The status of a major or minor power in this variant is based on the number of men mobilized during the Napoleonic Wars. Any power that exceeded 300,000 men during the course of the many conflicts or was a known militarized power begins the game with 3 or more units (this is done with historical flare, but the game map has been carefully tailored to hopefully reflect excellent balance based on this game mechanic).
The major powers in this category are France (4 SC’s), Britain (4 SC’s), Russia (4 SC’s), Austria (3 SC’s), and Prussia (3 SC's). The minor powers of 1800 consist of any nation that mobilized 100-300,000 men during the course of the wars or were strategically significant. These include Denmark, Spain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sicily (all 2 SC’s). The status of major or minor powers only affects initial setup and has no bearing on the course of the game after the first turn.
The start date is Spring 1800.
Starting Positions:
Austria, starting units: A Vienna (Vie), A Venice (Ven), A Budapest (Bud)
Britain, starting units: F London (Lon), F Edinburgh (Edi), F Gibraltar (Gib), A Hanover (Han)
Denmark, starting units: F Copenhagen (Cop), F Christiania (Chr)
France, starting units: A Paris (Par), A Brest (Bre), A Lyon (Lyo), F Marseilles (Mar)
Ottoman Empire, starting units: A Constantinople (Con), F Angora (Ang)
Prussia, starting units: A Berlin (Ber), A Konigsberg (Kon), A Breslau (Brs)
Russia, starting units: F St. Petersburg South Coast (StP SC), A Moscow (Mos), A Kiev (Kie), F Sevastopol (Sev)
Sicily, starting units: A Naples (Nap), F Palermo (Pal)
Spain, starting units: F Madrid (Mad), F Valencia (Val)
Province abbreviations:
Adr – Adriatic Sea
Aeg – Aegean Sea
Alg – Algeria
And – Andalusia
Ang – Angora
Apu – Apulia
Arc – Arctic Ocean
Arm – Armenia
Atl – Atlantic Ocean
Bal – Baltic Sea
Bar – Barents Sea
BaS – Balearic Sea
Bat – Batavia
Bav – Bavaria
Bel – Belgium
Ber – Berlin
Bla – Black Sea
BoB – Bay of Biscay
Boh – Bohemia
Bos – Bosnia
Bot – Gulf of Bothnia
Bra – Brandenburg
Bre – Brest
Brs – Breslau
Bud – Budapest
Cat – Catalonia
Cel – Celtic Sea
Cen – Central Mediterranean
Chr – Christiania
Cis – Cisalpine Republic
Con – Constantinople
Cop – Copenhagen
Cro – Croatia
Eas – Eastern Mediterranean
Edi – Edinburgh
Egy – Egypt
Eng – English Channel
Fin – Finland
Fmk – Finnmark
Gal – Galicia
Gas – Gascony
Gib – Gibraltar
GoL – Gulf of Lyon
Gre – Greece
Han – Hanover
Hel – Helvetia
Ice – Iceland
Ion – Ionian Sea
Ire – Ireland
Kie – Kiev
Kon – Konigsberg
Lon – London
Lor – Lorraine
Lvn – Livonia
Lvp – Liverpool
Lyo – Lyon
Mad – Madrid
Mar – Marseilles
Mec – Mecklenburg
Mol – Moldavia
Mor – Morocco
Mos – Moscow
Nap – Naples
NAt – North Atlantic
Nav – Navarre
Nrg – Norwegian Sea
Nth – North Sea
Pap – Papal States
Par – Paris
Pie – Piedmont
Plm – Palermo
Pol – Poland
Por – Portugal
Rhi – Rhineland
Sax – Saxony
Sch – Schleswig
Sev – Sevastopol
Ska – Skagerrak
StP – St. Petersburg
Swe – Sweden
Syr – Syria
Tra – Transylvania
Trp – Tripolitania
Tun – Tunisia
Tyn – Tyrrhenian Sea
Tyr – Tyrol
Ukr – Ukraine
Ura – Urals
Val – Valencia
Ven – Venice
Vie – Vienna
Wal – Wales
Wch – Wallachia
Wes – Western Mediterranean
Wph – Westphalia
Yor – Yorkshire