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Having problems? Something new to contribute? Contact site administrator. Check out the Invasion of Prussia (Fourth Coalition Battles, 1806) by Richard Simonitch including Auerstadt, Jena, Sallfeld, and Schleiz.  Highly recommended!

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	NOTE:  Napoleon in Russia Project (NiRP) add-ons are being phased out over the next several months (years?) and converted into Battleground Expansion (BGE) add-ons. Only projects carefully crafted to meet the Napoleonic Archive playability and quality standards (detail here) are allowed in the BGE. Each NiRP module is 'cleaned up' by: (i) removing or adjusting poorly designed scenarios, (ii) repairing and improving maps, and (iii) adjusting PDT and OOB files to improve playability and representation of Napoleonic battles specific for this well-established Battleground (BG) gaming system. The over-arching goal is to provide in the Napoleonic Archive only '...scenarios worth playing.' Changes to these add-ons as well as strategy discussions and battle analyses are discussed in Design Notes or Battle Guide files available in the BGE table above (see Ulm for example.) As an example, the battle Gunzberg in the NiRP was recast into the battle of the same name in the BGE. The maps were completely rebuilt since the quality of the original maps was low, and the order of battle and scenario was recast for improved playability and historical simulation. It also better fits into a group of other battles that center around the historical maneuvers around Ulm in 1805. Battles that have been converted are marked with a gold star to the left of the abbreviation code.

	Abbr	Battle	Complexity&	Date	Game	Main Files#	Folder Files#	Install
_______________________________________________________________________________________ REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION:  Battles of 1792-1802 "Liberté, égalité, fraternité!"
		Series 1A - Defeat of Piedmont
	Mt	Montenotte    & Dego	Low Low	12 Apr 1796 14-15 Apr 1796	NIR	ld_main-4.zip	mt-2.zip	CK
	Ld	Lodi	Low	10 May 1796	NIR	"	ld-3.zip	GR
		Series 1B - Attempts to Relieve Mantua
-	Cs	Castiglione    in progress	Huge Map	3&5 Aug 1796	NIR	ld_main-4.zip	cs-1.zip	FF
-	Ca	Caldiero    in progress		12 Nov 1796	NIR	"	ca-0.zip	BD
	Ar	Arcole	Low	15-17 Nov 1796	NIR	"	ar-4.zip	SR
	Rv	Rivoli		14-15 Jan 1797	NIR	"	rv-2.zip	SU
		Series 1C
+	Mb	Montebello	Low	9 Jun 1800	NIR	ma_main-2.zip	mb-1.zip	CK
	Ma	Marengo	Medium	14 Jun 1800	NIR	"	ma-1.zip	BD
_______________________________________________________________________________________ EYGPT:  Battles of 1798-1801 Eagles and pyramids
		Series 1D
+	Eg1	Pyramids	Low	21 Jul 1798	NIR	eg_main-1.zip	eg1-1.zip	BD
+	Eg3	Mount Tabor	Low	16 Apr 1799	NIR	"	eg3-1.zip	FF
+	Eg2	First Battle of Aboukir	Low	25 Jul 1799	NIR	"	eg2-1.zip	CK
+	Eg4	Second Battle of Aboukir	Low	8 Mar 1801	NIR	"	eg4-1.zip	GR
_______________________________________________________________________________________ THIRD COALITION:  Battles of 1805 Glory years
		BGE3A: Maneuver on Ulm    Design Notes
	We	Wertingen	Low	8 Oct 1805	NIR	um_main-7.zip	we-5.zip	CK
	Gn	Gunzbürg	Low	9 Oct 1805	NIR	"	gn-5.zip	FF
	Hj	Haslach-Jungingen	Low-Med	11 Oct 1805	NIR	"	hj-5.zip	GR
	En	Elchingen	Low-Med	14 Oct 1805	NIR	"	en-5.zip	SR
-	Um	Ulm    in progress	Medium	20 Oct 1805	NIR	"	um-1.zip	SU
	Uc	Ulm Campaign    Battle Guide (read before playing!)      Updated (check revision number)          - new maps courtesy Richard Simonitch	High	24-25 Oct 1805	NIR	"	uc-7.zip	BD
		BGE3B: Advance to Brno
-	An	Amstetten    in progress		5 Nov 1805	NIR	az_main-1.zip	an-1.zip	CK
-	Mz	Mariazell    in progress		8 Nov 1805	NIR	"	mz-1.zip	FF
-	Dn	Durnstein    in progress		11 Nov 1805	NIR	"	dn-1.zip	GR
-	So	Schoengrabern    in progress		16 Nov 1805	NIR	"	so-1.zip	SR
-	Az	Austerlitz    in progress	High	2 Dec 1805	NIR	"	az-1.zip	BD
		Series 2A
X	Gu	Gunzburg, Variant	Low	9 Oct 1805	NIR	gu_main-2.zip	gu-1.zip	BD
		Series 2B
+	Av	Austerlitz, Variant	High	2 Dec 1805	NIR	av_main-2.zip	av-1.zip	BD
		Series 2C
X	Ul	Ulm, Variant	High	20 Oct 1805	NIR	au_main-3.zip	ul-1.zip	CK
+	Au	Austerlitz, Variant	High	2 Dec 1805	NIR	"	au-1.zip	BD
	As	Auerstaedt      Updated (check revision number)	High	14 Oct 1806	NIR	"	as-2.zip	GR
+	Ie	Jena      Updated (check revision number)	High	14 Oct 1806	NIR	"	ie-2.zip	SR
+	Ia	Jena & Auerstaedt Combined	Huge	14 Oct 1806	NIR	"	ia-1.zip	SU
+	Fr	Friedland	High	14 Jun 1807	NIR	"	fr-1.zip	FF
		Series 2D
+	As2	Auerstaedt, Variant	High	14 Oct 1806	NIR	as2_main-1.zip	as2-1.zip	BD
		Series 2E
+	Pu	Pultusk (Golymin) (GG)	Medium	26 Dec 1806	NIR	pu_main-1.zip	pu-1.zip	BD
		Series 2F
	Ey	Eylau (GG)	High	7-8 Feb 1807	NIR	ey_main-2.zip	ey-2.zip	BD
		Series 2G
+	Sz	Schleiz	Low	9 Oct 1806	NIR	au_main-3.zip	sz-1.zip	BD
+	Sa	Saalfeld	Medium	10 Oct 1806	NIR	"	sa-1.zip	FF
+	Hl	Heilsberg	Medium	10 Jun 1807	NIR	"	hl-1.zip	CK
_______________________________________________________________________________________ FOURTH COALITION:  Battles of 1807 Prussia
		Invasion of Prussia     README.TXT - installation instructions NOTE: This file contains several different battles each on their own map.	Med-High	1806	PTW	Prussia_1806.zip
_______________________________________________________________________________________ FIFTH COALITION:  Battles of 1809 Austria alone
		Series 3A
	Te	Teugn-Hausen	Low	20 Apr 1809	NIR	wg_main-2.zip	te-1.zip	SR
+	La	Landshut	High	21 Apr 1809	NIR	"	la-1.zip	GR
+	Ec	Eckmuhl, Variant	Med-High	22 Apr 1809	NIR	"	ec-1.zip	FF
+	Ae	Aspern-Essling, Variant	High	21-22 May 1809	NIR	"	ae-1.zip	CK
+	Rb	Raab, Variant	Medium	14 Jun 1809	NIR	"	rb-1.zip	SU
+	Wg	Wagram, Variant	High	4-6 Jul 1809	NIR	"	wg-1.zip	BD
		Series 3B
+	Ee	Eggmuhl, Variant      & Teugn-Hausen      & Abensberg      & Landshut	High-Huge Med-High Med-High Huge	22 Apr 1809 19 Apr 1809 20 Apr 1809 21 Apr 1809	NIR	ee_main-1.zip	ee-1.zip	BD
		Series 3C
+	Sc	Sacile	Medium	16 Apr 1809	NIR	wg_main-2.zip	sc-1.zip	SU
+	Sl	Saal	High	19 Apr 1809	NIR	"	sl-1.zip	SR
+	Rh	Rohr	Low	20 Apr 1809	NIR	"	rh-1.zip	CK
+	At	Alt Eglofsheim	Low	22 Apr 1809	NIR	"	at-1.zip	BD
+	Cm	Cham	Medium	27 Apr 1809	NIR	"	cm-1.zip	FF
		Series 3D
+	El	Ebelsberg-Linz, Variant	Medium	3 May 1809	NIR	wg_main-2.zip	el-1.zip	BD
+	Em	Ebelsberg-Linz, Variant	Medium	8 May 1809	NIR	"	em-1.zip	CK
+	Pi	Piave	Low	8 May 1809	NIR	"	pi-1.zip	SU
+	Zn	Znaim	Huge	12 May 1809	NIR	"	zn-1.zip	SR
+	Lz	Linz	Low	17 May 1809	NIR	"	lz-1.zip	FF
+	Vn	Vienna	Huge	21 May 1809	NIR	"	vn-1.zip	GR
		Series 3E
+	Ae2	Aspern-Essling, Variant 2	High	21-22 May 1809	NIR	ae2_main-1.zip	ae2-1.zip	BD
		Series 3F
-	Rn	Ratisbon    in progress		19-23 Apr 1809	NIR	ae5_main-1.zip	rn-1.zip	FF
-	Lc	Landshut, Variant (large map)    in progress		21 Apr 1809	NIR	"	lc-1.zip	CK
+	Ae5	Aspern-Essling, Variant	High	21-22 May 1809	NIR	"	ae5-1.zip	BD
		Series 3G
+	Af	Aspern	Medium	21-22 May 1809	NIR	wg_main-2.zip	af-1.zip	CK
+	Ag	Aspern Village	Low	21-22 May 1809	NIR	"	ag-1.zip	FF
+	Gz	Graz	Huge	29 May 1809	NIR	"	gz-1.zip	SU
+	Re	Raab, Variant (large map)	Med-High	14 Jun 1809	NIR	"	re-1.zip	SR
+	Rd	Raab, Variant (large map)	High	14 Jun 1809	NIR	"	rd-1.zip	BD
+	Bn	Brunn	High	14 Jun 1809	NIR	"	bn-1.zip	GR
		Series 3H
+	Ab	Abensberg, Variant (small map)	Medium	20 Apr 1809	NIR	wg_main-2.zip	ab-1.zip	BD
+	Ac	Abensberg, Variant (large map)	Medium	20 Apr 1809	NIR	"	ac-2.zip	CK
+	Bf	Baumersdorff	Low	25 Jun 1809	NIR	"	bf-1.zip	SR
+	Ak	Aderklaa (Wagram Village)	Low	5 Jul 1809	NIR	"	ak-1.zip	FF
+	Gl	Glinzendorff (Russbach)	Medium	6 Jul 1809	NIR	"	gl-1.zip	GR
+	Wh	Wagram, Variant      & Marchfeld	High-Huge Huge	4-6 Jul 1809 21-22 Mar 1809	NIR	"	wh-1.zip	SU
		Series 3I
	A9	Custom Eckmuhl (hypothetical)	Huge	20-22 Apr 1809	NIR	[1] wg_main-2.zip [2] a9_main-1.zip	a9-2.zip	BD
_______________________________________________________________________________________ RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN:  Battles of 1812 The beginning of the end
		NOTE:    x means Russian golden morale not working, but will be added to each battles' files over the next few months ...
		Series 4A
+	Vl	Vilna     x	Low-Med	27-28 Jun 1812	NIR	pr_main-4.zip	vl-2.zip	GR
+	V423	Drissa	High	15 Jul 1812	NIR	"	v423-3.zip	BD
	V434	Saltanovka (Mogilev)      Updated (check revision number)	Medium	23 Jul 1812	NIR	"	v434-3.zip	CK
+	V424	Ostrovno     x	Medium	25-27 Jul 1812	NIR	"	v424-2.zip	FF
+	V432	Vitebsk     x	High	27-28 Jul 1812	NIR	"	v432-2.zip	SR
+	V425	Gorodetchna     x	Medium	12 Aug 1812	NIR	"	v425-2.zip	SU
		Series 4B
+	V427	First Battle of Krasnoi     x	Medium	14 Aug 1812	NIR	pr_main-4.zip	v427-1.zip	GR
+	V431	Smolensk     x	High-Huge	16 Aug 1812	NIR	"	v431-1.zip	BD
+	V436	First Battle of Polotsk	Medium	17-18 Aug 1812	NIR	"	v436-1.zip	SU
+	V439	First Battle of Loubina (Valoutina-Gora)    x	Low-Med	17-18 Aug 1812	NIR	"	v439-2.zip	CK
+	V437	First Battle of Vyazma (Viasma)     x	Low	26 Aug 1812	NIR	"	v437-1.zip	FF
+	V429	First Battle of Gzhatsk     x	High	2 Sep 1812	NIR	"	v429-1.zip	SR
$		Napoleon in Russia (original)
		Borodino      & Shevardino Redoubt	High Low-Med	7 Sep 1812 5 Sep 1812	NIR	[1] original [2] nir_main-2.zip	[1] original [2] nir-1.zip	all
		Series 4C
+	V433	Shevardino     x	Medium	5 Sep 1812	NIR	pr_main-4.zip	v433-1.zip	SR
+	V440	Borodino (No Shevardino)     x	High	7 Sep 1812	NIR	"	v440-1.zip	CK
+	V441	Borodino, Variant     x	High	7 Sep 1812	NIR	"	v441-1.zip	FF
+	V442	Borodino, Variant     x	High	7 Sep 1812	NIR	"	v442-1.zip	GR
+	Bo	Borodino, Variant     x	High-Huge	7 Sep 1812	NIR	"	bo-1.zip	BD
+	Mw	Moscow     x	High	16 Sep 1812	NIR	"	mw-1.zip	SU
		Series 4D
+	Vb	Valoutina-Gora    no 3D map files	Medium	19 Aug 1812	NIR	bd_main-2.zip	vb-1.zip	SU
+	Bd	Moscowa River (Borodino variant)	High	28 Oct 1812	NIR	"	[1] use BD bmp map & LOS files [2] bd-1.zip	BD
		Series 4E
-	Mu	Moskau    in progress		7 Oct 1812	NIR	pr_main-4.zip	mu-1.zip	SR
+	V446	Tarutino     x	Medium	18 Oct 1812	NIR	"	v446-1.zip	GR
+	V444	Second Battle of Polotsk     x	Medium	18-19 Oct 1812	NIR	"	v444-1.zip	FF
+	Po	Second Battle of Polotsk, Variant     x	Medium	18 Oct 1812	NIR	"	po-1.zip	BD
+	V443	Maloyaroslavets (Malojaroslawez)     x	Medium	24 Oct 1812	NIR	"	v443-1.zip	CK
		Series 4F
+	V449	Second Battle of Vyazma (Viasma)     x	Medium	3 Nov 1812	NIR	pr_main-4.zip	v449-1.zip	SR
+	V448	Second Battle of Krasnoi     x	Med-High	17 Nov 1812	NIR	"	v448-2.zip	SU
+	Be	Berezina, Variant     x	High	26-28 Nov 1812	NIR	"	be-1.zip	CK
+	Bi	Berezina, Variant     x    & Borisov	High	26-28 Nov 1812 21 Nov 1812	NIR	"	bi-1.zip	BD
		Series 4G
+	Vl2	Vilna     x	Low-Med	19 Dec 1812	NIR	pr_main-4.zip	vl2-1.zip	GR
+	V421	Third Battle of Vyazma     x	Med-High	1 Jun 1813	NIR	"	v421-1.zip	BD
+	V428	Second Battle of Gzhatsk     x		7 Jun 1813	NIR	"	v428-2.zip	CK
+	V422	Fourth Battle of Vyazma     x	Huge	17-18 Jun 1813	NIR	"	v422-1.zip	FF
+	V438	Second Battle of Loubina (Valoutina-Gora)  x		4 Jul 1813	NIR	"	v438-2.zip	SU
_______________________________________________________________________________________ SIXTH COALITION:  Battles of 1813 Against five nations
		Series 5A
+	Gb	Grossbeeren, Variant	Medium	23 Aug 1813	NIR	dr_main-1.zip	gb-1.zip	CK
+	Kz	Katzbach	Medium	26 Aug 1813	NIR	"	kz-1.zip	FF
+	Dr	Dresden	High	26-27 Aug 1813	NIR	"	dr-1.zip	BD
+	Hg	Hagelberg	Low	27 Aug 1813	NIR	"	hg-1.zip	GR
+	Ku	Kulm	Med-High	29-30 Aug 1813	NIR	"	ku-1.zip	SR
+	Wr	Wartenberg	Low	3 Oct 1813	NIR	"	wr-1.zip	SU
		Series 5AA
+	Gc	Grossbeeren, Variant	High	23 Aug 1813	NIR	gc_main-1.zip	gc-1.zip	BD
		Series 5B
+	Dg	Dresden, Variant (no fields)	High	26-27 Aug 1813	NIR	dg_main-1.zip	dg-1.zip	BD
		Series 5C
+	Dz	Dennewitz	Med-High	6 Sep 1813	NIR	dr_main-1.zip	dz-1.zip	BD
		Series 5D
+	Lu	Lutzen	Med-High	2 May 1813	NIR	le_main-1.zip	lu-1.zip	FF
-	Bt	Bautzen    in progress		20-21 May 1813	NIR	"	bt-1.zip	GR
+	Le	Leipzig, Variant A            , Variant B	Huge Gargantuan!	16-19 Oct 1813	NIR	"	le_a-1.zip le_b-1.zip	BD CK
		Series 5E
+	Lf	Leipzig, Variant	Huge	16-19 Oct 1813	NIR	lf_main-1.zip	lf-1.zip	BD
		Series 5F
+	Lg	Leipzig, Variant	Huge	16-19 Oct 1813	NIR	lg_main-1.zip	lg-1.zip	BD
_______________________________________________________________________________________ PENINSULA WARS:  Battles of 1808-1813 A slow incessant bleeding
		Series 6A
+	Ri	Rio Seco	Low	14 Jul 1808	BGW	ri_main-1.zip	ri-1.zip	WL
+	By	Baylen	Low	19 Jul 1808	BGW	"	by-1.zip	CA
+	Rl	Rolica	Low	17 Aug 1808	BGW	"	rl-1.zip	HM
+	Vi	Vimeiro	Low	21 Aug 1808	BGW	"	vi-1.zip	LHS
+	Zo	Zornoza	Low	29 Oct 1808	BGW	"	zo-1.zip	PN
+	Es	Espinoza	Low-Med	10-11 Nov 1808	BGW	"	es-1.zip	PL
		Series 6B
-	Mc	Maria de Huerve    in progress		15 Jun 1809	BGW	ri_main-1.zip	mc-1.zip	PN
+	Ta	Talavera    & Ucles    & Medellin    & Torres Vedras Line    & Fuentes de Onoro    & Albuera	Med-High	28 Jul 1809 13 Jan 1809 4 Apr 1809 1 Dec 1810 3 May 1811 16 May 1811	BGW	"	ta-1.zip	WL
+	Bz	Badajoz, Corunna, Bussaco, Oporto, ...	Med-High	1809-1810	BGW	"	bz-1.zip	HM
+	Sg	Sagunto	Low-Med	25 Oct 1811	BGW	"	sg-1.zip	LHS
+	Ap	Salamanca (Los Aripiles)	Medium	22 Jul 1812	BGW	"	ap-1.zip	CA
		Series 6C
+	Bj	Bejar	Low	20 Feb 1813	BGW	vt_main-1.zip	bj-1.zip	CA
+	Sn	San Millan	Low	18 Jun 1813	BGW	"	sn-1.zip	HM
+	Oa	Osma	Low	18-21 Jun 1813	BGW	"	oa-1.zip	LHS
+	Vt	Vittoria, Variant A     "      , Variant B	High	21 Jun 1813	BGW	"	vt_a-1.zip vt_b-1.zip	WL PN
+	Oz	Orthez (in France)	Medium	27 Feb 1814	BGW	"	oz-1.zip	PL
_______________________________________________________________________________________ SIXTH COALITION (con't):  Battles of 1814 Forced abdication
		Series 7A
+	Hn	Hanau	Medium	30-31 Oct 1813	NIR	[1] pa_main-1.zip [2] hn_main-0.zip	hn-1.zip	BD
		Series 7B
+	Ro	La Rotheire	High	1 Feb 1814	NIR	pa_main-1.zip	ro-1.zip	BD
+	Ml	Montmirail	Medium	11 Feb 1814	NIR	"	ml-1.zip	CK
+	Vc	Vauchamps-Champaubert	Medium	14 Feb 1814	NIR	"	vc-1.zip	FF
+	Mr	Montereau	Low-Med	18 Feb 1814	NIR	"	mr-1.zip	GR
		Series 7C
+	Cr	Craonne	Medium	7 Mar 1814	NIR	pa_main-1.zip	cr-1.zip	CK
+	Lo	Laon	Med-High	9-10 Mar 1814	NIR	"	lo-1.zip	SR
+	Li	Limonest	Medium	20 Mar 1814	NIR	"	li-1.zip	SU
+	Pa	Paris	High	30-31 Mar 184	NIR	"	pa-1.zip	BD
+	To	Toulouse	Medium	10 Apr 1814	NIR	"	to-2.zip	FF
_______________________________________________________________________________________ SEVENTH COALITION:  Battles of 1815 The hundred days
$		Prelude to Waterloo (original)
		Quatre Bras     & Ligny     & Twin Battles	Medium High High	16 Jun 1815	PTW	[1] original [2] ptw_main-2.zip	[1] original [2] ptw-1.zip	all
$		Waterloo (original)
		Waterloo	High	18 Jun 1815	BGW	[1] original [2] bgw_main-2.zip	[1] original [2] bgw-1.zip	all
		Series 8A
+	Wa	Wavre	Med-High	18-19 Jun 1815	BGW	original	wa-1.zip	WL
_______________________________________________________________________________________ ETUDES:  Art of War Studies Carefully crafted hypothetical smaller battles easy on the mind and ideal for study, training, or evenly matched tournament play
		Series 9A
	Et1	Etude 1 - Small Meeting Engagement	Low	11 Jun 1807	NIR	et_main-1.zip	et1-3.zip	BD
	Et2	Etude 2 - Large Meeting Engagement	High	12 Jun 1807	NIR	"	et2-3.zip	CK
-	Et3	Etude 3 - River Crossing    in progress			NIR	"
-	Et4	Etude 4 - Defense in Depth    in progress			NIR	"
_______________________________________________________________________________________ NON-NAPOLEONIC BATTLES Using NIR or BGW engine, games for non-napoleonic actions
		Series X1 - The Great Northern War
+	Gnw	Poltava (Sweden v Russia, historical)    3D maps unavailable	Medium	28 Jun 1709	NIR	gnw_main-1.zip	gnw-1.zip	BD
		Series X2 - The Seven Years War
-	7Lo	Lobositz    in progress		1 Oct 1756	NIR	7yw_main-1.zip	7lo-1.zip	SU
-	7Ko	Kolin    in progress		7 June 1757	NIR	"	7ko-1.zip	FF
-	7Ru	Russbach    in progress		5 Nov 1757	NIR	"	7ru-1.zip	GR
	7Le	Leuthen	Medium	5 Dec 1757	NIR	"	7le-1.zip	BD
-	7Mi	Minden    in progress		1 Aug 1759	NIR	"	7mi-1.zip	CK
_______________________________________________________________________________________ UTILITIES Goodies
		Battleground Napoleonic Editor%				nwedit.zip
		Order of Battle Editor				oobedit.zip
		Greyed LOS (instead of "X")				losnew.zip
		Map & LOS Editor				losedit.zip
		Metapad (text editor)				metapad.zip
		tkdiff (text file comparison)				tkdiff.zip
		Extras (all in one file)				_Extras.zip
		Standardized Unit and Flag Images    courtesy Paul Synnott				unitflag.zip

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^* Thanks to the Napoleon in Russia Project (NIRP) led by Jean-Marie Barbie (in France) for their hardwork on these great FREE game add-ons in the late 1990's and early 2000's. Their NIRP webpage is still active but none of the files are available. Also thanks to Greg Gorsuch (GG), John Pumphrey, and others who began this work on Eylau and Poltusk BG add-ons in the late 1990's.

^&  Complexity is an approximate ranking of the scenarios in the add-on module. It allows a user to pick the size of battle before committing to downloading and installing the files. There are four levels: Low, Medium, High, and Huge. A scenario with a smaller map and fewer turns (under 20 or so) and smaller army strength (under ~30,000 each side) is Low. Huge is a multi-day battle with well over 100,000 men on each side on a larger mapboard. Borodino, Ligny, and Waterloo for example are High whereas Quatre Bras is Medium and the twin battles Ligny+Quatre Bras are High bordering on Huge. In cases that are borderline between two complexity levels, sometimes the nature of the battle tips the ranking.

^#  Many of these NIRP and GG files are modified from their originals to better reflect historical accuracy, playability, aesthetics, and to correct mistakes. Therefore keep track of the revision number appended to the zip filenames. This allows the user to keep up to date with changes as they become available. The revision number will increment each time something is changed within the zip file. If uncertain of what revision you have on your add-on, look inside the "~REVISION.txt" file in your installed directory (this file is included with each distribution zip file) to check revision number.  (If this file is absent -- assuming you haven't deleted it, then the revision number is 0 and files are unchanged from the NiRP original.)  This text file "~REVISION.txt" gives a brief explanation of what was changed for each revision.

  This symbol  is reserved for battles that have been accepted into the Battleground Expansion.

  This symbol means the addon has been installed, tested, and PLAYED by webpage administrator or trusted others in at least a few turns of the primary scenarios proving that most bugs or errors are eliminated. A project that does not have a check has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL QUALITY OF THE CREATOR'S WORK. It has to do with entropy; as time progresses, things break. This might be due to file storage or to human error when trying to reconstruct another's disparate files that join to make a complete game directory, or operating system or game engine changes, and so on. Playing a few turns of each scenario is the only way to really know a scenario is correct.

⁺  This symbol means the addon has been installed, tested, and works for Windows XP and latest game engine Version 2.00 released in 2007 by Matrix Games. This is a quick check not verifying every little detail. The games should work in Windows Vista, though we have not yet tested them. Some add-on games do not have all 5 levels of map views. If one is missing, the view will look distorted and wrong. Simply change to another view and things will then appear correct. If there are problems, email administrator.

X  This symbal means the NiRP add-on has been rebuilt and is now available in the BGE group of projects.

^_  This symbol means the addon has been installed and tested, but unfortunately some problems remain with the files. Either a file or two is missing or is corrupted preventing game play. However note that a missing mapboard view is NOT considered a "-" status since the game may still proceed. Usually the file missing is the largest 3D view (i.e., "Main2.bmp") though the game may still be played using the other 4 views (i.e., 2D small and large plus 3D small and medium).

^$  Purchase NIR, BGW, and PTW originals from Matrix Games. All three games are on a single disk. The original game engines (on the CD) are required to play all the add-on games installed using above files. (You may use the older disks from Talonsoft, too. However updates from Matrix Games which may be coming for this great game engine will not then be available to you. Further, there are reports that the older Talonsoft game engine binaries have problems running on Windows Vista operating system. Thus purchasing the Matrix Games CD is the most cost effective purchase you can make: approximately US$50 and get about 150 games.)

^[1],[2]  These files must be installed in order 1-2 since the second files overwrite some of those in the first.

^%  The DLL files for the editor are NOT included in this zip file as these files are now present in the installed version from Matrix Games. Note however that the original (or backup copies of) Talonsoft game CD's are required to use the editor. The new Matrix Games CD isn't sufficient, or at least I haven't been able to get the editor to work with the new MG CD in. When in, the editor asks for the "Napoleon in Russia" CD. So even if you buy the new MG distribution CD, keep your old Talonsoft CDs so you can still use the scenario editor. It doesn't appear to be on the Matrix Games CD.