Napoleon: Total Quiz (French Campaigns)

Answer: Spain

Napoleon's career as a General begins with the relatively-easy conquest of Northern Italy, driving out the Austrian house of Hapsburg and establishing French hegemony in the region. After that, it's time to conquer Egypt and the Levant (Palestine and Syria).

The third campaign involves a war across all of Europe, from Spain and England in the west, to Moscow in the east. The third campaign spans a period of twelve years, and is quite a long and arduous endeavor!

Answer: Alps Maritimes

The Northern Italy campaign starts with the French controlling the city of Nice. The city will serve as your capital for the remainder of this short campaign, and will probably be one of your main centers for recruiting new units, given its relatively advanced development.

Answer: Klagenfurt

The objective of the North Italian campaign is to take the well-fortified city of Klagenfurt at the north-eastern end of the map, in what is today southern Austria. To get there, you must fight your way across Northern Italy, subduing and conquering upwards of a dozen cities, most of which are controlled by the Austrian empire and its Italian allies.

Some of the local powers may be persuaded or coerced to join your side, but for the most part you will be fighting alone against everyone else.

Answer: Grenadiers

For the most part, your army will consist of line infantry ("Fusiliers") supported by light troops ("Chasseurs"), artillery, and some of the best cavalry units in the game ("Chassuers a Cheval"). Grenadiers are extremely powerful infantry that can throw explosives at the enemy before delivering a powerful charge. You start the campaign with only one Grenadier unit, and can win a handful by fulfilling "mini-objectives" along the way, but cannot recruit them normally.

Answer: Cyprus

The second campaign involves the conquest of Egypt and the Levant. Although much of the map is controlled by the Ottoman Empire and their lackies, the British have a powerful stronghold on the island of Cyprus. To make matters worse, they also have an extremely powerful fleet nearby, which includes several massive ships (up to 100-gun-warships!) commanded by Admiral Nelson.

Unfortunately, you can only recruit smaller vessels (up to 26-gun Brigs). If you wish to make a naval invasion of Palestine or Lebanon, you'll need to keep the British fleet occupied somehow... Or somehow defeat it.

Answer: Five

The Egyptian campaign starts with the Ottoman Empire controlling most of the Levant, and the Mameluke Empire (their Egyptian subordinates) controlling most of Egypt. In addition, the British have their base in Cyprus, and there are several regions full of Bedouin armies in the Egyptian Desert and the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas.

The Bedouins must not be ignored, they don't have an organized government but will still raid your cities with large forces of camel-mounted troops if you don't quell them quickly!

Answer: Jaffa

To win the Egyptian campaign, you must conquer the cities of Cairo, Acre, Damascus, and Arish. You must do so within a relatively short period of time, making this a very difficult campaign despite its small scope. To make matters worse, much of the area is a desert, and troops traveling through it will suffer attrition that could significantly weaken them over time.

A naval invasion of Palestine is suggested by the game's adviser, but this may be the least favorable option, given the strong British fleet present in the area. Don't forget that Napoleon himself failed in his invasion of Palestine.

It would probably be easier to invade up the coastal regions instead.

Answer: Mass Mobilization

There are very few technologies available during this campaign, which is fine given its short length. For the most part, you can develop better combat techniques like "Fire-and-Advance" or "Diamond Formation". Mass Mobilization significantly reduces the cost of creating new infantry units, and it is very important to research this technology as early as possible. During the third and final campaign, you will be able to research a very large (and pretty confusing) number of technologies.

Answer: A high melee-combat skill

Libyan Bedouins are not very good troops, especially when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, in which they are very weak. In fact, due to the prevalence of enemy melee units, Libyan Bedouins are probably less preferable. However, in large groups they can be used to attack via the desert, as they do not suffer attrition due to heat fatigue. Once you conquer a Bedouin settlement, however, it should be possible to recruit the far-better Camel Warriors, Camel Gunners, and eventually Dromedary Cavalry to perform the same task, only better and faster.

Answer: Prussia

The last campaign is played out on a map of Europe, all the way east to Moscow. At the beginning of the campaign, you are at war with some of the most powerful nations in the world. The Prussians are not yet at the stage where they will risk an open war with France, and may even offer to trade with you.

However, they will quickly change their minds and join the European Coalition against you. This means you will need to destroy them, by conquering Berlin and Konigsburg. This is no simple task, especially with Austria and Britain attacking you from two different sides!

Answer: Light infantry

Voltiguers become available during the last campaign. They are crack-shot infantry who fight in loose formations. They are used to harass enemy infantry by shooting at them from long range, then retreating quickly into a safe distance. In a sense, they are like an upgraded form of Chasseurs, although much less powerful in hand-to-hand combat.

Their shooting accuracy is second only to Germanic Jagers ("Hunters"). The best use for Voltiguers is to ambush enemies by emerging from a treeline or forest to engage quickly and then disappear.

Answer: Commercial Center

Supply depots are extremely important, and tie in with some major changes done to the strategic portion of the game since the previous game, "Empire: Total War". In "Napoleon", units within your areas of control will replenish their numbers every turn (compared to having to manually retrain each damaged unit, as was in other "Total War" games). Supply Depots and more advanced structures of this type will increase the rate of replenishment by a large amount, meaning that it takes less time for a unit to return to full operational capacity after being damaged in combat. Put supply depots close to your front lines, so that battle-weary units do not have to travel far to get replenished.

Answer: Hungary

These are factions that do not exist at the start of the third campaign. Their territories are subjugated to other nations or empires, and they do not have any sort of independence. However, if you conquer the capital regions of these nations, you can choose to "Liberate" them, putting up a new sovereign state. Fortunately, this can be very useful to you as the new state will automatically become your "protectorate", unable to wage war against you and owing you a large part of their income.

This is a great way to set up new buffer states between yourself and your enemies, ensuring safe borders. Just make sure you protect these fledgling nations until they are powerful enough to defend themselves.

As an extra bonus, the liberated peoples will create one or more units to add to your army for free!

Answer: No

In the "Total War" series, Generals must take part in the battle, accompanied by their bodyguards on horseback. While they can be very powerful troops to use in an attack, it also means they can be killed if you are careless. Fortunately, Napoleon can only be wounded, which sends him back to recuperate for several turns in your capital region.

This can set back your advancement by many turns, of course, so it's best to protect Napoleon at all times. Other great generals like Britain's Duke Wellington and Prussia's Von Blucher are also "immortal", and will keep resurfacing no matter how many times you've shot them with 12-pounder cannons!

Answer: Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was perhaps the most important land battle in the 19th century (and that is no small feat!). In the real world, Napoleon arrived to the battle sick to his stomach, and was still very close to winning the battle regardless. It was only due to a stroke of luck - the appearance of the Prussian army commanded by Von Blucher, at the right place and time, that saved the British from annihilation.

But perhaps you can do better? How would our world have been different if Napoleon had won that fateful day?