napoleonic capture vienna fail bring austrians bargaining table napoleon seek direct mean end war fifth coalition attempt nearly impromptu effort force crossing danube spring flood handful force immediately available predictably result battle aspernessle result crush french defeat sting setback napoleon spend month half prepare assault site time concentrate available troop ensure successin ensue battle wagram second large engagement napoleonic era napoleon manage defeat austrians fail achieve decisive result d hope force acknowledge foe quotno long enemy oldquotdanube feature twin game combo game battle aspernessling wagram allow player examine pair critical battle fight danube vienna feature low unit density few piece modest complexity game focus dramatic fastplaying turn create strong historical narrative use quotstorydrivenquot random event card tracking army morale provide operational pause quotfriction warquot player great feel parryandthrust napoleonic grand battle army close bayonetpoint break firstgame datacomplexity scalesolitaire suitability scalescale unit corp hex meter turn roughly daylight hour hour night

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