Jack has provided us with an article on the armies that will appear in WDM #8 (the 24-page issue included free in the game). Following are some last-minute comments that are too late to make the magazine but will give an instance of the detailed attention this game has received from the development team. John H. Gill is the author of "With Eagles to Glory," a book on the German allies of Napoleon in the 1809 campaign. One thing you may want to add: according to the Austrian history, there was a chaussee connecting Pfaffenhofen with the Glons valley (town of Hohenkammer); this would be approx. hex 0128. The French used this road extensively to move parts of Massena's larger command (II, IV, and Espagne) from Pfaffenhofen (where they all initially appear) to the Freising area in the Isar valley. I suggest adding this on the map -- even if it is JUST off the map as depicted. Otherwise, I do not know if Massena's men could make the marches they actually completed during the campaign (some of the most remarkable ever, I suspect). Turn record: 16th at start: Crown Prince Ludwig's division (Pr. Royal) should start ON THE MAP at Pfaffenhofen (inf and cav) on 16 April. Lefevbre himself was at Geisenfeld (approx. hex 1609) on the 16th. 16th at start: Demont should start the game at Ingolstadt. 17th: Pajol should be in place in Regensburg by the evening of the 17th. I suggest bringing him on the map at 4901 or somewhere in that wedge east of the Regen on the afternoon or evening turn of 17 April -- this is somewhat problematic given Crenneville's appearance -- but Pajol should show up west of Crenneville, probably west of hex 5201. 18th: St. Sulpice should not arrive until 18 April. Enter at 4501. 18th: Guyon (if used) should enter at 3501 (approx.) -- behind the Altmuehl. Probably not bring him on the map until the evening turn. 18th: Pire should show up at 3501 (he was coming from the direction of Nuremberg generally). 19th: Suggest adding Carra St.-Cyr at Pfaffenhofen (0117) on the evening turn of 19 April. 20th: Boudet should appear at Pfaffenhofen like the rest of Massena's command. 20th: I think the call for "All remaining units of II & IV Corps" is unnecessary -- they will all be on the board by this time, n'est pas? 21st: Rouyer should appear on the 21st at Ingolstadt (not 0105 on the 19th). ALL Massena/Oudinot pieces: suggest these be allowed to arrive between hexes 0116 and 0118 -- as far as I can tell, they ALL used the road into Pfaffenhofen at 0117, but you could grant them this leeway to prevent them from stacking up too much. Morale: French II Corps (its manifold weaknesses notwithstanding) seems too low at "4" (= approx. 25% of SP's yes?). This is clearly difficult to calibrate when the corps have so few units on the board, but suggest it should be higher. Rules: 1.31: Include Hessians with Badeners as Navy Blue (assuming that there is a Hessian bde counter). 17: Include Hessians (assuming that there is a Hessian bde counter). 17: What exception ref the Germans in 5.17? 19.31: What does "except" mean here? [I know, probably just a note for yourself.] 21.17 and elsewhere: probably need some commentary and/or restrictions ref opns north of the Danube. Seems to me, you could routinely end up with players sending major forces into this narrow gap. Hard to imagine this happening historically without involving Austrian I Corps. CRT: Delete reference to "Defrance" since this brigade is heavy cavalry. [Are cavalry counters marked "heavy" and "light"?] Units Manifests: Note 1: I know that I may be way behind on your progress with these, but offer the following anyway. Note 2: I am assuming that these manifests are not included in the game per se, so some of this is just FYI for you. FYI: Jacquinot should not include 12th Chasseurs for purposes of this game (12th CaC = Guyon). "Guyon" (if used) should be "light troops" (or something similar) because his tiny command = 12th Chasseurs (3 sqdns) and one baon of 15th Leger. The Vecsey counter should have IV Corps as its higher HQ so Rosenberg can command it fully. The Rottermund counter should have II Corps as its higher HQ so Kolowrat can command it fully. You may want to use the German spelling for Deroy = "y" at the end rather than the French-style "i." Similarly, you might want to consider "Kronprinz" or "Crown Prince" for young Ludwig rather than the French "Prince Royal." What is the status of the "Dedovich" counter? Recall that he is commanding the Austrian forces blockading the Bavarian fortress of Oberhaus at Passau. Austrian VI Corps: ORBAT as implemented was very tangled. Just to clarify: o "Dollmayer" = Dollmayer von Provencheres. Austrian accounts refer to him as "Provencheres" when they use shorthand. o Provencheres/Dollmayer was at Munich with his brigade of the VI Corps advance guard; he was part of Jellacic's detached division. o Jellacic was sent off to Munich with one (only) of his own brigades -- that of Ettinghausen (= Esterhazy & De Vaux Inf. Regts.) -- AND with Provencheres' bde of the advance guard (Warasdein-Kreutz Grenz Regt. and O'Reilly Chevaulegers -- love those Irish!). o This change left Kottulinsky in charge of only one brigade = Hohenfeld's = Klebek & Jordis. o Vincent assumed command of Weissenwolf's bde (Deutschmeister & Kerpen) as well as Hoffmeister von Hoffeneck's (Benjowsky & Splenyi). o All of this left Nordmann with the remaining advance guard units (Warasdein-St. Georg Grenz & Liechtenstein Hussars). 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