Napoleon (Revolutionary) – Strategy and Guide

Intro

Napoleon Bonaparte remains one of history’s most infamous leaders. Born in Corsica, he joined the French army as an artilleryman during the Revolution. His rapid rise culminated in a coup that made him France’s First Consul in 1799. Four years later, he crowned himself Emperor of the French and launched a series of bloody wars that covered Europe from Spain to Russia, showcasing his canny military tactics and novel uses of artillery.

Napoleon’s Revolutionary Persona can only be obtained by linking a free 2K Account to the same platform account that’s been used to play both Sid Meier’s Civilization VI and Sid Meier’s Civilization VII. Napoleon also has another persona called Napoleon (Emperor).

Strategy

As Napoleon, Revolutionary, you’ll want to focus on expanding your empire through rapid military conquest in the early to mid game. His unique ability, La Grande Armée, gives all your land units increased movement, allowing you to quickly traverse the map and strike your enemies before they have a chance to react. What’s more, defeating enemy units provides a hefty culture boost based on their combat strength.

Some key strategies to keep in mind:

• Scout early and often to locate your opponents and plan your attacks. Napoleon’s enhanced unit movement makes this much easier.
• Prioritize key wonders and city-states to deny them to your rivals and further bolster your culture output.
• Don’t neglect your economy and infrastructure. You’ll need a solid production and gold base to keep your armies well-supplied.
• Use Napoleon’s leader agenda, Culture from Conquest, to your advantage. Focus on cultivating relationships with high-culture civs while keeping a close eye on new alliances that could undermine you.

With the right balance of aggression and tactical acumen, Napoleon, Revolutionary can snowball to an impressive culture or domination victory in the right hands. Vive la France!

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Civilopedia Entry

The French Revolution aggressively sought to implement a reimagined state, one that rested on new bureaucratic, scientific, and political principles. Months were renamed, new systems of measurement were created, and the clergy was actively targeted. The middle class saw their positions advance, but the Revolution ultimately hit a number of snags. Political chaos was not good for France’s economy, and the specter of rebellion terrified neighboring powers with established monarchies – nearly all of them. This chaos demanded order.

Napoleon was born into an Italian-Corsican family who had fought for Corsica’s independence after it was conquered by France in 1769. Educated at a military school on the mainland, Napoleon rose to become an artillery officer in the French army just before the Revolution struck. He was sympathetic to the Revolution’s ideals, but in the midst of such chaos, fortunes changed swiftly, and Napoleon soon found himself arranging artillery against royalists seeking to reclaim Paris.

His fortunes really soared during his command of the Army of Italy – a front in those wars that inevitably broke out when neighboring monarchies (Austria and its allies) moved to halt the revolutionary fire in its tracks. Napoleon launched a series of aggressive campaigns against Austrian forces to devastating effect. With central authority in France deteriorating, Napoleon had broad latitude to do what he liked in the realms he conquered, setting up his own republics in Italy under new models of administration. Flush with success, Napoleon sought to stop British ambitions in India by seizing their holdings in Egypt and, he hoped, allying with the British East India Company’s enemies on the subcontinent. True to the principles of the Revolution, Napoleon dealt with Egyptian subjects as fellows, advocating citizenship for all regardless of their religion.

The Egyptian campaign led to defeat for France, but not for Napoleon. Upon his return to Paris, he received a hero’s welcome and played a major role in the construction of the new government, of which he became the First Consul – a term originally used in the Roman Empire. Napoleon was in theory elected, but exploited the corruption of the regime and the chaos of France to inflate his numbers. The ongoing wars ended abruptly, for now, and France emerged victorious, gaining territories abandoned by the Austrians.

Unique Ability: La Grande Armée

Increased Movement for all Land Units. Defeating an enemy Unit provides Culture equal to a percentage of its Combat Strength.

Agendas

Culture from Conquest: Decrease Relationship by Small Amount for every Alliance made between other players. Increase Relationship by a Medium Amount for the player with the highest Culture Per Turn score.

Trivia

• Napoleon, Revolutionary’s leader ability is the name of the main military component of the French army, while his agenda is a term used used to describe the imposition of the culture of one nation over another’s through war, colonialism and imperialism.
• This persona represents Napoleon as consul of the French Republic from 1799 to 1804.
• Napoleon’s release in Civilization VII marks the fourth time he has led France in the Civilization franchise (including the Civilization Revolution games). He was only absent in Civilization II, Civilization III, and Civilization VI, where France was led by Louis XIV, Joan of Arc, Catherine de Medici, and Eleanor of Aquitaine instead, respectively. Although, he was featured in Civilization III as the French Military Leader and as well as the French leader in the Napoleonic Europe scenario, and appeared as a Great General in Civilization VI.

TL;DR

Napoleon, Revolutionary is a powerful military leader perfect for aggressive early game expansion and cultural victories through conquest. Use his enhanced unit movement and combat culture boosts to rapidly overwhelm your foes while keeping the diplomatic pressure on with his unique agenda. With the right mix of military might and civic development, France can rise again to dominate the world stage under Napoleon’s bold leadership. Allons-y!