
His ambitions are seemingly limitless, his army is growing every day, and he is in need of new victories to add lustre and legitimacy to his crown. Napoleon, however, is not an easy neighbour to endure. Political realities have to be recognised. At maximum range (which is granted fairly far in this mod) A Prussian volley will kill around 1-2 men.Prussia has a proud military heritage: what else could be the case for the nation of Frederick the Great? The country has been at peace for ten years, the result of getting a free hand in northern Germany east of the Rhine in exchange for recognising French control west of the Rhine. Quick reloading times will make these cannons your battle winners, as the Needle gun is only a supplement. Artillery too has been changed, as the Prussians now control the Krupp Breach Loader, the worlds most advanced cannon.


A unit will break and rout easily, but you may always bring them back into the fight by rallying them, leading to longer and more complex battles that will ensure the need to encircle and destroy your enemy. If you hit an enemy hard and fast, he will route with relatively minor casualties. Menaing that noly taking about 1 or 2 casualties a minute, your men can hold the line for a while. A unit may be worked down to 83 men over time. No longer will you have spartan units, chargins into hell, taking massive casualties, and continuing to press the attack. Unit stats and morale, they are as realistic as possible. Expect new units, new uniforms, and historically accurate leaders and generals of the time, as well as historically accurate unit stats. With an improved economic system, improved BAI, and a more agressive CAI, Blood and Iron shall immerse you in the culture and military tactics of the day. With Blood and Iron, lead your nation to glorious victory during the Austro-Prussian War, the fight for the Italian peninsula,control of Central Europe, and the Franco-Prussian War.

Take control of one of the Great Powers and fight for European supremacy! Unite the German states, fight for control of Italy, defend your borders from the Russian military machine, and attempt to dominate Europe's seas with Blood and Ironīlood and Iron aims at providing the player with the utmost realistic experience from Napoleon Total War during Europe's major conflicts of the mid-19th century.

A centralized German state had not yet been achieved, and the Italian peninsula was soon to come under one ruler. Imperialistic nations fought for global domination, and the rise of nationalism would lead to larger, more devastating conflicts. The 1860s were a turbulent time in human history, a time when the fate of the world would soon be determined. "Not by speeches and votes of the majority, are the great questions of the time decided.
