As well as new systems CA has improved systems from Empire: Total War such as diplomacy. Troops entering these 'attrition areas' will be affected by the weather and will quickly lose troop numbers during the Winter or Summer months depending on the type. Attrition areas are scattered through the various campaign maps and will drastically affect your campaign if not considered when planning. Creative Assembly has introduced a new system called Attrition. This game also brings some revolutionary new features to the Total War series. The effort to stop Napoleon and his new regime will require all the tactical and strategic genius the Allied powers can muster. Napoleon: Total War also gives the player a chance to play as one of four Coalition powers: Great Britain, Austria, Prussia or Russia. Patience and cunning will be needed here. And then the Russian Bear presents a new challenge with her climate, even the best general will struggle to avoid the cold and push through. The Egyptian campaign brings a different challenge all together Napoleon must fight his way up through the Mamelukes and deal with constant nuisance raids from the British in order to achieve his goal. Napoleon's Italian campaign highlights his struggles against the mighty Austrian empire and her friends in Italy, where management and efficiency is vital. Set at a time when revolutionary France is turning the old dynasties of Europe upside down, old rivalries and mistrusts will be put aside to halt the ambitions of one man and the rise of a European superpower: France. Napoleon: Total War is set during the extremely turbulent and violent Napoleonic Era, from 1805 - 1815. Both were developed by the Creative Assembly and published by SEGA. The Peninsular Campaign DLC was released on the 22nd of June, 2010. Napoleon: Total War was released on the 23rd of February, 2010. 8 Other Sources for Napoleon: Total War.2.3.4 Recruiting a General or an Admiral.