Iron Will Counters
The Prussian army was known for its Spartan discipline and obedience to orders. This dynamic is reflected by Iron Will counters.
The Prussian player may spend these counters during the course of a battle to have Prussian units ignore flags.
When one or more flags are rolled against a Prussian unit, that otherwise can’t be ignored, the Prussian player may spend an Iron Will counter. Each counter spent will allow one flag to be ignored. More than one Iron Will counter may be spent on a unit, with one flag ignored for each Iron Will counter spent.
The number of Iron Will counters that the Prussian army has at the start of a battle is detailed in the Prussian army Battle Notes.
Once spent, a counter is removed from play.
Epic & Grand Battles
National Counters (2 & 4 players)
• The Prussian Iron Will counters listed in the scenario Battle Notes are given to the CIC.
National Counters (6 & 8 players)
In an EPIC Napoleonics game with 3 players on a side, each player will receive one Prussian Iron Will counter. In addition, the Prussian Iron Will counters listed in the scenario Battle Notes are divided equally between the three players. When the Prussian Iron Will counters cannot be divided equally, the CIC will assign any extra counters to himself or to his sub-commanders.
In an EPIC Napoleonics game with 3 Corps commanders and a CIC player, each Corps commander will receive one Prussian Iron Will counter. In addition, the Prussian Iron Will counters listed in the scenario Battle Notes are divided equally between the three Corps commander players. When the Prussian Iron Will counters cannot be divided equally, the CIC will assign any extra counters to his Corps commanders.
National Counters (Grand Battle)
In a Grand Battle game, each Corps Commander will have or receive the number of Prussian Iron Will counters as listed in the scenario Battle Notes.