Variant: Solitaire mini-game Scenario
Scenario: Allied Attack on French Right wing (Sokolnitz and Telnitz)
The purpose of this scenario is three-fold. Most importantly it is an attempt to create a solitaire capability. Also it has the advantage of using only half of the board (saves table space), a limited number of pieces, and short set-up and playing time. (It takes less than 20 minutes to play through the scenario which allows multiple playings if time is limited.) And finally, I have been able to use it in my high school history class to acquaint players with the mechanics of play before moving on to the multiple player version of the game. When I use it in class, it is not solitaire. Rather I can put a couple of students in command of each side. Because I have two copies of the game (providing me with plenty of unit pieces) I am able to copy the relevant part of the gameboard (creating several gameboards), and have four or more "games" going at the same time.

An added feature to this scenario is that, as a history teacher, I am able to ensure a fairly "historical" encounter for the students. The scenario, because of its limited nature, has a great tendency to "play out" along historical lines. It ends after the fourth turn, because it was around 9:00 a.m. (turn 3) that Napoleon began his attack against the Pratzen Plateau, which of course changed the whole nature of the battle. The action in the Sokolintz/Telnitz area (the subject of this scenario) had just been part of Napoleon's plan to entice the Allies to attack this weak right flank, so as to denude the Allied center on the Pratzen, thus making it ripe for Napoleon's major assault.Therefore, in game terms for this short scenario, the French need to prevent, for as long as possible, an Allied breakthrough across the Goldbach at Sokolnitz and Telnitz.

THE VARIANT
Length of Scenario: 4 turns (December 2 starting at 7:00 a.m. and going thru 10:00 a.m.)

Victory Points:
-Scenario starts with the regular AT START MORALE LEVELS (Allies 27 and French 23)
-For controlling (at the end of the 10:00 A.M. turn) each of the following, the indicated number of morale points will be subtracted from the enemy level:
Sokolnitz (2 pts)
Telnitz (2 pts)
Blue Star (4 pts) No more than ONE blue star counts here. In other words if Allies take any blue star they get to take the French morale down 4 points. If the Allies do NOT take a blue star neither sides morale is adjusted.*
Davout Reinforcement Special Scoring- Starting with the 8:00 A.M. turn and for each turn thereafter that the Davout units do not come in the French get to reduce the Allies morale level1 point. (Note: The French do not get the usual 4 point increase when reinforcements come in as they do in the regular NT game.)
The winner of the game is the one with the higher morale level after four turns.

At Start Forces:
Allies: -Use the following Corps with their regular start locations as printed on the map:
Dokhturov, Keinmayer, Langeron, and Prebyshevksy.
-Use 4x3 strength Infantry, 11x2 strength Infantry, 2x2 strength Cavalry, 1x1strength cavalry, and 1 artillery unit, but shuffle them randomly and assign them, sight unseen, to the various Corps as follows:
Dokhturov 6 units
Keinmayer 4 units
Langeron 5 units
Prebyshevksy 4 units

French: -French set up as follows: Use the Legrand Corps marker and assign him four units (1x3 strength Infantry, 2x2 strength Infantry, and 1x2 strength cavalry). These units are placed face down and shuffled. Then (still face down) they are placed, one each, blocking each of the following approaches: Sokolnitz Castle (das Schloss), Sokolnitz, Telnitz, and the approach of the locale between Sokolnitz and Telnitz. These units should be in the eastern approaches of each of these locales facing the Allied army. To allow for a little bit of "fog of war" and thus provide some attempt for solitaire ability, these units remain face down until attacked
by the Allies. All other units will be "known" by the player.

Davout's Corps is in reserve (off the map) as the reinforcement corps. It is assigned the following units:
1x 3 strength Infantry, 2x 2 strength Infantry, and 1x 2 strength cavalry.

Map Restrictions:
-Only one section (the southern half) of the game map is used.
-No units can cross the Goldbach north of the pheasantry of the Sokolnitz castle (das Schloss)

Force Move Restrictions:
-All normal restrictions apply. In other words all four Allied corps plus any 3 detached units could move each turn. Both French corps plus any four detached units could move each turn.

*Edited (5-19-2008): I have never gotten the scoring on this variant to a satisfactory point. After much tweaking, I finally decided to change the blue star 4 point morale adjustment as shown above. The Blue Star 4 point morale loss is now only applied against the French if they should lose a blue star. The Allied morale is not affected by their failure to take a blue star. This is just a suggestion. If you wish to play it the original way, take 4 points away from the Allies also, if they fail to take a blue star. I also toyed with idea of extending the scenario by one turn, which would allow the Allies time to exploit a breakthrough. But that seems to make an allied victory an automatic happening. So I abandoned that thought. If you want to try extending it one more turn, you should subtract 2 morale points from the Allies (This could represent their losses that they would be suffering from Napoleon's attack on the Pratzen duirng this time.) If anyone has any more ideas to better balance the scenario I would like to hear them.