Iéna 1806

About this board game

Iéna 1806 is a two-player historical wargame reconstructing Napoleon’s Battle of Jena, with an approximate playing time of 120 minutes. Released in 2006, it belongs to Frédéric Bey’s Jours de Gloire Empire series.

The game presents Jena at regimental or brigade scale, offering a focused reconstruction of a major Napoleonic engagement. The battle is regarded by the author as the more important of the two connected actions because it avenged the humiliation of Rossbach.

Iéna 1806 uses the Jours de Gloire system, identified as JDG. The updated series rules are provided in Vae Victis issue #71, while a separate set of game-specific rules is included for this battle.

• Players: 2
• Playing time: 120 minutes
• Map scale: 297 metres per hex
• Time scale: 75 minutes per game turn
• Strength scale: 200 men per strength point

The published rules are in French, and the counters need to be mounted before play. These production details are part of the game’s presentation as a dedicated historical study within the Jours de Gloire Empire series.

For players interested in Napoleonic battles, Iéna 1806 combines a specific 1806 subject with the established JDG framework. Its compact two-player format and defined map, time, and strength scales provide a clear setting for examining the Battle of Jena at operational unit scale.