Good advice. I'll try to contact JMM as you have suggested. Thank you.
As for a Jena OdB, it was only possible because first, I gave myself permission to wander from historical accuracy, to some extent. Because of the Waterloo mod, I had access to Prussian uniforms (albeit 1815 uniforms, not 1806) and some Prussian commanders (again, those in 1815). What I had to do was select 1806 as the year of the battle, which automatically customized my Grande Armee units, as you would expect. Using research on the time of the battle and units on both sides, I then chose Prussian units available from the Waterloo mod and had to rename as many commanders as possible to fit the Prussian army that was present at Jena. Since, historically, the Prussian army of 1815 was vastly improved over that of 1806, I chose commanders that typically had very low stats and then renamed them to fit the commanders of those units present at Jena. I did allow some better units in the Prussian cavalry, since historically it was a stout force, even in 1806, but sought to keep its other branches (particularly its artillery) at a low caliber. Most significantly, I made sure that Hohenlohe and the division commanders were of low quality to better proximate Jena in 1806. Even if, as some argue, the primary problems in the Prussian army had more to do with the senior military brass at the grand strategic level, the only way to simulate the vast quality difference between the 1806 Prussians and the Grande Armee is to purposely handicap their units on the field.
My main goal was to create a historical battle that would be very easy for the French side, since I am just learning the game and wanted a lot of room for making mistakes while still able to pull out a victory. I thought that Jena would be a good candidate for this. I felt that this was the best I could do with what we have for Prussian forces from the time. But JMM's OdB editor is so powerful and ingenious, that a lot can be done with it, especially if you allow your imagination to fill in a bit.
(As a side note, I was not able to find historical material that included the name of every Prussian regimental and brigade commander at Jena, so the OdB is not complete to every detail. I'm sure the information is somwhere, I just don't have it. But I have their main corps and divisional commanders, seeking to approximate their abilities).
If you have any suggestions of your own on how to improve this process, I would sincerely welcome it. Thank you, sir.
MarshalJean
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