The mod was originally created by game modder and Age of Empires gamer Alexander Flegler (Xastor), inspired by the idea of adding a Swiss civilization suggested by his friend Jahn Hummel (Twister3). Napoleonic Era soon grew from this and was discussed frequently on the forums of Age of Empires III Heaven. After release v0.2, a very interested member of these forums, Fernando Barbosa (Walker), discussed many ideas to improve and balance the game and was soon made balance lead. A while after the release of v0.8, Matthew Sher worked with modder Xentelian to complete the Unit Upgrades Modpack. Seeing Matthew's texture work, Kastor successfully requested him to become Napoleonic Era's graphics lead. David Rosehnal, having planned to make a campaign about the Napoleonic Era, has made and maintained the old NE website. After the hack Michael M. (michfrm) has taken his place and created the new NE website with a new design. Peter Piepenburg (Tilanus Commodor), a historically interested forume