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The game    Waterloo is a wargame. The army of Napoléon is facing the armies of Prussia and England.    This is an interesting game, requiring some experience to master movements and combats in formation.    This game is a part of a trilogy with similar rules (except some details): Austerlitz, Jena, Waterloo The illustration    The illustration is signed by Enea Riboldi (Enea79) and is very detailed: the triumphant style of Jena and Austerlitz has been replaced by a more pessimistic one. 2 "cuirassiers" are presented: one is wounded and the other has left his horse. This uniform is visible on the sites histofig and napoleonuniforme.free.fr. Opening of the box    The box contains the rules, the map, a mini map for training, 2 dice, the counters, a calendar and a combat table. The map The map represents the area of the two battles. The map is subdivided following a "little squares / big squares" grid. The counters    The game includes 56 French counters, 52 English counters, 36 Prussian counters, 20 smoke counters. The counters are double sided. The second face represents the demoralized unit. The rules    The rulebook contains 17 pages in four languages (Italian, English, German, French).    The game is divided into 16 turns (meaning 8 hours). The victory is achieved with the greatest amount of enemy units killed. Each turn is divided into 2 parts: one French and one English-Prussian. Each part is divided into 3 phases: Artillery, movement and combat. The Prussian army is entering only during the 9th turn. During the first turns, the cavalry and artillery are handicapped by an heavy terrain due to some rain the day before (!).    The attacks can be made in formation, increasing the attack force.    The leaders increase the attack force of the adjacent counters.    As an optional rule, some units may be demoralized after a retreat of more than 3 squares. This demoralization affects the unit and the different units crossed during the retreat. Such unit can recover moral after a victory by direct combat with an enemy retreat of at least 3 squares.    The game includes a small map representing different terrains and used to learn the rules. This is the same map as the one in Austerlitz. Each player has 5 infantry units, 1 light infantry, 2 cavalry at 1 artillery. Price: N° EBAY Price EBAY Country Date Remarks 5912572414 EUR 16 germany 09 Aug 2004   5932553110 EUR 51 France 15 nov 2004   5943633514 EUR 102 Italy 24 dec 2005 PERFETTE CONDIZIONI 5951023033 EUR 100 Italy 28 jan 2005 PERFETTE CONDIZIONI 5953724659 EUR 59,50 France 06 fev 2005 Unpunched 5971094970 EUR 47,82 Italy 29 apr 2005   5194282389 EUR 36 Italy 16 may 2005   5199308306 EUR 25,5 France 25 may 2005   5203106566 EUR 16 France 5 June 2005 uncomplete, not sold 5208331156 EUR 16,5 France 20 June 2005   5209523546 EUR 25,5 France 23 June 2005   5214411732 EUR 13,5 France 10 July 2005   5292019730 $ 102,50 USA 2 oct 2005 unpunched 8701653503 EUR 35,5 France 8 oct 2005   8713078118 £ 35,6 UK 2 nov 2005   8718155773 EUR 45,5 Italy 10 nov 2005   8718853502 EUR 66 France 14 nov 2005   8740971079 EUR 69 Italy 31 dec 2005   8782095190 AU $ 49 Australia 26 mar 2006   8790279655 EUR 30,50 France 11 apr 2006   8803369921 £ 7 UK 3 may 2006   8820060981 EUR 26 France 5 june 2006   WATERLOO overview reference: W108 Game for 2/3 players from 15 years on Time of game: 4 hours Time of each move on scale: 1/2 hour Difficulty: 4 (hard) Date: 1980 Authors: "Care of International Team planning department" Links:    A home made Waterloo    Waterloo on boardgamegeek    and for the history, one of the first wargames ever published by Avalon Hill in 1962: Waterloo (AH) on boardgamegeek    Waterloo on trictrac    Other links ? Well, this is one the most famous battle and if you type in google: battle waterloo, you will have 846000 answers. A museum ?    Les invalides of course, in Paris. You will see here the uniform of the illustration, in the middle of plenty of Napoleonic objects.

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