The date of the bicentennial of Waterloo may have passed, but further bicentennial games have been played or are planned.
Below is a photo or two from each and links to the original report(s).
Waterloo 200
Across the figure scales we have smallest to largest, which in terms of the ground-scale is largest to smallest!
Waterloo & Wavre in 6 mm
Taking full advantage of the figure scale, the serial players of fine bicentennial games known only by their pseudonyms of 'Pushing Tin' and 'Crafthole' fitted the entire area of both battles, with a little 'slight of hand' so that "from Mont St. Jean up to the starting position of Prussian I Corps (was) the correct distance,... Wavre itself (squeezed) on the end of the table... only a couple of feet short of the actual distance".
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See Pushing Tin's excellent blog for report of:
the set-up
part one of the game
part two of the game
the scenario.
Waterloo at 1:33
Moving up the figure scale and down the ground scale is the Avon Napoleonic Fellowship's game of Waterloo using 1/72nd/20 mm figures. With a figure scale of 1:33 and a ground scale of 1 mm to 1 m the entire battlefield was fitted into a 'T'-shaped table that represented 3.6 km at its longest and 3.2 km at it widest.
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See reports of:
set-up
part one 11:30–13:00
part two 13:30–15:30
part three 16:00–17:30
part four 17:30–20:30
Waterloo in 25 mm
The Liphook Historical Wargames' battalion/squadron/battery level game of the Battle of Waterloo was played over two days in early September. The multi-player game featured "over 4 000 25 mm figures on a table measuring 23 by 18 feet overall... using the latest version of the Group’s ‘Art of Command’ rules".
Click here for the photo album of the game.
A summary report was posted on the group's Facebook site on 8th September 1815.
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d'Erlon's Attack at 1:20
Using General de Brigade, with d'Erlon's I Corps represented by 250+ figures in each column...
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Report of the game
Waterloo at 1:3
At the other end of the scale, massive units for a game focussed on the attacks on and around La Haie Sainte, commencing around 1.30pm on 18th June 1815. Much of the lead-up has been featured previously on this blog, but now you can see the photos and read Chris' report on his blog.
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Part one,
Part two.
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More to come
Ian 'Stryker' has been working towards his vintage Waterloo, using Hinton Hunt figures, for many months now. The game is scheduled for the end of October. They will use their in-house 'Muskets and Marshals' rules.
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The lads at Northern Wargaming are preparing a Waterloo campaign
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Mark, Sun of York, is staging a re-run of his bicentennial game of Waterloo. The original, played at the Napoleonic Wargaming Society's Waterloo 200 Day was incomplete due to time restrictions. The game began today and will be played to the end.
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Below is a photo or two from each and links to the original report(s).
Waterloo 200
Across the figure scales we have smallest to largest, which in terms of the ground-scale is largest to smallest!
Waterloo & Wavre in 6 mm
Taking full advantage of the figure scale, the serial players of fine bicentennial games known only by their pseudonyms of 'Pushing Tin' and 'Crafthole' fitted the entire area of both battles, with a little 'slight of hand' so that "from Mont St. Jean up to the starting position of Prussian I Corps (was) the correct distance,... Wavre itself (squeezed) on the end of the table... only a couple of feet short of the actual distance".
See Pushing Tin's excellent blog for report of:
the set-up
part one of the game
part two of the game
the scenario.
Waterloo at 1:33
Moving up the figure scale and down the ground scale is the Avon Napoleonic Fellowship's game of Waterloo using 1/72nd/20 mm figures. With a figure scale of 1:33 and a ground scale of 1 mm to 1 m the entire battlefield was fitted into a 'T'-shaped table that represented 3.6 km at its longest and 3.2 km at it widest.
See reports of:
set-up
part one 11:30–13:00
part two 13:30–15:30
part three 16:00–17:30
part four 17:30–20:30
Waterloo in 25 mm
The Liphook Historical Wargames' battalion/squadron/battery level game of the Battle of Waterloo was played over two days in early September. The multi-player game featured "over 4 000 25 mm figures on a table measuring 23 by 18 feet overall... using the latest version of the Group’s ‘Art of Command’ rules".
Click here for the photo album of the game.
A summary report was posted on the group's Facebook site on 8th September 1815.
d'Erlon's Attack at 1:20
Using General de Brigade, with d'Erlon's I Corps represented by 250+ figures in each column...
Report of the game
Waterloo at 1:3
At the other end of the scale, massive units for a game focussed on the attacks on and around La Haie Sainte, commencing around 1.30pm on 18th June 1815. Much of the lead-up has been featured previously on this blog, but now you can see the photos and read Chris' report on his blog.
Part one,
Part two.
More to come
Ian 'Stryker' has been working towards his vintage Waterloo, using Hinton Hunt figures, for many months now. The game is scheduled for the end of October. They will use their in-house 'Muskets and Marshals' rules.
The lads at Northern Wargaming are preparing a Waterloo campaign
Mark, Sun of York, is staging a re-run of his bicentennial game of Waterloo. The original, played at the Napoleonic Wargaming Society's Waterloo 200 Day was incomplete due to time restrictions. The game began today and will be played to the end.
