Has anyone else played this game?
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1662/napoleon-waterloo-campaign-1815
I find the premise interesting. The concept of “fog of war” is missing from A&A. Any comments or thoughts would help me decide whether to buy it.
Many thanks
PP
I guess not then! :-)
Sorry I did not notice your thread and question, PP.
I am not sure. Blocks for units put me off at first thought, but might work.
Convince me!
I’ve known you for a year or two now witt and don’t think I have ever managed to convince you of anything. Are all Italians pig headed? If you have still not progressed British citizenship I rest my case! :wink:
I like the idea of not being able to see the strength of the units arrayed against you. A&A gives you total knowledge of exactly where the enemy is, which of course would not have been the case. Presumably the units themselves are seen, but not their strength, morale, ammunition reserves, etc. That would add greatly to the possibilities for deception and surprise.
However, it ranks below A&A on board game geek, so unless someone recommends it I may not be able to justify the purchase to myself.
Not as good, you mean (or they do)? The fog of war is an attraction, I admit.
I will play you, if you buy it. If it is good, I will buy it off you half price. (Don’t say, I don’t help you.)
I might take you up on that Witt. Thanks. Will let you know if I buy it.
Cheers
PP
Is that game only for sale in the US? I would not buy from there, for fear of being stung by the Tax on entry here.
Really would not buy it, PP.
It’s for a sale in my nearest games shop witt. But so are about 10,000 other games - the problem is choosing one!
Where is your nearest games shop: Manchester or Birmingham? Can’t believe you have one within 50 miles.
And how much is it?
There is one in Burton on Trent - 20 miles away:
They have it for £62.99:
http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=4&game=7709
But looking at that it says not in stock. When I was there a few weeks back they were trying to interest me in it, so perhaps they order it in.
Really would like to find someone who would recommend it before I buy it.
I see. Lucky man.
I would have to go to Birmingham or Cardiff, for a game shop.
Still not convinced . Seems a lot of money, only to buy it and be disappointed.
I believe I’ve played an early edition of this game about thirty years ago.
I really liked the battle board for that game because it had a left, center, and right column with reserves put in the rear.
It was fun playing and I’d recommend it.
Just get the Avalon Hill version of the game. Its cheap and fun.
Thanks CW and IL.
Tried to find an Avalon Hill version, but so far only found it “used” from the US, at $80, plus $33 shipping, plus import duties of course. Will look again when I have more time.
I did find other versions, though, such Command & Colors: Napoleonics, at £49.
There seem to be a variety of versions and I doubt CW can be sure which one he played?
Thanks again.
I think it was was called “Napoleon”, and it was the waterloo campaign. It’s been over thirty years so I cant remember everything about it, but it was fun to play.
What?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Napoleon-The-Waterloo-Campaign-1815-/252371576333?hash=item3ac284a60d:g:lKMAAOSwdGxXIrWg ( this is latter edition)
the first link that IL provided is the game I played…it’s a cool game.
That’s great. Thanks very much indeed Guys. :-)
As a footnote, I’ve found that some of the Command & Colors Ancients and Commands & Colors Napoleonics games (which don’t in themselves interest me) come with small and large square wooden blocks in about a dozen different colours (if you pick and choose the appropriate sets). If you don’t attach the unit stickers to them, but instead leave them as plain wooden markers, you’ll end up with a large set of blocks in colours which correspond tolerably well (and in some cases very well) to the current A&A unit colours. There are even some white ones in the “Commands & Colors: Napoleonics Expansion: The Austrian Army” set (which I picked up recently) that serve nicely to represent neutral nations. A&A’s China power was a bit of a problem because technically C&C only has one medium shade of green (which is suitable to represent the U.S.), but the individual blocks aren’t all exactly the same shade so by sorting through them I was able to pick out enough lighter ones to serve as Chinese blocks. C&C also provides some rectangular blocks, but I don’t like them. What’s nice about the square ones is that one of the two sizes is almost exactly the same as the size of Scrabble tiles. If you put a lettered Scrabble tile over a coloured C&C block, you get a unit identification block that can represent an entire force, similarly to the “task force marker” system used in the original Pacific game.
