Wellington's Victory: Battle of Waterloo Game – June 18th, 1815

[from the back of the flatpack edition]

Wellington's Victory : The Battle of Waterloo

- Four-color 68” x 44” contour map in four sections

- Innovative Fire and Shock Combat mechanics

- Line, Column, Square, Skirmish and Cavalry formations

- Hougomont, La Haye Sainte and Plancenoit Scenarios

- 40 Game-Turn Grand Battle Scenario

Wellington's Victory is a grand tactical simulation of the Battle of Waterloo which occurred on June 18, 1815, at a minor crossroads south of Brussels, Belgium. The battle marked the first and only encounter of history's two most renowned generals, Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, and Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France. A brutal day-long French assault against the British held ridge brought Wellington's army to the brink of defeat. By later afternoon, however, the arrival of Wellington's allies tipped the odds decisively against the French; Napoleon chose to stake his empire on the outcome of a final attack by his most trusted troops – the Imperial Guard. Wellington's Victory is played on an innovative game map composed of four 34” x 22” map sections on which significant differences in ground contours are differentiated by color. There are five distinct contour levels depicted on the map as well as an extremely accurate survey of all battle field terrain features including Hougomont, La Haye Sainte, and almost every other farm and dwelling, woods and orchards, streams and ponds, and raised and sunken roads.