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Dec 5, 2025·How to play·07:54·19·Watch on YouTube

The Battle Die in Epic Battles Waterloo (Part 1)

St.Just74

St.Just74

Watch “The Battle Die in Epic Battles Waterloo (Part 1),” a how-to-play guide for Stratego Waterloo from St.Just74 on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by St.Just74 on YouTube:

Intro to the Battle Die. The famous Battle Die was included in the game for a couple of reasons: 1. A good commander must be able to deal with unforeseen situations. It will test the players' nerves. 2. Historical accuracy: on a Napoleonic battlefield orders were often misinterpreted, impending attacks were hidden behind smoke, troops mistakenly fired on each other and sometimes a succesful attack or charge turned into a wild frenzy. 3. It makes sure that the game doesn't remain too 'linear'. It will offer stories to tell afterwards. It will help to make every game different. The Battle Die is not an overwhelming feature in the game. In general, it will be rolled about 3 or 4 times during a session. This is a video from my archives, dated February 2016!

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Stratego Waterloo

Stratego Waterloo

2015·Jason St.Just

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6
Creators
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How-to-play. Stratego Waterloo is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 6 how-to-play guides.

2 players
45 - 120 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Stratego Waterloo, from BoardGameGeek:

Relive and refight the Battle of Waterloo by leading your troops on as either Emperor Napoleon or the Duke of Wellington. Will you succeed in punching through Wellington's lines before the arrival of the Prussians or will you, as Napoleon did, "Meet your Waterloo"? Stratego Waterloo is a highly flexible tactical board game specially designed to commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo. Thanks to the basic, standard and expert game rules it will provide both casual and expert gamers an hour to an hour and a half of battlefield excitement. Play as either Napoleon or Wellington and lead your infantry and cavalry into the fray, set up your artillery to wreak havoc on your opponents position! Relive and refight this epic but bloody battle: storm or bombard the farm of Hougemont, let your heavy cavalry charge down in a wild frenzy or let your brave marshal lead your excited troops into that gap in order to sever the enemy's lines of communications. As Wellington, will you stand your ground and wait for the arrival of the Prussian reinforcements or will you take the inititiative and make the most of every mistake the French make? As Napoleon, will you start the battle early but with less troops or will you use your entire force to knock those British, Germans and Dutch from that ridge? YOU decide the destiny of Europe. Although great care has been taken to offer the players a good ‘feel' of the historical battle, the movable terrain tiles invite you to create and play any fictional battle. No time to play an entire battle and only a half an hour to spare? Then treat yourselves to a simple skirmish by using just half of the available pieces!

Designer

Jason St.Just

Publisher

Jumbo

Categories

Abstract StrategyNapoleonic

Mechanics

Grid MovementMemory
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