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Offline Jabba

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Waterloo, Game at New Buckenham Historical Wargamers.
« on: 13 July 2022, 04:26:51 PM »
Over the three days of 17th, 18th and 19th of June our club rolled out our Waterloo game again. Played in 28mm using the Shako II ruleset with some house and scenario tweaks.

I had command of Alten's 3rd Allied Division plus a few independent units, to hold La Haye Sainte and the allied centre right.

Over the course of the weekend I had some appalling dice and when I did roll well my opponent invariably rolled just enough to beat me. Still my division did hang around long enough to help the allies secure a very narrow victory.













Overall a great but sometimes frustrating weekends gaming.

More about the game on my blog at Jabba's Wargaming

Thanks
Tony.

Offline jon_1066

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Re: Waterloo, Game at New Buckenham Historical Wargamers.
« Reply #1 on: 13 July 2022, 04:54:54 PM »
C'est magnifique mais c'est ne pas la guerre!

Looks incredible yet slightly absurd at the same time and rather shows up the problems with 28 mm for me.  The buildings (and even the troops) occupy far too much space distorting the battlefield to such a degree that it loses that sense of reality.  So fantastic figures, a huge spectacle yet slightly silly at the same time.  Quite an undertaking though so "chapeau" to all involved.

Offline MaleGriffin

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Re: Waterloo, Game at New Buckenham Historical Wargamers.
« Reply #2 on: 13 July 2022, 05:10:43 PM »
C'est la guerre et c'est beau!

It looks like it was a fantastic game!
Hoc quoque transibit
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Offline Golgotha

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Re: Waterloo, Game at New Buckenham Historical Wargamers.
« Reply #3 on: 13 July 2022, 05:39:22 PM »
Stunning - what real wargaming looks like. Puts the rest of us to shame...


Offline George1863

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Re: Waterloo, Game at New Buckenham Historical Wargamers.
« Reply #4 on: 13 July 2022, 06:21:53 PM »
A very impressive display. Thanks for posting. It's great to see large numbers of miniatures operating in quite stunning terrain. I tip my bicorne to all involved.

Offline Pattus Magnus

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Re: Waterloo, Game at New Buckenham Historical Wargamers.
« Reply #5 on: 13 July 2022, 06:48:53 PM »
Wow, that’s amazing! My gaming group has never gotten our collections to the point where we could try that in 15mm, never mind 28s. I’m a little envious!

Offline Jabba

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Re: Waterloo, Game at New Buckenham Historical Wargamers.
« Reply #6 on: 18 July 2022, 04:31:20 PM »
Many thanks for your comments. Yes the buildings have far too big a footing for the ground scale of the game but they look so good 🙂

Offline CapnJim

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Re: Waterloo, Game at New Buckenham Historical Wargamers.
« Reply #7 on: 18 July 2022, 04:50:56 PM »
Um, wow.  That is impressive!  Well done, lad!
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Offline Ockius

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Re: Waterloo, Game at New Buckenham Historical Wargamers.
« Reply #8 on: 18 July 2022, 09:23:54 PM »
Fantastic spectacle!
My armies:
- Henry VIII's army (WIP) 15mm
- Ancient Germans (28mm)
- Ancient Belgae (Gauls with German allies) (28mm)
- Massilian Greeks (Greeks and Gallic mercenaries/subjects) (28mm)
- A few EI Romans (28mm)
- Handful of WW2 British (15mm)
- A load of old 1993-1999ish Warhammer Orcs and Goblins

Offline DivisMal

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Re: Waterloo, Game at New Buckenham Historical Wargamers.
« Reply #9 on: 18 July 2022, 10:44:08 PM »
Spectacular! I’m in here to see pictures like this. True wargaming porn.

 

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