"Airfix Waterloo Wargame from c 1976" Topic
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| Vintage Wargaming | 21 Jul 2012 5:46 a.m. PST |
With thanks to Alan over at the Airfix Tribute Forum, there is a post about this game with pictures of the box, mat, game equipment (calipers and time clock), figures and rule book on Vintage Wargaming here: link This may be of interest to those of a certain age, either those who owned it, or those who never did but always wanted to. |
| Steve W | 21 Jul 2012 7:08 a.m. PST |
I just about remember it This was my fave…wish I still had it link and this one link |
| 1815Guy | 21 Jul 2012 8:52 a.m. PST |
Looks good. I dont remember these, but when I was t'lad it was the "Little Big Horn" boxed game I yearned for – c/w 54mm soldiers……. |
| Mick A | 21 Jul 2012 9:46 a.m. PST |
I still have 'Little Big Horn'. Will have to take it down the local club sometime… Mick |
| ancientsgamer | 21 Jul 2012 1:44 p.m. PST |
I had the Airfix Napoleonic figures but not this game. I would have loved it! I loved the Atlantic games with their figures. A friend had El Alamein and I think I either had Normandy or Battle of the Bulge? Great figures! Plastics lead me indirectly to wargaming with figures. A chance stop at the Bunker in Copperas Cove actually lead to me really getting into miniature wargaming though. |
| number4 | 21 Jul 2012 11:36 p.m. PST |
Never owned that one, although it looks like Airfix finally found a way to make their horses stand up:) Ironic that the biggest feature on the box art is the charging Scots Greys – a set never made by Airfix But I did get the wonderful Little Big Horn for Christmas one year and was a very happy camper! IIRC the figures were about 40mm tall though. link Later on I spent many hours playing Waddingtons 'Campaign' YouTube link I also bought the Charge of the Light Brigade later on and replaced the uninspiring 'pawns' with Esci figures and conversions. |
| Steve W | 22 Jul 2012 1:39 a.m. PST |
I think I still have campaign somewhere…strange game I think I was about 10 when I bought it, I dont think I ever full understood it then |
| arthur1815 | 22 Jul 2012 3:14 a.m. PST |
I picked up a set relatively cheaply on ebay last year. The vast majority of the figures had broken off their bases, but that was not of great concern as I plan to replace them – either with figures from the 1980@s RISK set, or with more accurate 10mm figures, on thinner, less obtrusive bases, as the single figures on pediments never appealed to me (perhaps why I never bought it originally?) but the simple rules do. |
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