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Mithmee08 Jul 2019 7:47 p.m. PST

This is a short video on the Waterloo Battle that was put on over in Scotland if that huge map.

YouTube link

120 players with over 22,000 miniatures.

At the 1:28 mark is an overhead view.

JimDuncanUK09 Jul 2019 4:35 a.m. PST

Some more here:

YouTube link

Rittmester09 Jul 2019 9:35 a.m. PST

Thank you for a great AAR! It did not matter that it was more than an hour :) Would have been very interesting to have that kind of tactical AAR at the higher echelons of command, i.e. from division up through corps and army.

Mithmee09 Jul 2019 12:55 p.m. PST

What I like was the French battle plan, where…

They were going to bypass Hougoumont, but…

Some Bde/Divison Commanders didn't get the word, since…

It wasn't long before a 3rd of the French Army was trying to take it.

darthfozzywig09 Jul 2019 4:11 p.m. PST

It wasn't long before a 3rd of the French Army was trying to take it.

Gotta love it when that sort of thing happens. Wargamers can be the worst Monday morning quarterbacks: "Oh I'd never be that stupid…", so it's always fun to see events play out like that.

Heck, I was playing Snappy Nappy with my son the other day, and commenting how I was letting this fortified town he was defending "become my Hougoumont," drawing in more of my forces even though I was aware it was bad. The terrain and circumstances made it impossible to disengage, so…ugh. :p

Yesthatphil10 Jul 2019 5:03 p.m. PST

Great effort by Tony Pollard, Donald Adamson and the hundreds of enthusiasts motivated by the idea, to raise money for charity.

Phil

JimDuncanUK11 Jul 2019 7:13 a.m. PST

Correct Phil.

I had a tiny, tiny part in it and even that entailed painting and donating about 100 figures as well as assembling and painting £125.00 GBP worth of MDF buildings.

I know that another painting contributor painted about ten times as many figures as me.

The fund raising continues as there will be entries to various auction sites as and when.

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