"The Great Game - Video of the Waterloo Battle" Topic
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Mithmee  | 08 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. |
| JimDuncanUK | 09 Jul 2019 4:35 a.m. PST |
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| Rittmester | 09 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. |
| Mithmee | 09 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. |
| darthfozzywig | 09 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 |
| Yesthatphil | 10 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 |
| JimDuncanUK | 11 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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