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During the course of reporting on Waterloo I received a number of queries on facebook and TMP about figure painting and my terrain. It seem...

For some obscure reason I waited 48 years to play Waterloo! So now I have played it how did it go? Rules: I have a high opinion of Ge...

8.00pm - 9.00pm The call by Blucher for all commanders to attack and stressing the urgency in which his orders should be carried out re...

7.00pm - 8.00pm The 7.00pm turn began with a significant number of command failures across all 3 armies and one in particular would hav...

With the break over and several real life issues sorted on my return, it is now back to Waterloo:- 6.00pm - 7.00pm A significant f...

Please Note: This will be the last update before I go on holiday. I will be back on 2nd April raring to go! As it stands, I plan for this ...

4.00pm - 5.00pm There was a lull in the action at 4.00pm as both sides sought to recover and reposition. There was activity on the Alli...

3.00pm - 4.00pm Napoleon is now having to re-evaluate how to break the allied line following the severe mauling of the 1st Corps at the...

2.00pm - 3.00pm The Allies won the initiative test but elected to pass control over to the French. They hoped that the 1st Corps column...

1.00pm - 2.00pm  A note about how I dealt with the Grand Battery barrage. Wellington instructed all his units apart from Artillery and ...

11.30am. - 1.00pm. 11.30am: Napoleon issues his orders having surveyed his troops. At 11.20a.m. 5 batteries of artillery bo...

Background  How the game will be played Terrain & Figure details Orbats Situation at 11.30am. (photo tour of battlefield) B...

With new year out of the way and some painful dieting started it is time to think about my Waterloo project. By the time I get to play this...