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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 10:23 am 
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For your reading pleasure:

http://hist-sdc.com/waterloo/

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Rich

Gen. Hamilton, Baron d'Barbancon
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VII Corps, ADR

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YEPPY!

Now to change the out come of the war.[:D][:D][;)]

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<font color="red">BEECHAM</font id="red"> Commandant
1ème Division de Cuirassiers,
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Yes Dean, this time Wellington gets to beat the French with one hand tied behind his back!

Very happy to see another title come out from Charlie (with Rich's able assistance too).

Good for the club for sure and thus ....

Who wants to sign up for the first campaign against me?

Oberst Wilhelm Peters
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Hi Bill.

Now how can i say know to that,Get ready your mine.[:D][;)]I hope to get it with in the week from when it comes out,See you at Waterloo Friend.

<font color="red">Marechal</font id="red">
<font color="red">BEECHAM</font id="red"> Commandant
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1 Corps Res Cav,ADN.

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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 12:31 pm 
This is a great title gentlemen. The maps are terrific! Fighting in changing weather is great fun, too.

A fine effort on an excellent topic.

Congratulations!

Now to get my challenges in. I would like to fight the full campaign against the following officers.

Jim Hall, Mark Nelms, Geert Van Uythoven, Simon Tombesi, Gary McClellan, Phil Roubaud, Nik Butler, Ken Jones, Eric Voogd, Bob Breen, Tony Dobson, and of course Neil Henderson.

I envision 12 one-on-one games, but if you guys want to multi-plaer the Allied side, that's okay with me! [:D]



Colonel (ret) Al Amos
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Al, are you taking the "ret" out of your name[?]
Anyway, chisel my name in. I'll have to finish you up soon with our current fracas.

You however, do not have first dibs on me, the Green Horse long since challenged me, so you'll have to be my second campaign.

FML Gary McClellan
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Gents,

Waterloo thank You very much HPS!
But Al Amos let there be some french officers left I will also
have someone to play with [:I]

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Ola Berli
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Imperial Austrian Army


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The Full Barrett comes to HPS [:D]

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[:D][:D][:D][:D] What a ripper of a game. The battle of Waterloo is just one of the battles - look at these babies: Ligny; Quatre Bras
Soleilmont; Waterloo; Wavre; Twin Battles: Ligny & Quatre Bras; and
Twin Battles: Waterloo & Wavre.

Crikey Rich - get 'em to update the HPS site so I can throw some money at it [:D]

Might be just the best yet [?]

Nik Butler
NWC - Lt, 2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire), 4th Div, British Army
CCC - Lt, 2/59th (2nd Nottinghamshire), British Army


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Introduction

Waterloo! There are only a few battles in history whose names have become so famous as to mean something even to those least interested in military affairs. The epic showdown that ultimately brought down the French empire erected by Napoleon Bonaparte is so well known that it has even entered into common language. Phrases such as "he met his Waterloo" now signify ultimate defeat and the end of all hopes. On June 18, 1815, south of the small Belgian hamlet Waterloo, in what was then the Kingdom of the Netherlands, one of the bloodiest battles of history occurred. Napoleon hoped to destroy the European coalition arrayed against him by means of a quick, decisive victory over one, or preferably both, of his main antagonists. These were the Anglo-Allied army under Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, and the Prussian army under Generalfeldmarschall Gebhard Leberecht Fuerst Bluecher von Wahlstatt. Admittedly, preparations for the campaign took a couple of months and after its conclusion some more weeks were needed to bring the French empire to its knees, and there were other theaters of war besides the one in Belgium. Yet the Waterloo campaign proper, the just four days between the crossing of the Netherlands border by the Armée du Nord on June 15, 1815, and its disastrous defeat at the hands of the combined Anglo-Allied and Prussian armies on June 18, decided the fate of the emperor, and by implication, the Empire.

Historical Scenarios Covering:

Ligny
Quatre Bras
Soleilmont
Waterloo
Wavre
Twin Battles: Ligny & Quatre Bras
Twin Battles: Waterloo & Wavre
Entire Campaign - single scenario

What If Scenarios Covering:

Braine le Comte
Chatelet
Mons
Nivelles
Plancenoit
The Ridge
Togrinne
And others...

61 scenarios are included in the main section with another 109 being created for the campaign specific situations.

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Main selection menu.

Campaigns

There are five different approaches to the campaign covered in this title. The first uses the "Campaign in a battle" approach allowing each player to make one of three choices for the disposition of his forces. Then the engine randomly selects one of three scenarios to use for the determined outcome. In other words there's a possibility of playing 27 different scenarios when playing this format.

The other four campaigns take a linked battle approach, ranging from the narrow historical path only covering the battles that were actually fought, to two variants which alter various troops involvements that could have been there, and finishing with a fourth option that allows the campaign to swing well out of it's historical path, depending on the players decisions.

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Campaign selection menu.

Maps:

There is one main map that we created for this campaign, it measures 560 x 400 hexes (that's 224,000 hexes...) and it covers from Charleroi in the South, to Mons in the West, to Gembloux East and finaly to the village of Waterloo, just south of Brussels. Almost three times more ground than was historically covered, to allow many what if situations to be explored. From this many sub-maps have been created, and can be created for future use.

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Some New Game Features:

Weather
Disordered defenders now defend at 2/3 strength instead of full strength.
Disordered attackers now attack at 1/3 strength instead of 1/2 strength.
Cavalry charge continuation
Multiple melees on the same unit are now possible, as an optional rule.
Battle termination feature added for those playing a campaign against the AI.
Random scenario selection within the campaign engine.

Some comments on the weather feature:

Within the game the weather entries display like this in the pdt interface:

Weather
Clear (100% at 00:00 06/15/1815) Visibility: 40 Move Cost: 100%
Attack Mod: 0% Artillery Mod: 100% Flags: None

And within the PDT file they look like this:

1 1815 6 15 0 0 100 40 100 100 0 0 Clear

1 = Weather entry
1815 = The Year
6 = The Month
15 = The Day
0 = The Hour
0 = The Minute
100 = The % of probability this entry will take place on the time set.
40 = Visibility
100 = % cost to move, for example in light mud we used a value of 150, or 1.5 times the normal rate.
100 = % modifier on artillery effectiveness, 100 being no adverse effects.
0 = % modifier on assaults, 0 being no adverse effects.
0 = special flags used. (This effects the ability of cavalry to charge or not)
Clear = Text name assigned to the condition, we created 6 for use in the campaign.

Beyond the normal use of this feature to replicate the effects of weather on the terrain and combat I also used it for two other things.

1) To gradually decrease visibility as the major battles progressed. This is to simulate the gathering smoke from the various weapons used.

2) To gradually increase and decrease visibility for dawn and dusk, so that it goes from 1 hex, to 2, then to 3 then 4 and vice versa as the time frame changes

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Prelude to D'Erlon's Attack on the Allied Center.

Play options:

play by e-mail (PBEM)
on-line single or multi-play
single play against AI
hotseat

Campaign features

losses carryover between battles
fatigue carryover between battles
leader promotion/replacement
straggler return between battles
limited reconstitution of destroyed regiments


Where to go to order the game
HPS - http://www.hpssims.com



Want more information?

Want to read more? Go here http://hist-sdc.com/waterloo/cpwdoc.html


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General-feldmarshal Phillip Chimara
4 Kavaleriyskiy Korpus, Russian Army


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And here's a couple more links Phillip didn't include:

http://hist-sdc.com/waterloo/notes.doc - by Dierk Walter

http://hist-sdc.com/waterloo/pdt.html

Also, we got the NWC officialy announced in the game, check the program group when you get it for "Extending Play Beyond the A/I". Thanks to Ken Jones for his write up there.

Gen. Hamilton, Baron d'Barbancon
21st Division
VII Corps, ADR

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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 2:40 pm 
Hey Rich,

Does the 5 for 3 deal work for Waterloo? If so can orders start now?

Colonel (ret) Al Amos
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHsome. I have to wait 4 more day? What torture.

Has Al Amos been in the prescritpion drugs again with all those challenges?
[8D]


Major Ed Blackburn
Commanding 6th Div, II Corps, AAA
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Hey Al,

Yes, the 5 for 3 deal applies to this as well, but no orders can be placed until Friday...sorry!

I will also have copies of this at Tiller Con for sale, for those who are coming at a special event price.

Regards,
Rich

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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by dean beecham</i>
<br />Hi Bill.

Now how can i say know to that,Get ready your mine.[:D][;)]I hope to get it with in the week from when it comes out,See you at Waterloo Friend.

<font color="red">Marechal</font id="red">
<font color="red">BEECHAM</font id="red"> Commandant
1ème Division de Cuirassiers,
1 Corps Res Cav,ADN.

"Toujours féroce,jamais étourdi"

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

Sure, after you polish me off in Eckmuhl!

Actually I am looking for an MP game (see my thread on the Challenge board).

Try and find a French partner for a team. I would prefer not to handle all of the Allies at this time. MP games would be a better fit.

However, if you get your copy I will be happy to try one of the battles out against you just to get in a tune up game until we can get a team together.

Oberst Wilhelm Peters
2nd Kuirassiers, Reserve Korps, Austrian Army


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