Wellington (2005)

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Designer	Mark McLaughlin
Artist	Sir Thomas Lawrence Rodger B. MacGowan Mark Simonitch
Publisher	GMT Games
Year Published	2005
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (13 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (5 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Wargames (9 voters) [vote]
Category	Napoleonic Wargame
Mechanic	Campaign / Battle Card Driven Point to Point Movement
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Family	Country: Portugal Country: Spain GMT Napoleonic Wars Series
Primary Name	Wellington
Alternate Names	Wellington: The Peninsula War 1812-1814
Website	http://www.gmtgames.com/p-24-wellington.aspx

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Adapted from the designer's "The Napoleonic Wars" covers the campaigns in Spain and Portugal between 1812 and 1814.

Simplified diplomacy as the four players play in two teams (Spain & Britain vs France Nord & France Sud).

Components:

One 22 x 34 map
Three countersheets
110 Strategy Cards
Four "Headquarters" setup and layout cards
One Player-aid card
One Rulebook
One Historical Commentary/Players Notes/Tutorial/Examples of Play booklet.

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GMT edition

Publisher: GMT Games

Artist: Rodger B. MacGowan, Mark Simonitch

Year: 2005

Product Code: 0503

Size: GMT standard box

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Wellington Condensed Rules V1

Condensed rules for easy reference.

Stargazer1x

2011-08-13

New Card Manifest

Card manifest incorporating the known card errata using colors.

NihonFan

2011-08-07

Wellington 1808 - 1811

A prototype scenario on the years 1808 - 1814 war in Spain. V. 1.1

GC58

2011-07-27

Wellington - Hoja de Batalla

Wellington battle sheet in Spanish (source GMT Game website)

raulhg

2010-10-17

Wellington - Cartas

Wellington cards in Spanish (source GMT Games website).

raulhg

2010-10-17

Wellington - Libro de Reglas

Wellington rules in Spanish (source GMT Games web page). Translated by Manuel Suffo.

raulhg

2010-10-17

Перевод правил на русский.

Русские правила.

Nardamon

2009-12-13

Wellington Player Aid Card

Much more useful version of the Player Aid Card, omitting information already on the map

DrGarry

2009-09-05

Wellington Gaffes Feb. 2006 errata

PDF of the most recent (and still current) version of the Wellington errata. Has important changes, so be sure to upgrade if you are still using the Jan. 2006 document!

dgeverett

2009-05-02

Wellington Card Manifest

Card manifest for the Wellington game. Incorporates all errata/changes to text of cards as of the (02/14/06) Wellington Gaffes list.

dgeverett

2009-03-02

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GMT Page for Wellington	http://www.gmtgames.com/p-24-wellington.aspx	2009-10-27
Vassal Module for Wellington	http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?op...	2006-06-05
CONSIMWORLD Forum for WLL	http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX?13@1.qZuxbOZFVc7....	2006-04-27