Wellington's Victory: Battle of Waterloo (1976)

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Designer	Frank Davis
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Publisher	SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.) TSR
Year Published	1976
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with more than 2 players Recommended with more than 2 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
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Honors	1976 Charles S. Roberts Best Tactical Nominee
Subdomain	Wargames (4 voters) [vote]
Category	Napoleonic Wargame
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
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Alternate Names	Wellington's Victory: 18 June 1815 - The Battle of Waterloo
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Wellington's Victory is a grand tactical simulation of the Battle of Waterloo which ocurred on June 18, 1815 at a minor crossroads south of Brussels, Belgium. The game enables Players to recreate the decisive encounter between historys two most renowned commanders, Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.

scale = 100 yrd/hex (91 m/hex);
time = 15 min/GT;
size = 100 men/SP(Regimental/Battailon Size)

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Moves Article Index:

Number 26, April/May 1976
- Firefight / Kasserine: Baptism of Fire, February 1943 / Terrible Swift Sword: The Battle of Gettysburg / Panzergruppe Guderian / Outreach: The Conquest of the Galaxy, 3000AD / Napoleon's Last Battles / Conquistador / Highway to the Reich / Minuteman: The Second American Revolution / Wellington's Victory: Battle of Waterloo - "Designer's Notes" (Design Notes), Various
Number 27, June/July 1976
- The Plot to Assassinate Hitler / Wellington's Victory: Battle of Waterloo / Outreach: The Conquest of the Galaxy, 3000AD / War between the States / War in Europe / Conquistador / Napoleon's Last Battles / Highway to the Reich - "Designer's Notes" (Design Notes), Various

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Special Issue Number 2, Fall 1983
- Wellington's Victory: Battle of Waterloo - "Wellington's Victory: Battle of Waterloo - A Variant Interpretation" (Variant), by David James Ritchie

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The variant uses the stacking and facing from LB and combine it with a modified WV-SOP

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