Wellington's Victory

+ Update - doesn't work as of 2025. No longer recommended. Sad. When it did work here was the review... + Enjoyable. I keep playing even after seeing the "how to win" strategies. Good , old fashioned hex battles. This time on a mammoth scale. More of this type please (Austerlitz, Borodino, Leipzig, etc). Lines squares columns. No real complexity. Charge enemy units from each side - they often turn and defeat one charge, but the other gets them from behind. Remember to get all your Light units in extended order. Pack up to 20 elite light troops with an officer in order to hold the chateau. Replay value. I like not being limited in strategy. Going round the sides always seemed the right things to try. If you like combining units into giant ones, it is up to you. Like the real battle, units are packed in and get in each others way. I keep all the Old Guard Grenadier regiments in a pretty square around Napoleon. The game however allows you to toss them into battle without caring. - Developers may want to get a more defensive Wellington. Or at least defend la Haye Saint and Hougoumont as two separate zones for the AI, as Wellington has most English run forwards dementedly everywhere. H…

if uve played one hexwar u know how the mechanics work in all of them. its not a bad thing. i will say their rules and design works very well for line fighting wars but i dont see it working for other eras, maybe medieval but yea, good game. no bugs or crashes :)

The distances over which units move are too great for me to project. I never got past 3 moves, and put the game away.

great yet simple game

Reminiscent of the hexagon based board games played in the olden days. In solo play against the computer Nappy wins every time because of the unrealistic Allied assaults from higher ground instead of remaining on the defensive and pounding the French advance with cannon fire. Blucher arrives from the W on turn 20. I do better than computer as Allied commander but who doesn't want to command Le Armee Du Nord, filled with desperate veterans. Other scenarios included, great art work, lots of fun.

Very fun game, I highly recommend it for a quick Napoleonic fix.