Black Swan #29: Waterloo PBG Pack

Barring the Gate - Viewed as an easy capture by Napoleon on the morning of Waterloo, the stout defense of Château d'Hougoumont ended up diverting and absorbing an entire French corps of troops! The prolonged action throughout the day completely derailed Napoleon's plans to quickly shatter the Anglo-Allied forces before the Prussians arrived. The gate is barred, can you break through?

A Hard Pounding Fight - The walled farmhouse of La Haye Sainte at Waterloo was defended by about 400 KGL (King's German Legion) troops. Hopelessly outnumbered by attacking French troops, they held out until the late afternoon. If La Haye Sainte had fallen earlier in the day, Napoleon almost certainly would have pierced the Allied center and defeated Wellington.

"Grant Me Night...or Blücher!" - As Wellington's line at Waterloo comes under pressure and starts to buckle, his prayer is answered. Not nightfall, but Prussian forces under F.M. Blücher arrive behind the French right flank at Plancenoit and impulsively attack! Napoleon is forced to commit yet another of his Corps plus the Young Guard to hold them back.

La Gârde Recule! - With time running out to win at Waterloo, Napoleon unleashes his Imperial Guard to smash through the last defenders of the Allied ridge line. A man who once launched entire armies at his foes now gambles his empire upon a mere five battalions - but what battalions! History knows few finer forces... Will they succeed, or be hurled back, raising the incredulous cry across the French Army, "La Gârde recule!"

The Waterloo PBG Pack includes:
Map - 4 postcard size playing maps
Counters - 80 full color 1/2" die-cut pieces
Rules length - 1 page for each individual game, 1 page for the campaign game
Cards - 1 deck of playing cards
Complexity - Low
How challenging are they solitaire? - Average
Playing time - Up to 1 hour for the individual games, up to 4 hours for the linked campaign game