1815: The Waterloo Campaign

1815: The Waterloo Campaign is a two-player board wargame about the last three days of Napoleon's final campaign, from the Battle of Ligny to the Battle of Waterloo. Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) released it in 1975, designed by John Astell and Frank Chadwick. One player commands the French and the other the Allied forces. The game runs for 49 turns on a large hex-grid map with over 200 double-sided counters, and its rules grew out of earlier GDW games Torgau and Crimea, using alternating I Go, You Go turns. Cavalry carry a shock bonus when charging but cannot move the next turn, units are damaged by step reduction, and disrupted units move at half rate until the next morning. Reviewers found it simple, fast and enjoyable but tilted toward the French, so GDW issued a second edition in 1982 that shifted the map and changed leadership and night movement rules to favour the Allies.