Waterloo part 1 

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You all probably dont give a shit but does someone know of a trick to log back into an instagram account..? I was stupid lost the login password. I would appreciate any help you can give me

@Cason Kade instablaster ;)

@Solomon Ariel thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and Im trying it out atm. Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@Solomon Ariel it did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy! Thank you so much you saved my account :D

i love banter like this when i used to play wargames, such good fun. seems to have been lost on some people these days

Are we supposed to start clapping as he says "good for the frogs!"?

Time commanders

@@Infernal460 But that was made using a real time engine modified from Total War, not exactly miniatures wargaming, although certainly the next best alternative.

@@davedogge2280 "Game of War" was another one, hosted by Angela Rippon... which at Waterloo at least had actual generals in command! Not as lovely as these models though.

I read about that in Carl Sagan's "Cosmos". Pearson's "Achtung Scweinhund" is a hilarious and knowledgeable book about military wargaming, military re-enactment, military miniatures. Did you know Denis Wheatley (he was also an avid military wargamer), Stanley Baker & James Mason were enthusiastic collectors of military miniatures?

I remember it. I think I've still got the Mag in a storage tub. No idea if they'd be of interest to anyone?

Yes, he used to have a house in Tavistock in Devon. And a lot of his figures supposedly ended up for sale (after he passed on) in Tavistocks wonderful undercover Victorian market. They also made appearances in an episode of Edward Woodward's the 'equaliser' TV show.

before time commanders

I honestly didn't know this was picked up. Now to make up reasons to not be a productive citizen yet again.

andriyko yep

Napoleon total war IT'S NOT a wargame

+Bryant Miano Hahaha. He should have got additional points for that outburst.

Hi Paul. There is lots of information and inspiration here theminiaturespage.com/boards/boards.mv?period=nap

Frederik you can’t see hougoument from La Belle Alliance or napoleons command position further back. It’s in a shallow valley.

PsiBurr if you track down the movie 'Callan' starring him, you'll see there's a wargaming storyline.

+Michael Everest Would that include the Portuguese and Spanish soldiers in it?

+Michael Everest Took an Irishman to put to an end to it.

​@@jumpinthefire23 it would have yes. He was very fond of the Portuguese soldiers for example

​@@BigRonaldo07 He didn't regard himself as an Irishman. These days people would call him one because he was born there and his family had been there for a few generations, but it was different then. All his relatives were English planters, and he remarked he was a member of Ireland's English Garrison. It doesn't actually matter of course, view him as an Irishman or an Englishman as your preference, but the important thing was that he was a Brit, and that's the one thing that can't be argued with.

Fighting lesser French armies in Spain. Oh and this little nasty fact. Thanks to the Dutch/Belgium saving Wellington at Quatre brass holding out long enough and showing the French attacked there in full force. Glad this is known now.

Lou Machado According to IMDB, it aired on March 9th, 1978

click on OPs name and search for yourself on his uploads , man

War gaming

matthew bailey That probably would have just prolonged the misery as I presume a growing coalition including the Russian and Prussian armies would have been marching to repeat the invasion of 1814. Best that it ended quickly as it did without further death and destructiion.

Philip Eagles Yeah, Russian and Austrian forces were mobilized and slowly on their way to Belgium. If Napoleon had of won at Waterloo the next battle against the Russians, Austrians and probably the Prussians would have been trully epic.

matthew bailey yes i meant to say Russian and Austrian. if Wellington's army had been broken early in the day then the Prussians could have made an orderly retreat to the east to link up with the new armies. Would Napoleon have pursued them or just sat tight as the allies approached? Cant see how it could have ended up in victory for France.

Philip Eagles If Blucher met up with the Russians and Austrians it would probably be over...nearly half a million men in three armies against Napoleons 110,000 assuming he linked back up with Grouchy and his 30,000 strong corps. He could fall back into france and repeat what happened in the previous campaign or try to outmaneuver and destroy 3 huge armies with an experienced and motivated but tired and depleted army....That would probably have been past him in his prime let alone 1815.

You never know. Napoleon had a reputation of being invincible among his men and his enemies. It is said that the French won a battle once just by a fake rumor spreading around the enemy camp that he was commanding the opposing army, which made them, I think it was the Austrians, retreat immediately. Winning at Waterloo would of only served to reinforce that.