Scourge of War at Dogs of War

Despite what posts over the past several months may make it look like, I don't just play board games. I still play quite a few computer wargames as well. This past weekend I played a great game of Scourge of War: Waterloo with the team over at the Dogs of War VU, a group dedicated (among other things) to playing multiplayer sims and wargames. The game was very enjoyable, and the DOW crew are great people. Be sure to drop by and read the AAR from this weekend's game.

Waterloo 20: Day 1

After spending most of a week in the Grogheads booth at Origins last month, I've found myself playing board games about as much as I've been playing computer games. A couple of weeks ago I discovered an absolutely great operational scale series of Napoleonic games from Victory Point Games called Napoleonic 20.

A couple of years ago GMT Games released a quad pack of these games, with upgraded components called Fading Glory. I ordered Fading Glory, learned the system, and am playing my first game with it; in this case Waterloo. Rather than trying to explain the game mechanics myself, let me point you to an excellent video from GMT Games that covers the basics:

I'm going to play a day and then post some pictures and descriptions of the action. We enter the campaign on the afternoon of June 16th. I am playing this game using all of the optional rules.