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Napoleon's Last Battles

Napoleon's Last Battles

Decision Games (I) · 1976
2–460–180 min12+ yrs2.4/5 complexity7.3 BGG1,7 KCouplesStrategy
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Napoleon's Last Battles depicts the last campaign of Napoleon: the Waterloo Campaign (1815). It contains 4 individual battles (with own counters and maps): Quatre Bras Ligny Wavre La Belle Alliance (Waterloo) and a campaign game linking all 4 maps and covering the whole camapign.

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Napoleon's Last Battles box art
official art · Decision Games (I)

Napoleon's Last Battles depicts the last campaign of Napoleon: the Waterloo Campaign (1815).

It contains 4 individual battles (with own counters and maps):

 Quatre Bras
 Ligny
 Wavre
 La Belle Alliance (Waterloo)

and a campaign game linking all 4 maps and covering the whole camapign.

The latest DG edition adds three more scenarios, including a Grand Waterloo battle scenario.

Napoleon's Last Battles uses the Napoleon at Waterloo system with modifications for command control and Line of Communication. The campaign game starts from Quatre Bras / Ligny and lasts 3 days. Units are mainly brigades.

Kevin Zucker used the rules in a revised edition later on for Napoleon at Leipzig (adding Cavalry Charges) and Four Lost Battles (adding Cards for Movement, General Decisions of Higher Commands, etc.). After a longer break the designer came back with The Coming Storm: Quadrigame of the Fourth Coalition October 1806 - June 1807, which is based on the former "Four Lost Battles" concept, adding baggage- and pontoon trains. In 2011 The Last Success: Quadrigame of the War Against Austria, April - July 1809 was published to create a "family" of games called "Series: The Library of Napoleonic Battles (OSG)" which all could be played under the same rule set. Kevin Zucker republished Napoleon at Leipzig in 2012/13 in a 5th edition for the 200th anniversary of the epic battle and updated Napoleon's Last Battles with Napoleon's Last Gamble: Battles of the Hundred Days in 2015.

Nevertheless all rule-editions can be used for the original NLB-game.

GAME SYSTEM: inspired Series: The Library of Napoleonic Battles (OSG) - formerly known as the "Napoleon's Last Battles (NLB-)Series"

  • scale = 480m/hex,
  • time = 1hour/GT,
  • strength = 500-800 men/SP.

Napoleon's Last Battles was originally published by SPI then by TSR. The last 3rd edition was released by Decision Games.

game anatomy
Complexity2.4 / 5
BGG rating7.3 / 10
Vibe
CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
60–180 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
12+ yrs
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Q4How many players does Napoleon's Last Battles support?
Napoleon's Last Battles is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Napoleon's Last Battles take?
A game of Napoleon's Last Battles takes about 60–180 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Napoleon's Last Battles for?
Napoleon's Last Battles is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is Napoleon's Last Battles?
Napoleon's Last Battles has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.4 out of 5.
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