Unboxing Black Powder Epic Battles - the Waterloo Campaign British Starter

• Geplaatst op 4 Maart 2022
• Door Simon Thurtle
• Geplaatst in 15mm, Black Powder, Epic Battles, warlord games, Waterloo
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The system has already covered parts of the Napoleonic Wars, but now they return to the big one, the Battle of Waterloo. Releasing huge starter armies for both sides; Napoleon’s French and the British under Wellington.

Unboxing Black Powder Epic Battles - the Waterloo Campaign British Starter

Black Power, from Warlord Games, is an epic scale wargame, covering the period from around 1700 to 1900. That lets you get into the thick of the Napoleonic Wars, the American Civil War, and the Anglo-Zulu War. When men were men, reloading your firearm took a while and moustaches were truly inspiring.

The system has already covered parts of the Napoleonic Wars, but now they return to the big one, the Battle of Waterloo. Releasing huge starter armies for both sides; Napoleon’s French and the British under Wellington.

What is Black Powder?

Have you ever wanted to re-enact the grand scale combat of days of old? Not the messy, tank filled combats of the 20^th century. But organised, brightly coloured ranks having at it with musket and sword.

Then Black Powder is for you.

Now in its second edition, the system is written by industry legends Rick Priestley and Jervis Johnson. So, as you’d expect, Black Powder is a refined game, with clear, detailed rules.

The focus is very much on formations, morale, and the like. You won’t be obliterating your opponent in Black Powder; troops are more likely to quit the field than to be blown off of it!

The rulebook contained within this set covers the full rules of the game in just over 100 pages. But don’t worry, the rules themselves are pretty simple to pick up.

The depth of rules is there more to remove questions you may have, then to blow you mind with ever greater complexity.

What’s in the box?

Mostly models.

So.

Many.

Models.

So many, in fact, that we’ll cover those in a minute. For now, what ELSE is in the box?

As mentioned above, there’s a full, A-5, softback, 260-page rule and campaign book. This includes a full set of rules for the game, background, army lists for all factions involved and scenarios.

With this, you’ll be able to know your opponent’s as well as you own army and play through crucial moments in the Waterloo campaign.

You also get dice, a painting guide and gorgeous, printed flags to cut and add to your miniatures.

You’ll also find a stunning piece of MDF terrain for you to add to your battlefield. Made from 15mm MDF by Sarissa Precision, the La Belle Alliance building is well detailed and will really add to your battles.

What about the miniatures?

Right, are you sitting down? You best be. Here’s the big stuff, the main event.

There are over 1,000 miniatures in this box.

That is not a typo.

Over a thousand.

See?

And then there’s the bases to go with them!

All made from red, hard plastic in 15mm scale, each miniature is beautifully detailed and crisp.

Once made, you’ll have:

• 10 Units of Line Infantry
• 3 Units of 95th Rifles
• 1 Unit of Heavy Dragoons
• 1 Unit of Scots Greys
• 1 Unit of Household Cavalry
• 1 Unit of Hussars
• 1 Unit of Light Dragoons
• 16 Artillery Pieces
• 9 Brigade Commanders

Then all you need is someone to play against!

So, what’s next?

Warlord are releasing additional reinforcements, so once you’ve gotten these guys all painted up, you’ll be able to expand on the army from there.

The latest additions for the British forces include the British Highlander and Riflemen which you can check out here:

https://www.tabletopper.nl/nl/epic-battles-waterloo-british-highlanders-riflemen.html

Is your pile of painting too small?

Good news, we’re offering one lucky reader the chance to win this very set! For free! How great is that?

All you need to do is head to our Facebook page, here:

https://www.facebook.com/tabletopper.nl

And tag a friend in the comments of the post linked to this blog. For everyone you tag, you’ll be entered into a draw to win this set and, if you share the post, we’ll enter you again. You’re allowed up to ten entries, the winner will be announced at the end of April 2022. Good luck!