Marshal Michel Ney for the French player and Lord Uxbridge for the Allied player.

The Prussian player has the following units at his disposal:Īt the start of the game, there are two commanders available for the players on the board:

The Allied player has the following units at his disposal:Ģ1 x Line Infantry (of which 3 pieces are Elite units)ĥ x Heavy Cavalry (of which 2 pieces are Elite units) The French player has the following units at his disposal:Ģ0 x Line Infantry (of which 5 pieces are Imperial Guard units)Ħ x Heavy Cavalry (of which 3 pieces are Imperial Guard units) In all versions, the French player has the following advantage: It has stronger units and more artillery, but in the Standard and Expert version the Allied player will be able to make use of a good defensive position thanks to the Terrain tiles. The pieces in Stratego: Waterloo represent the units of all three armies present at the battle of Waterloo. The great generals of the past will confirm: In order to emerge victorious from a battlefield, you must first know who your troops are and how you can use them. You must announce to your opponent that the game is over once he/she has succeeded in putting two of his/her pieces on your lines of retreat. It is therefore of great importance to keep your lines of retreat well defended throughout the game. The opponent can only guess where his rival's lines of retreat lie in order to punch a hole in that part of the battle line and gain a decisive victory. After having seen what card has been pulled, they must lay the card face down on their side of the board and make sure the opponent doesn't see it. Your lines of retreat are located either on your left flank (grid 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the board), your center (grid 5, 6, 7 or 8 of the board) or on your right flank (grid 9, 10, 11 or 12 of the board).īefore the game can start, both players will blindly choose a Line of Retreat card from the deck in order to fi nd out where their lines of retreat lie. In Stratego: Waterloo it's also crucial to defend your lines of retreat during a battle. If these lines of retreat-or lines of communication-were severed, they would be cut off from their homeland, reserve troops, supplies and hospitals resulting in crippling losses and almost certainly the end of the campaign. They formed an uninterrupted chain between their capital city and the territory they were moving in. The first player that succeeds in getting at least two of his units on the opponent's lines of retreat, wins the battle and thus the game.ĭuring the Napoleonic Wars it was standard practice that the moving armies were followed by their supply and Artillery trains, mobile field hospitals and potential reinforcements. The first player that succeeds in severing the lines of retreat of the opposite player gains a decisive victory and thus wins the game! Obviously, the game is also lost if a player loses his commander and commander in chief, because he will not be able to perform any actions anymore.

The Battle Die is taken out and put next to the board.ĭepending on the game that will be played, the Maneuver cards, Terrain tiles, Ownership fl ags and Building counters are taken out of the box (Standard or Expert) or left in the box (Basic). The Turn counter is put on the timeline on the side of the board - on the field '11 o'clock'. The Line of Retreat cards are shuffled and put on the side of the table next to the board. Take the 13 Prussian pieces, shuffle them and put them on the side of the board in such a way that the units are invisible to both players. The French player takes his 47 pieces and the Allied player takes his 45 pieces out of the box. The French player must sit on the side of the board with the French flag, the Allied player on the side of the board with the flag of the United Kingdom. The game board is put in the middle of the table in-between both players.

1999 stratego instructions