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.
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