Against the Odds Annual 2011: Beyond Waterloo – Reprint

Against the Odds Annual 2011: Beyond Waterloo – Reprint is a magazine-annual grand-strategic wargame on Napoleon’s return from Elba and the wider 1815 campaign.

Product Type: Annual magazine issue with included wargame.

Designed by John Prados, Beyond Waterloo begins not with the battle itself, but with Napoleon entering Paris and Europe deciding how to respond. Rather than locking players into the familiar Armée du Nord versus Wellington and Blücher situation, the game opens the full strategic crisis of the Hundred Days.

Players deal with military, economic, diplomatic, administrative, and political pressures across France, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Napoleon must rebuild authority, restore France to a war footing, and shape events before the Coalition can fully mobilize. The Coalition must overcome its own disagreements, mobilize its armies, and decide how to bring France down.

The game uses a layered approach, allowing players to begin with smaller scenarios before moving into the broader campaign. It also includes the option to fight the Battle of Waterloo itself, while still making room for the larger question: what if Waterloo never happens in the familiar way?

Contents include: one full-color 22” x 34” mapsheet, one 17” x 22” army organization display, 420 full-color 1/2” die-cut counters, 24 deluxe Battle Tactic cards, rules, scenarios and options, charts and tables, and the 2011 Against the Odds Annual.