Warlord Black Powder Waterloo Second Edition Game - Role Playing Strategy Board Games for Adults, Table Top 19th Century Strategic Wargaming Kit - Tabletop Military History RPG with Terrain

Item arrived intact with no damage to the core rulebook. The Civil War booklet did have some damage due to the shifting sprues, but you're likely not buying this box for that. I did the math and this box is the best value (at $94-ish) of all the Warlord ACW sets available. You don't get the cavalry, unfortunately, but if you are looking for quantity this is the set to get. It's actually an older, out of production set that Warlord no longer produces, so if you're on the fence, you may want to just grab it before it goes away. The Math: Breaking the big boxes down, the value per regiment (5 stands per regiment) is: ACW Starter (this one) - 24 regiments / $3.91 per regiment Gettysburg - 24 regiments / $6.75 per regiment Guts and Glory - 10 regiments / $8.50 per regiment (terrible value, don't bother) Most people use 3 stands per regiment, so you're going to get an even better ROI with the smaller regiments. As an FYI, Warlord uses the same US pricing model as Games Workshop does (i.e. "make up an exchange rate") so the prices we see in the US can be almost double the UK prices. This set appears to have been priced prior to Warlord making that pricing change, and, as such, this box is a great deal.

This is an excellent value; and includes the latest 2nd edition rule book. Compare this price with buying it directly from the manufacturer. These figures are eminently playable. Just add some British light horse and perhaps some more artillery. Adaptable to many rules sets; I glue them on 3/4 inch metal fender washers, and the use 3mm magnets to apply to metal bases as needed by the varied rules sets. The washers keep them up when playing skirmish games.Excellent and easy to paint.

I loved the miniatures and how many variation options you have. You can customize your army by heads, backpacks and can even make grenadier companies and such. I deviated and made the Hanoverian line into Prussian Freikorps. I do not care for the few metal pieces such as artillerymen and captains, but they still look fine. To me they simply are harder to paint and make look good. The plastic is much more fun and easy to work with.

I had never been really interested in the Black Powder era of wargaming as I had always been more into Ancients. But, this set piqued my interest (notwithstanding the excellent price for the starter on Amazon). Battle reports and reviews of the game pushed me over the edge and I bought this for my son and I to give it a try. While we haven't actually played any games just yet, the rules are simple enough to get a grasp of the mechanics. You get a lot of miniatures in this set and the A5 rulebook makes it easy to carry around. My only gripe with this set is that the units, both British and French, do not include the command groups for each. This isn't a deal breaker, but getting command sprues from Perry Miniatures was not something I was expecting to purchase in addition to this set. While this could be a problem for others, I don't believe it takes away from the great value and excellent introductory aspect of getting into Napoleonics. Buy this set!

Looking for a 28 mm Napoleonic starter. I always think ........do I get a thousand miniatures, and do they ride unicorns. Or do you get warlord games good stuff

It is a great box for its value. The book is great for traveling to play games and the models are very nice. It is a good box for those interested in trying the Black Powder rules.

great set and alot to do over 3000 solders

Great quality on the models, although the box and book were a bit beat up, which is not uncommon from what I've seen. I also was not given enough bases for all of my infantry, missing 3 40x40s.