Battle of Waterloo sets the new standard for 1v1 strategy maps. The rules are simple, and someone new to the map can jump in and quickly pick up the basics. However, a great depth of strategy lies behind these very simple mechanics. While the localized strategy of controlling non-road spaces and not leaving large stacks on roads will quickly become obvious to the journeyman Waterloo player, it is much less clear how to apply this concept to the larger problem of creating a supply line across the board.

I agree that there are several places where non-roads appear to be roads, cleaning this up, or giving some other visual indicator of what is a road would improve the experience.

Quick and enjoyable gameplay often requiring a fair amount of intuition. Clever use of vision and border modifiers.. if you like fog maps with abandon, try this out.

This map takes its plays straight from the A&A book, and the results are spectacular. Visually pleasing graphics, interesting conflict regions, and a carefully balanced board design make this map a pleasure to play. Anyone who would disparage this map as being too much like A&A has clearly not played it much: although the mechanics are the same, and the general theory of forcing aggression by having one team start with the armies and the other with a resource advantage is familiar, this map quickly establishes itself as a whole new experience as befits such a powerful mythology.
Nicely done Kjeld.

Now that the big loophole is closed this map plays very nicely. Dueling maps in general are tough, and like the rest this one comes down to luck most of the time. However it does a decent job of requiring strategy in how you plan your attacks, and overall it is a fairly unique board.

I enjoy playing this map a lot and I am surprised by the mediocre reviews. Graphically this board is a winner, the map is both clean and interestingly shaped. The board structure gives a nice mix of large and small continents, and a pleasing contrast between open spaces and modest choke points. Abandon with escalating cards encourages dynamic play in the endgame.

This board has a very fun and unique style of gameplay, but is slightly limited by the same things that make it interesting. At the start I really enjoyed this map, but as time goes on I feel that I generally use the same strategys repeatedly, and most of my wins/losses come down to how the dice treat me.

However, a refreshing break from both the classic maps and the intense strategy maps I've been playing.

This is a solid board, and one of the few options if you want a truly large map. That being said, I don't understand the amazingly high reviews, since this map is far from perfect. Lack of territory fill mars an otherwise visually pleasing experience. Choke points, large continent bonuses, no abandon and fog make for an often frustrating experience of muddling around in the dark, while one of the other players runs away with the game. In the non-fog version, the choke points plus non-scaling cards encourages stagnation. -Average

Great concept, however this map fails to grab my attention where Five and Ten have succeeded. Notably I feel that the starting setup is 9/10ths of the game, and that there is very little room for innovating once the game gets going.

I think the bullet bonus structure creates an unnecessary high luck factor, and most games between good players come down to dice. That being said, the board has some interesting elements, in particular the ability to knock out your opponents vision.

Solid two player board. The end game is great, but the early game involves a little too much grinding against neutrals for my taste. I think that this leads to dice deciding too many games (although this seems to be a minority opinion). However, if the early game is equal to both players, then things really get interesting. Unfortunately, like most two player games, once one player gets an edge, it is very difficult to overcome if they know what they are doing.