Woke up very early this morning.  After a round of depressing internet reading, I decided to get W1815 (The W is for Waterloo) up and running.   I was having problems comprehending the rules, so it seemed to be one of those cases where the only way to learn the game was to fumble and stumble through a session.

And fumble and stumble I did…….but I had some help.

W1815 has a real following over at Boardgamegeek.  The comments and reviews are positive and I  liked the Kriegsspiel/Table Battles blocks, quick-play and period topographic map.  So, I pre-ordered the 2nd Printing.  Forgot all about it, until I received an email in January that it was shipping.

The “help” was significant card errata.  Cards drive the game, so these errors changed the game. Still, I had fun playing, unaware at first that there might be problems.  But, the game played wasn’t the game as designed.

I hope to receive the replacement cards in the mail sometime soon.   Until then, I’ll make do with these.

* Is it “impression” or “impressions”?  Re-reading this I think it should be “impression”, because I really limit any opinion about the game to a product of deep thinking of the deepest type “fun”.