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RE: Opponent for Waterloo 007
Indeed there are major historical flaws in the scenarios. There are some modified scenarios over at the SDC and elsewhere. I know that a lot of work went into correcting Quatre Bras. I hope these are ported over to the game whenever it's patched to conform with later engines. I agree that of all games Waterloo is in most need of a major overhaul. Then NRC I'd say - partly addressed by the History & Realism project over at the NWC forum.
Scenario design is not easy. I tried with Leipzig and clearly the historical sources were vague, contradictory and in Nafzigger's case frequently contradicted himself.
I don't know who playtested Waterloo. But such design errors should have been picked up by the team. Certainly of all the games I've worked with the testing and accuracy have been pretty rigorous, within the constraints of playability and known historical facts. It's possible that playability was a more important determinant than accuracy in Waterloo, I don't know. The Company Level scenarios on the other hand are very well researched but then they were from a different designer.
Picket's Charge with AK-47's? ......ok. We all have our idiosyncracies I guess. We await Belgians v Aliens at Waterloo.
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