Wellington's War - The Peninsular Campaign 1808-1814

This block-style wargame covers the Napoleonic Wars in Spain, 1808-1814.

Wellington’s War is a fast-paced wargame of the Peninsular War. As Napoleon, you will seek to put down the Spanish who are intriguing and rebelling against your rule. As Wellington, you will seek to further British Interests by deploying English troops, rising Portuguese forces, and mobilizing the Spanish Army in an effort to drive the French out of Spain.

Wellington’s War uses block format to create the fog-of-war, Event cards to input the effects of historical situations beyond the players’ control, and Command Cards to enable the players to make the decisions of generalship.

Wellington’s War has only one map – 36 by 48 inches – to avoid the problems of trying to align hexes. The hexes are 2 inches across to hold stacks of units as the gather for battle.

Wellington's War contains:

one 36 by 48 inch map

108 1-inch blocks plus labels

32-page rules booklet

two 30-card decks [one to control game actions, one to create effects of historic events]

96 5/8-inch die-cut markers

8-1/2 by 11 inch player aid card

five 6-sided dice