Les Quatre-Bras & Waterloo 1815: The Empire’s Final Blows

About this board game

Les Quatre-Bras & Waterloo 1815: The Empire’s Final Blows is a historical battle game for 2–3 players with an advertised play time of 600 minutes. It covers the battles of June 16 and June 18, 1815, during Napoleon’s offensive in Belgium against the armies of Wellington and Blücher.

The game includes two complete battles from the Jours de Gloire series. At Les Quatre-Bras, Marshal Ney and a single French corps attempt to secure a strategic crossroads defended by detachments under the Prince of Orange and Wellington. At Waterloo, Napoleon must seek a great victory before Wellington and Blücher can unite their armies.

• Les Quatre-Bras, June 16, 1815: Ney versus the Prince of Orange and Wellington.
• Waterloo, June 18, 1815: Napoleon versus Wellington and Blücher.
• The 39th and 40th battles of the Jours de Gloire series.

These two battles present different moments in Napoleon’s final campaign, from the struggle for a vital crossroads to the decisive confrontation at Waterloo. Together, they recreate the Empire’s last gambit against the Allied armies.

The box contains an A1 back-printed map, a color player aid, and 434 counters and markers. The first edition provides rules and charts in either English or French in two separate versions, while the second edition includes both languages in one version.

For players interested in Napoleonic battles and the final operations of 1815, Les Quatre-Bras & Waterloo 1815 brings these two landmark engagements together in one substantial game.