RBM Studio's Waterloo

Hexes of War / Jan 30, 2025 / Strategy

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A historical hexagonal turn-based strategy wargame using markers to represent units designed by the legendary Mark Herman. Throwback to the great hex-based wargames of the 70's and 80's. Solo and online multiplayer modes are supported.

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What's new

Withdrawal tweak patch

2026-09-11

Tweak to last patch - previous fix made it too unlikely for the AI to execute a withdrawal when in a bad combat situation.

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What players say

Mostly Positive

79% positive, 24 reviews

Recommended3 hrs played

A Faithful but Lightweight Waterloo — Fun, but the AI Lets It Down. As a remake of a classic magazine wargame, RBM Studio’s Waterloo deserves some credit — it’s always good to see these old-school hex-and-counter games revived for PC. That said, remember what you’re getting: this was originally a magazine insert wargame, so expect light rules and a high-level conceptual overview of the battle rather than deep...

9 found this helpful, 2025-10-28

Recommended4 hrs played

This is a lot of fun, I like how much space there is for maneuver. It doesn't seem like the French have much of an incentive to move north towards Waterloo unless the Allies move to occupy those entry hexes, but they also need to leave a detachment behind to guard their entry hex in order to meet their strategic victory condition. IMO this is much better than their Gettysburg game but also more complicated, so...

1 found this helpful, 2026-03-01

Not recommended4 hrs played

its ok, always like the chance to play an old style boardgame port but its far too dependent on range. The small number of instances (move/battle) combined with the low unit scores and relatively high random variance makes it far too random to be enjoyable - there simply aren't enough in-game events for luck to even out so luck really dominates ... and that is frustrating, as opposed to being a tool to model the...

0 found this helpful, 2026-06-03