Napoleon at Waterloo : Assembly Instructions

The Game Map

If you don’t have a color printer, choose to print the black map.

Set the printer margins to minimum, and select which set of map parts to print out:

• One-part:  reduced to a single sheet, this prints out too small to play on, but you may find another use for it.
• Two-part:  these two parts can be printed, reduced by about 25% or so, onto two sheets of legal-size paper or card-stock (8½×14), trimmed, and taped together on the back to make a playable map.  Be sure to reduce the counter sheet by the same amount, or a bit more.
• Four-part:  these four parts can be printed in landscape mode, reduced by about 10% or so, onto four sheets of letter or A4 size card stock, trimmed, and taped together on the back to make a playable map.  Be sure to reduce the counter sheet by the same amount, or a bit more.
• Six-part:  The best idea is to print the six-part map on six sheets of letter or A4 size card stock.  Trim the six sheets:
  • Upper left:  trim to the right and bottom edges of the image.  You may want to leave the left edge untrimmed so it can be two- or three-hole punched for keeping the map in a notebook along with the rules and charts.
  • Upper middle:  trim to the left, right, and bottom edges of the image.
  • Upper right:  trim to the left and bottom edges of the image.  Trim the right edge to match the top margin.
  • Lower left:  trim to the top and right edges of the image.  Trim the lower edge to match the top margin of the top parts of the map.
  • Lower middle:  trim to the top, left, and right edges of the image.  Trim the lower edge as for the lower left.
  • Lower right:  trim to the top and left edges of the image.  Trim the right edge to match the top right section, and the bottom edge to match the left and middle bottom sections.
  Tape the top three parts together with tape on the backs of the sections.  Do the same for the bottom three parts.  Fold the left and right parts behind the center part.  Finally, tape the top and bottom middle parts on the front of the sections, so the whole map will fold up neatly.

The Unit Counters

In order to see the unit symbols on these counters, You’ll need to download the 7Ace MilSyms font, containing characters for the unit symbols.  Move this to your C:\WINDOWS\fonts directory to install it permanently, or double-click it to install it temporarily.

You’ll need to set your browser preferences to print background colors and images.  Set the printer margins to their minimum values, and print the counters on a sheet of letter or A4 card-stock.  You may want to glue this to a piece of cardboard before cutting the units apart with a paper-cutter, or very carefully with scissors.  Breakfast-cereal boxes are just about right for this; glue the counter sheet to the printed side so the backs of the counters won’t be more interesting than the fronts.

If you don’t have a color printer, print the black/white counter sheet, so you’ll have a different shade of black or gray counters for each nationality.

The Charts

Set the printer margins to their minimum values, and print the charts on a sheet of letter or A4 card-stock.  There’ll be a left margin big enough to two- or three-hole punch for keeping in the notebook with the rules and board.