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  • @Crusty_Camper
    @Crusty_Camper 5 років тому +52

    RIP Peter ( 1990 ) and John ( 1992 ). Two good men.

    • @blip1
      @blip1 3 роки тому

      How did you know this?

    • @casonkade9316
      @casonkade9316 3 роки тому

      You all probably dont give a shit but does someone know of a trick to log back into an instagram account..?
      I was stupid lost the login password. I would appreciate any help you can give me

    • @solomonariel2834
      @solomonariel2834 3 роки тому

      @Cason Kade instablaster ;)

    • @casonkade9316
      @casonkade9316 3 роки тому

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      Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

    • @casonkade9316
      @casonkade9316 3 роки тому

      @Solomon Ariel it did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy!
      Thank you so much you saved my account :D

  • @88Grabarz
    @88Grabarz Рік тому +3

    Man, those Napoleonic-era tin soldiers are magical! I've seen them for the first time as a little kid, and it was a love from first sight. I don't own any thoug... it stayed platonic :D

  • @bearmare9710
    @bearmare9710 4 роки тому +17

    Commentary sounds like a golf match. "And, I believe, the Anglo-Allied player is selecting his dragoons for a flanking movement against the French corps. He rolls...two sixes. A mixed result, but still a hit. French check for morale and -- they hold. Good on the Frogs!"

    • @blip1
      @blip1 3 роки тому

      Are we supposed to start clapping as he says "good for the frogs!"?

  • @redfowlham
    @redfowlham 9 років тому +55

    Would've dreamt of a series like this when I was growing up in the 90s.

    • @Infernal460
      @Infernal460 8 років тому +1

      Time commanders

    • @davedogge2280
      @davedogge2280 5 років тому +6

      @@Infernal460 But that was made using a real time engine modified from Total War, not exactly miniatures wargaming, although certainly the next best alternative.

    • @WhatHoSnorkers
      @WhatHoSnorkers 2 роки тому

      @@davedogge2280 "Game of War" was another one, hosted by Angela Rippon... which at Waterloo at least had actual generals in command! Not as lovely as these models though.

  • @orangephoenixbrazier4978
    @orangephoenixbrazier4978 7 років тому +30

    "You've made it difficult to hit anything at all"
    "Well I don't find it difficult."
    Jesus Christ what gold

    • @BigDsbrush
      @BigDsbrush 3 роки тому +1

      i love banter like this when i used to play wargames, such good fun. seems to have been lost on some people these days

  • @jvcpaints
    @jvcpaints 9 років тому +53

    The friendly game banter hasn't changed in 40 years.

  • @sopwithpuppy
    @sopwithpuppy 3 роки тому +8

    Little known fact: Napoleon as a 16yo cadet in the French Military Academy applied to go on a voyage of exploration with La Perouse in 1788. After La Perouse scouted out Arthur Phillip's new colony (in what would become known as Sydney Australia), he sailed away, never to be seen again. How very different our world would have been if Napoleon was better at astral navigation (the reason why he was not successful in his application).

    • @martinidry6300
      @martinidry6300 Рік тому +1

      I read about that in Carl Sagan's "Cosmos". Pearson's "Achtung Scweinhund" is a hilarious and knowledgeable book about military wargaming, military re-enactment, military miniatures. Did you know Denis Wheatley (he was also an avid military wargamer), Stanley Baker & James Mason were enthusiastic collectors of military miniatures?

  • @Leon-bc8hm
    @Leon-bc8hm 11 місяців тому +2

    Thank to the Dutch/Belgium saving Wellington at Quatre brass holding out long enough and showing the French attacked there in full force.

    • @pitthistoryguy1301
      @pitthistoryguy1301 Місяць тому

      Especially for General de Perponcher disobeying Wellington's order to concentrate one town to the west and leave Quatre Bras and the road to Brussels open.

  • @scottdenham3361
    @scottdenham3361 4 роки тому +4

    Edward Woodward was a wargamer and bought the wargames table and figures from the wargaming scene in the original Equaliser film .

    • @martinjones7246
      @martinjones7246 2 роки тому +1

      Yes, he used to have a house in Tavistock in Devon. And a lot of his figures supposedly ended up for sale (after he passed on) in Tavistocks wonderful undercover Victorian market.
      They also made appearances in an episode of Edward Woodward's the 'equaliser' TV show.

  • @skywatcher6216
    @skywatcher6216 9 років тому +4

    Thanks for sharing, brings back fond memories. Stayed at Peter's Wargame Holiday Centre twice in the early 80's, fantastic time had, probably played with these figures! Peter was such a lovely guy, would come into the games room blurry eyed at midnight to kick us out so he could lockup!! Brilliant stuff.

  • @thespfgirl
    @thespfgirl 3 роки тому +2

    Hilarious heckling they throw at each other, thank you for posting this! Fascinating to watch as well.

  • @graycap44
    @graycap44 9 років тому +16

    Good 1970s nostalgia. The game, the clothes, the hairstyles!

  • @dukemartin1
    @dukemartin1 10 років тому +2

    I remember this show as a child, its what brought me into war gaming, have been searching for this everywhere. Thank you

  • @Pianomiano
    @Pianomiano 8 років тому +34

    7:12 How do you like them apples?

    • @projectilequestion
      @projectilequestion 8 років тому +7

      +Bryant Miano Hahaha. He should have got additional points for that outburst.

  • @BerserkWars
    @BerserkWars 6 років тому +2

    The best figure battle what i saw. Awesome!
    Gloria victis

  • @markflanagan3582
    @markflanagan3582 10 років тому

    Fab, I heard about these characters and now to "see then in action" is a real treat

  • @davidlunn1608
    @davidlunn1608 6 років тому +2

    He delayed the attack because of the heavy rain to use his CANNON to better effect.

  • @lebob64
    @lebob64 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing! Thanks a lot for this battle report! 😍

  • @zboi2105
    @zboi2105 8 років тому +64

    before Napoleon Total War...

    • @Infernal460
      @Infernal460 8 років тому +4

      before time commanders

    • @Monkeyshaman
      @Monkeyshaman 8 років тому

      I honestly didn't know this was picked up. Now to make up reasons to not be a productive citizen yet again.

    • @jonathontyynismaa5310
      @jonathontyynismaa5310 7 років тому

      andriyko yep

    • @markcorrigan3930
      @markcorrigan3930 4 роки тому

      Napoleon total war IT'S NOT a wargame

  • @bigbake132
    @bigbake132 7 років тому +21

    But what about that indoor plant?

  • @Desert-Father
    @Desert-Father 5 років тому +4

    6:07 I've found my pencil John, now I shall make notes.

  • @thursfield3107
    @thursfield3107 4 роки тому

    was this broadcast on Saturday mornings - used to watch it as a kiddie

  • @alexc8209
    @alexc8209 3 роки тому +2

    this is funny tv, looks like an attempt to turn tabletop wargaming into a sport like Snooker. Nice idea but you can see why it didnt work.

  • @dougssoldiers1929
    @dougssoldiers1929 10 років тому +1

    Thank you for posting this! I read about the series in Battle For Wargamers magazine, but had never seen it before. Please post any more clips if you can. I think I have to make one of those artillery bounce sticks.

  • @Radio4ManLeics
    @Radio4ManLeics 10 років тому +2

    So 70s! Safari jackets and cravats! Nice to see the old guard of wargaming in this. And even a young Anne Diamond!
    I expect the rules are Peter Gilder's own......
    In the Grand Manner. Still around, or in similar but improved form in General de Brigade.

  • @longlance67
    @longlance67 10 років тому

    thank you for sharing these they are wonderful if only they made shows if this quality now !

  • @MrHeadshotPG
    @MrHeadshotPG 3 роки тому +1

    "I found my pencil John"

  • @vonketteringham
    @vonketteringham 10 років тому

    The quickest 9 minutes ever! Lucky enough to get up to PGs in the Scarborough days, inspirational. :0)

  • @SlotraceDK
    @SlotraceDK 10 років тому +1

    Love the stick for canon shots!

  • @BlueLabelDrinker
    @BlueLabelDrinker 10 років тому

    Great stuff, which all of my games were this much fun! Please post more if you have 'em!

  • @MarlboroughBlenheim1
    @MarlboroughBlenheim1 6 років тому +1

    I want to know more about the indoor plant please

  • @bearmare9710
    @bearmare9710 6 років тому +3

    I was waiting to hear where the "indoor plant" story was going.

  • @chrislinton2238
    @chrislinton2238 9 років тому +2

    Oh man I wish someone would do a series of this these days with the plethora of rules and miniatures out there now... and also... "How do you like them Apples" I thought was from Good Will Hunting!

  • @TaterChip91
    @TaterChip91 Рік тому

    Their shit talking is phenomenal 😂

  • @MV-ix7tl
    @MV-ix7tl 6 років тому

    Quality banter.

  • @calerdonian
    @calerdonian 10 років тому

    cracking little vid thanks for the upload, they don't make them like this anymore!! shame its not in HD ;P

  • @gregking9935
    @gregking9935 10 років тому

    I must be dreaming this... Superb

  • @jeerapaul
    @jeerapaul 8 років тому +1

    ive just started painting up napoleonic zveda russian and french artillery just recently started this hobby would like to get into war games on this era

    • @Maxyshadow
      @Maxyshadow 8 років тому

      Hi Paul. There is lots of information and inspiration here theminiaturespage.com/boards/boards.mv?period=nap

  • @RingoSimpkinsUK
    @RingoSimpkinsUK 10 років тому +5

    Anne Diamond looked as though she'd followed through! Apart from that, interesting to see ... never get wargaming televised nowadays

  • @marksmangaming9306
    @marksmangaming9306 10 років тому +2

    if anyone has the Potty Time episode on Waterloo please put it up. Probably the best Potty Time ever.

  • @TheArmchairEmperor
    @TheArmchairEmperor 7 років тому +2

    The history of wargaming before our very eyes!

  • @juanmaxramos7628
    @juanmaxramos7628 Рік тому

    Este video es una joyita👍🇦🇷🇬🇧👍

  • @WollongongWacko
    @WollongongWacko 5 років тому +2

    Maybe an indoor plant maybe an out door plant, something! SOMETHING!

  • @TaterChip91
    @TaterChip91 4 роки тому +1

    John looks like the old guy from Toy Story 2 who cleaned Woody

  • @provjaro
    @provjaro 9 років тому

    Really enjoyable to watch

  • @jamespurky202
    @jamespurky202 10 років тому

    The rules must be an earlier version of In The Grand Manner as the halving of casualties from long range musketry is the same.

  • @SlotraceDK
    @SlotraceDK 10 років тому +1

    Cool, you don't see such programs on TV today!
    Hey, who zapped at 4:02????

  • @Maxyshadow
    @Maxyshadow 9 років тому

    Very enjoyable thanks.

  • @TheDiomedef16
    @TheDiomedef16 10 років тому +3

    Great stuff again, who changed channels for a moment? lol, good old days of VHS...Ian

  • @JBurdoo
    @JBurdoo 3 роки тому

    Are they playing In the Grand Manner here?

  • @chiefbigtoe7260
    @chiefbigtoe7260 4 місяці тому

    what is the name of the wargame rules set?

  • @SgtOddballz
    @SgtOddballz 3 роки тому

    what game were they playing? I am fairly new to Historicals, Blackpowder is what I been doing with some Sharp Practice for Naps... but this one in video makes me want to know so i can see if i can find out more about it :).

  • @pancakepayneypayne6499
    @pancakepayneypayne6499 10 років тому +4

    Awesome ....

  • @yank3656
    @yank3656 5 років тому

    thanks for sharing
    Doug C

  • @pbeccas
    @pbeccas 10 років тому

    There's more! Thanks Doug.

  • @romainlehmann9830
    @romainlehmann9830 9 років тому

    What are the rules imagined by Peter Gilder?

  • @PsiBurr
    @PsiBurr 5 років тому +3

    wow, introduced by the original 'Equalizer' himself!

    • @ianmcclellan7695
      @ianmcclellan7695 5 років тому +1

      PsiBurr if you track down the movie 'Callan' starring him, you'll see there's a wargaming storyline.

  • @GorinRedspear
    @GorinRedspear 7 років тому

    Great anecdote: When Napoleon read some British newspapers about the battle while on St. Helena, he found out there was a fortified farmhouse called Hougoumont. It didn't show on his maps, and because his left flank had been constantly beaten back there he reasoned Wellington must have had a considerable force there, which therefore could not be on his center. By repeatedly attacking the center, he reasoned, the outstretched British had to break.

    • @AnvilAirsoftTV
      @AnvilAirsoftTV 6 років тому +1

      Frederik you can’t see hougoument from La Belle Alliance or napoleons command position further back. It’s in a shallow valley.

  • @gray3553
    @gray3553 5 років тому +1

    Now I know where Monty Python get their ideas from lol

  • @LouMachado
    @LouMachado 7 років тому +1

    when did this first air?

    • @franciscopina2899
      @franciscopina2899 7 років тому +1

      Lou Machado According to IMDB, it aired on March 9th, 1978

  • @leopardstudio1299
    @leopardstudio1299 9 років тому

    magic stuff!

  • @hdk07
    @hdk07 3 роки тому

    What game is this.

  • @molonlabe2741
    @molonlabe2741 4 роки тому

    is this games workshop?

  • @michaeleverest7631
    @michaeleverest7631 9 років тому +3

    Wellington once remarked that if he had his Peninsular army, a fine machine,then he could have won Waterloo in 3 hours!

    • @jumpinthefire23
      @jumpinthefire23 9 років тому

      +Michael Everest Would that include the Portuguese and Spanish soldiers in it?

    • @BigRonaldo07
      @BigRonaldo07 8 років тому

      +Michael Everest Took an Irishman to put to an end to it.

    • @AtheAetheling
      @AtheAetheling Рік тому

      ​@@jumpinthefire23 it would have yes. He was very fond of the Portuguese soldiers for example

    • @AtheAetheling
      @AtheAetheling Рік тому

      ​@@BigRonaldo07 He didn't regard himself as an Irishman. These days people would call him one because he was born there and his family had been there for a few generations, but it was different then. All his relatives were English planters, and he remarked he was a member of Ireland's English Garrison.
      It doesn't actually matter of course, view him as an Irishman or an Englishman as your preference, but the important thing was that he was a Brit, and that's the one thing that can't be argued with.

    • @Leon-bc8hm
      @Leon-bc8hm 11 місяців тому +1

      Fighting lesser French armies in Spain. Oh and this little nasty fact. Thanks to the Dutch/Belgium saving Wellington at Quatre brass holding out long enough and showing the French attacked there in full force. Glad this is known now.

  • @johnindermuehle7632
    @johnindermuehle7632 6 років тому

    Where is the rest?

    • @Rusty_Gold85
      @Rusty_Gold85 4 роки тому

      click on OPs name and search for yourself on his uploads , man

  • @valfredodematteis-poet
    @valfredodematteis-poet 6 років тому +1

    what is this? paradise? MAGIC

  • @davidlunn1608
    @davidlunn1608 6 років тому

    Napoleon underestimated his own marshall GROUCHY ! not blucher who was in retreat.

  • @w1tek230382
    @w1tek230382 9 років тому

    WOW!!!

  • @MB-oc1nw
    @MB-oc1nw 9 років тому

    The reason Napoleon didn't open the battle earlier in the morning was due to the ground being too wet for his artillery to move and operate. If it hadn't of rained the night before the battle the French would probably have broken Wellingtons line before Blucher arrived.

    • @philipeagles
      @philipeagles 9 років тому

      matthew bailey That probably would have just prolonged the misery as I presume a growing coalition including the Russian and Prussian armies would have been marching to repeat the invasion of 1814. Best that it ended quickly as it did without further death and destructiion.

    • @MB-oc1nw
      @MB-oc1nw 9 років тому

      Philip Eagles
      Yeah, Russian and Austrian forces were mobilized and slowly on their way to Belgium. If Napoleon had of won at Waterloo the next battle against the Russians, Austrians and probably the Prussians would have been trully epic.

    • @philipeagles
      @philipeagles 9 років тому +1

      matthew bailey yes i meant to say Russian and Austrian. if Wellington's army had been broken early in the day then the Prussians could have made an orderly retreat to the east to link up with the new armies. Would Napoleon have pursued them or just sat tight as the allies approached? Cant see how it could have ended up in victory for France.

    • @MB-oc1nw
      @MB-oc1nw 9 років тому +3

      Philip Eagles
      If Blucher met up with the Russians and Austrians it would probably be over...nearly half a million men in three armies against Napoleons 110,000 assuming he linked back up with Grouchy and his 30,000 strong corps. He could fall back into france and repeat what happened in the previous campaign or try to outmaneuver and destroy 3 huge armies with an experienced and motivated but tired and depleted army....That would probably have been past him in his prime let alone 1815.

    • @ColasTeam
      @ColasTeam 7 років тому

      You never know. Napoleon had a reputation of being invincible among his men and his enemies. It is said that the French won a battle once just by a fake rumor spreading around the enemy camp that he was commanding the opposing army, which made them, I think it was the Austrians, retreat immediately.
      Winning at Waterloo would of only served to reinforce that.

  • @liolagneau6170
    @liolagneau6170 5 років тому

    Quand je regarde cette vidéo ,on voit que le monde de la fig a changé
    Avant il fallait avoir faiits des hautes études pour y jouer et on dirait des acteurs de Benny Bill😂😂😂

  • @wonderoushistoryofclassicf9193
    @wonderoushistoryofclassicf9193 8 років тому +1

    what is this

  • @chase36chase
    @chase36chase 5 років тому

    nerds

  • @napoleonlempereur3021
    @napoleonlempereur3021 4 роки тому

    Mit einem Würfel.Wie jämmerlich👎👎👎

  • @davidlunn1608
    @davidlunn1608 6 років тому

    Napoleon underestimated his own marshall GROUCHY ! not blucher who was in retreat.