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1991 · 2-2 players · 120min · weight 2.60 · 118 ratings
v2 —v3 —v4 wide —v4 deep —
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ID
4234
Name
Hougoumont: Rock of Waterloo
Year
1991
Rank
13409
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
2.6
Num weights
15
Bayes avg
5.54853
Average
6.60339
Users rated
118
Num owned
599
Wanting
5
Wishing
18
Num comments
100
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (7)
Action PointsDice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridLine of SightMovement PointsSimulation
Categories (2)
NapoleonicWargame
Description (471 chars)
Hougomont is a tactical level simulation of the fight for Hougomont chateau during the battle of Waterloo. Game scale : each hex is 25 yards, each turn 10 mins of real time, each unit is a company. Movement and combat is combined into action points. Non-phasing player has the option to react resulting in "Boom & Zoom" tactics. Victory revolves around the capture of Hougomont. Rules include climbing walls, breaking and barring doors, howitzers and command control.
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).
LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)
Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).
LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)
Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.