On November 6th, 1861, rebels in Columbus, Kentucky, celebrated the election of President Jefferson Davis. That same day, General Ulysses S. Grant moved against General Polk on the opposite side of the Mississippi. This was to be Grant's first aggressive action of the war. Grant landed 3,000 men, supported by artillery and cavalry two miles southeast of...
The Battle of Bentonville: Johnston's Last Stand is a grand-tactical simulation of the Battle of Bentonville, which was fought in eastern North Carolina on 19-21 March 1865. A self published wargame developed in the late 1970's and published in 1980. Designed by Eric D. France, developed by Michael Scott and printed by Dixie Press in Gulfport, MS. This was...
The Battle of Bentonville (March 19-21, 1865) was the largest Civil War battle in North Carolina and the last major battle between the armies under William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston. The Confederate General Johnston was ordered to stop the Union Army from advancing on Bentonville and hoped to destroy Sherman’s Union army in piecemeal. This game...
A self-published, SPI quality (circa 1974), wargame of the American Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, 20 Sept., 1863. A legal-sized white envelope with a b&w sketch of the battle containing: 2 8 1/2" x 11" typewritten pages of rules (SPI ACW Quad complexity) 1 page of Order of Battle and Set-up 1 page with Combat Results Table and Terrain Effects Chart...
The Battle of Corinth simulates the battle that occurred on 3-4 October 1862 near Corinth, a Mississippi town just south of the Tennessee border. The town was a vital cross-link for the two main Southern railroads: the Mobile and Ohio (the north-south line) and the Memphis and Charleston (the east-west line) railroads. The Union had captured Corinth...
Battle of Georgia Landing is a solitaire Civil War wargame. It represents an historical clash of arms that took place in south Louisiana on October 27, 1862. You play the role of General Alfred Mouton commanding Confederate forces at Labadieville, Louisiana. Your artificial intelligence (AI) opponent is General Godfrey Weitzel in command of Union forces....
Battle of Gettysburg is a two player brigade level game depicting the largest battle of the American Civil War. Battle of Gettysburg recreates specific portions of the battle as game scenarios, using historical units and arrival times, and also includes various alternative history options. Playing times: MacPherson's Ridge (July 1) 60-120 minutes;...
"The Battle for Gettysburg" is the 2nd game in the "Orders of Battle" series of games. 17 x 22" map 120 Counters 1 Time Record/OOB 1 Tables & Charts 1 Order of Battle reference 12 Orders Cards The game is divisional in scale. Orders are issued to individual corp via the Order Cards. It is an impulse based system, but not random. Players choose which Corp...
Honey Springs is a DTP game by LPD Games, designed as a mini-game introduction to their Battles of the American Civil War series. Honey Springs covers the largest Civil War battle in the Indian Nations and features major Indian forces on both sides, and the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers, the West's premier Black regiment. DTP Components are downloadable...
Battle of New Market is a low complexity game of hex and counters. The same system Battle of Bentonville: March 19th-21st. Playing time is 1-3 hours. The counters are single sided and the CRT does not have a lot of ELM and no Exchanges. The players need to maneuver their units to cut off paths of retreat. In the Spring of 1864 commander of all Union...
This is a tactical simulation of the American Civil War battle near Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862. The components include: 1 8x10 map 1 set of rules 2.5 pages long including charts & tables 1 set of 26 counters; 10 Union, 15 Confederate & 1 game turn The Union Infantry are Corps-sized, the Confederate Infantry are Division-sized. No scale is given for...