The Battle of Shiloh is two-player game recreating what US Grant called the severest battle fought in the western theater during the Civil War. This two-day action (April 6-7, 1862) was the Confederacy's great attempt to reverse two months of defeat and recapture western Tennessee. It is an interesting game, with an intriguing system in which the Union...
The game is based on Richard Berg´s South Mountain-system and includes the battles of South Mountain, Chickamauga, Shiloh and Gettysburg. Units are mostly demi-brigades, each hex represents 190-270 yards and a game turn represents 45-60 minutes of real time. There are four full-color 22x34" maps and lots of counters. A new addition is the command system....
The Battle of Stones River is a simulation of the battle of Murfreesboro in the American Civil War. The game uses a fairly standard system reminiscent of SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.) quads of the period. The rules do have a few points of distinction. For example, units have a stacking limit of two, and cannot attack on the same turn that a stack is...
When the family goes to sleep and all the lights go out, many people believe that this is the time when bad things come out of the closet or out from under the bed. Maybe this is true, but what we know is that the Teddys get out and recreate battles. They don’t kill each other, they dress up and re-enact war! Teddys don’t fight wars. Teddys re-enact. These...
Part of the series of tongue in cheek games "Kombat Klassics" published in the magazine La Vivandiere back in the day. This game on the siege of Petersburg is from vol 1 #3 of the magazine. THIS IS A JOKE GAME not really intended for play, though you could... the humor mainly is in the rules writing and social commentary therein. The union player has three...
This is an updated version of the game originally published by Yaquinto Publications in 1979 and out of print since 1984. It is an abstract war game for novices and veteran gamers alike, using variable “battlefield tiles” and wooden playing pieces. Unit combat values depend on the terrain they occupy and change as they are moved. The game depends entirely...
A very introductory level wargame, kind of a "Stratego meets Tactics II." The object is to eliminate the opponent's HQ unit. Different eras are represented by changing the values and abilities of each unit. The counters are labeled with standard NATO insignia. Depending on which era is being played, there will be different numbers and types of the counters...
Like all the Battle Box series, the American Civil War is an entry level game designed to bridge the gap between board gaming and miniature gaming for the young general in training. The game comes with a game board, 20 detailed playing figures, dice, one page rules, and turn track/marker. It is a straight forward game with simple mechanics that allow quick...
The Battlefield 2-player card game from NewVenture Games has been popular for some time. The American Civil War edition commemorates the 150th anniversary of that great conflict, the cards being completely redesigned to depict army units, officers, and civilians from the 1860s. One player assumes the role of the Union, the other plays Confederate units...