Early in 1862 a little-known general named U.S. Grant led the Union's offensive into West Tennessee. After capturing two river forts and the largest bag of prisoners ever captured by an American army to that time, Grant made a daring advance up the Tennessee River, while supporting armies advanced down the Mississippi and overland through Tennessee. But...
From the game's introduction... "Col. Mosby, the Gray Ghost of Confederate fame, and his Mosby Raiders are harassing the Union lines in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. Each of the 4 Mosby Raiders proceeds from Start and reports to the Gray Ghost Headquarters. Here each Raider receives a 'Secret Mission' to perform, as show on the Secret Mission Card...
This book for teachers and home schoolers includes a variety of American history games, featuring a double-sided color poster for the board game Courageous Colony: A Colonial Survival Game (about colonial Jamestown). Other games include Muckracker: A Progressive Era board game, Hear Ye! Hear Ye A Revolutionary War News Game, Famous Quotation Bingo, State...
"THE GREAT INVASION" is a two player, division/corps level strategic wargame covering Lee's second invasion of the North in June/July 1863. The game has alternate player moves, representing both the strategic moves and the tactical allocation of units during combat. As units take their losses their combat strength declines and they will become ineffective....
In a different summer of 1862, following a series of disastrous Union defeats and internal frustrations with the course of this accursed Civil War, the Confederate States of America wins its independence, and from that time on, the North American continent is divided between two nations: the CSA and the USA. Confederate States Navy is a 64-page book...
From the publisher's website: Great War at Sea: Confederate States Navy introduced a world where the Confederate States achieved a negotiated peace with the Union in 1862, but fighting erupted again a little more than five decades later. CSN: Plan Blue takes the fighting to the Northern theater, using the map and pieces from U.S. Navy Plan Red as well as...
From the published: Picking up the story from C.S. Navy: Plan Blue, Great War at Sea: U.S. Navy Plan Gray looks at naval operations in the Second War of the Rebellion as the outnumbered Confederate States Navy along with its British, Canadian and Imperial Mexican allies battles the much larger Union fleet. In Plan Blue, we covered the early months of the...
After the stunning Union defeat at Second Manassas, Robert E. Lee maneuvered his victorious Confederate Army across the Potomac River and into the state of Maryland. George B. McClellan was put back in command of Union forces, being tasked with repulsing the bold Rebel invasion of the North. The uncharacteristically sudden approach of Union troops put the...
Grey Smoke and Blue Sky is a Japanese doujin (fan-made) game that was available at the Japanese Game market show. The game is about the American Civil War. The game comes with a map, 16 cards, 3 double-sided leader cards and 20 3D printed army markers. You must also provide 50 six-sided dice for the game. From the designer's website: This is a game of...
A selection of scenarios for use with Guns at Gettysburg miniature wargame rules. The 14 scenarios included are: Belmont (1861) Logan's Cross Roads (1862) Break-Out at Fort Donelson (1862) Assault on Fort Donelson (1862) Shiloh Church (1862) The Hornet's Nest (1862) Richmond (1862) Munfordville (1862) Iuka (1862) Battery Robinett (1862) Hatchie Bridge...