President Lincoln is on the train to Gettysburg when the conductor’s kitty knocks his speech on the floor! Now, you (the player) have to get the Gettysburg Address back in proper order before the train stops, the game ends, and President Lincoln must give his speech! Good luck! Lincoln’s Cat is a 36-card in-hand solitaire game featuring the Gettysburg...
Lincoln's War uses the same grid based system as the "Square Bashing" World War One rules, where the play surface is subdivided into 1 foot (30 cm) squares. Units advance from square to square coming into conflict when they wish to advance into one of the opponent's square. The game is designed for a 6' x 4' table. Terrain is abstracted; the individual...
Lincoln’s War reflects the fickle nature of politics and its influence on military policy-making during the American Civil War. Here, the battlefield is an extension of the political arena. Many historical movers and shakers support or oppose their presidents’ war plans. Will Mr. Lincoln save the Union? Will Mr. Davis succeed in sundering one nation and...
The battle of Gettysburg was a huge struggle that locked armies of the North and South in three July days of bitter warfare which turned the tide of the Civil War against the Confederacy. Among the many small actions that made up this battle none was more important than the fight for Little Round Top, a rocky forested hill on which rested the extreme left...
"Little Round Top", issued with The Wargamer Magazine #20, depict the Confederate attack by Hood on the left end of Union line at Gettysburg, 2nd July 1863. Attractive map (with extra-large hexes) features Plum Run, Devil's Den, Big Round Top and Little Round Top. Three historical scenarios (each with non-historical alternatives): Devil's Den Little Round...
Based upon an article submission within the pages of "Miniature Warfare" Magazine Vol. 1 #-7, and part of a series for miniatures wargaming. This booklet has a yellow front & back plasticized-looking outside covers, with black print on the front and plastic spiral binding for the pages. It contains 20 pages of rules in a half-page-sized format, and covers...
Both sides saw the other as "invaders," so the fight quickly escalated to one of extreme violence. The fight seesawed up and down the main street of Lone Jack, and when the rebels fired the Cave Hotel, a Yankee stronghold, their advantage appeared decisive. Foster now wheeled his only two artillery pieces forward, blasting the gray attack with...
From the publisher's website: These are American Civil War historical miniature wargame rules, using the simultaneous movement & firing method. There is a simple & limited written order system to enable the command structure & fog of battle to be reproduced without slowing the game down. To compliment this we have our brigadier system, where miniature...