"Antietam Campaign" is a Grand Tactical hex-and-counter wargame for 2 players. With less than six pages of rules, it is very adept in it role as an introduction to gaming the American Civil War. The developer’s notes indicate that it is a modified installment of the Blue & Gray (SPI) system. The games comes with three scenarios, from nine to thirteen turns...
Increasingly regarded as THE pivotal battle of the civil war, this "mini" game is based on rule systems from Borodino and Austerlitz; included in and shares basic rules with others in the SPI Blue & Gray Folio Series (Chickamauga, Gettysburg and Shiloh) Scale is 400 meters/hex. 1-2 hours per Game Turn. Union Movement Restrictions are used to reflect...
Blue & Gray: Four Civil War Battles is a Tactical level board-wargame where players maneuver colorful card board counters on three color maps of the actual battle sites. A hexagonal grid superimposed upon each map regulates the deployment, movement, and battle engagement of each unit. The colorful counters represent the infantry, cavalry, and artillery...
Conflicts in American History: The Civil War - Module 1 is a SPI published soapbox size wargame consisting of 9 copies of Antietam and 9 copies of Cemetery Hill both wargames from their Blue & Gray series. There is an additional teachers instruction booklet, 2 historical briefings booklets, two test questions booklets and one Bulletin board poster to...
The American Civil War was the bloodiest conflict and a defining event in the history of the United States. The tragedy of the conflict was amplified by the fact the battles were brutally fought with Napoleonic tactics while using new and more lethal weaponry. As a result, over the course of nearly four full years of war, roughly 700,000 Americans were...
April's Harvest: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6 & 7, 1862, is the ninth game of the Civil War Brigade (CWB) Series from The Gamers. April 6, 1862: The Confederacy must strike back at a host of Union armies that have virtually captured vital Tennessee. The South masses its forces under charismatic Albert Sidney Johnston to strike Union troops encamped at...
From the back of the game box: The Army of the Heartland is a strategic-operational simulation of the rebel Army of Tennessee's campaigns during the Civil War. Created by award-winning designer John Prados, and using the same scale and game system as his earlier Campaigns of Robert E. Lee, this game focuses on the critical, but largely ignored actions in...
Army of the Potomac: Campaigns of 1862 and 1864 is the second volume in the Civil War Heritage series and the follow-up game to the innovative and acclaimed Rebel Fury. Army of the Potomac uses the same core rules as Rebel Fury, so players familiar with Rebel Fury will be able to jump right into the action. Each battle in Army of the Potomac is...
SHILOH: First day is a ASCARI Scenario depicting the attack led by Gen Johnston on April 6th 1862 at 11am in the left flank of the US Army. The attack towards the Bell crossroads was successful and the Confederates continued to push back the US Army. Just the sudden death of the CS Commander stopped the advance. Scenario rules, a colorful A3 map and nice...
Gettysburg - Pickett's Charge continues the series and also equips you with a second edition rules presentation with all known errata input, plus the bonus counters needed to add more units for playing the scenarios enclosed. Ownership of Gettysburg: Turning Point 1863 + Culp's Hill + Devil's Den OR Into the Wheatfield is required to play. Pickett's Charge...
Division-level game covering the Cold Harbor campaign of 1864 (American Civil War). Corps, Cavalry, and Supply wagons are activated by chit-pull. Each unit on the map is a Division with off map tracking boxes for supply, fatigue, and stragglers for each Division. Divisions have between one and four steps, each representing 2,000 men. Turns represent 3 1/2...
The Atlanta Campaign is an Operational level wargame simulation of the 1864 North Georgia campaign fought between the Union armies of William T. Sherman and the Confederate Army of Tennessee led by Joseph E, Johnston. Abraham Lincoln's best hope for reelection against strong anti-war sentiment in the North depended upon the outcome of this campaign. If the...