From the game box. "Close Quarters Combat Board Game" "Victor or vanquished. Which will you be?" "Since the dawn of civilization, mysterious forces have plucked the ancient armies from their savage battlefields, and placed them on the Battle Grid of eternity. Caught in a maelstrom of space and time, they fight countless battles with the enemies from many...
Battle Hymn Vol. One includes two games: Gettysburg: The Tide Turns and Pea Ridge: The Struggle for Missouri. Battle Hymn is a new brigade-level game system that simulates the chaos of the America Civil War using a simple activation system combined with a detailed combat system. The system’s designer, Eric Lee Smith, originated the “chit-pull” activation...
Battle Hymn: Volume Two is the long-anticipated sequel game release to Volume One and includes two complete games: Shiloh and Bentonville. Battle Hymn is the new brigade-level system based upon the latest research into Civil War combat. This new entry introduces a new solitaire system to the series and an extension map for Gettysburg (Volume One) for a...
Interesting game in the Avalon Hill mode published in 1960. Mounted mapboard and cardboard counters. As described in the rules: Battle of Atlanta War Centennial Game is a war game featuring the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, and also includes other war games centered around the East Tennessee and Northern Georgia battles of 1863-1864. These are games that both...
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...
A self-published, SPI quality (circa 1974), game 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 Tactical level Solitaire American 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...
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...