Charge of the Light Brigade is a solitaire, tactical game depicting the Crimean War "charge of the noble 600" during the Battle of Balaclava, October 25th, 1854, made famous by Tennyson. The game is low complexity, and emphasizes high playability and historicity. As Lord Cardigan, commander of the British Light Brigade, you have received orders from your...
"Charge to Glory: The Battle of New Market", is a tactical level wargame simulating the Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864. This battle, which is famous for its charge by the VMI Cadet Corps, prolonged the Civil War by about an additional year as it protected the Confederate bread basket, the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. The game itself is typical...
Chickamauga is a brigade-level simulation of the battle of September 19-20th, 1863 along Chickamauga Creek. The actual battle was a confused melee in which each army went into action piecemeal. The game emphasizes the command control problems that gave this battle character. It uses a unique planning points accumulation system combined with a chit-drawing...
Chickasaw Bayou was a grand missed opportunity for the Union Army in its desire to crush the Rebellion. If they had proceeded with haste, the Federals could have captured Vicksburg and delivered a master stroke against the Rebels a sure seven months before Vicksburg surrendered on July 4th 1863. The Union player is as much fighting against the terrain as...
CINCO DE MAYO is a game on the battle between a division of French troops in the army of Emperor Maximilian and those of the Republican forces of Mexico for control of the key city of Puebla, a battle that led to the Mexican national holiday honoring its date, May 5 (1862). CINCO will use the same system as was used for both LINE OF FIRE and EAST-WEST, a...
In 1822 Brazil had become independent of the Kingdom of Portugal, but in 1825 the United Provinces of the River Plate challenged the new Empire, supporting the separatist movement of the Province of Cisplatina. Dom Pedro I do not hesitate and sent his powerful navy to defeat the rebels and faced his first War on the Continent! During three years, the armed...
A strategic level game covering the entire war from April 1861 through March 1865. Victory generally depends on the control of replacement centers located at the north and south ends of the mapboard. While Civil War was grouped with AH's "Family/Social" game line, it shared elements with their "Tournament" wargames of the time. The game was played on a hex...
This sprawling rendition of the American Civil War tries to fit in everything, from Grant and Lee down to Indian raids in the Western territories. It also includes the most extensive treatment of naval and riverine warfare of any strategic Civil War game. The map covers the theater of the war from the Eastern seaboard to the middle of Texas at 25 miles per...
From the back of the box: - Fifteen square feet of map area covering the conflict from Galveston, Texas to St. Joseph, Missouri and from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Jacksonville, Florida. - Counters represent all of the land and naval units from armies to brigades and from fleets to river flotillas. - Unique leadership rules: no leader is ever the same;...