Chancellorsville: Bloody May, 1863 is a two-player wargame simulating Jackson’s infamous flank attack that occurred west of the Chancellor House (Chancellorsville) on May 2, 1863. As the Confederate player, you must try to crush Hooker’s unsuspecting army. As the Union player, you must regroup from the initial shock of the blow, hold onto the Chancellor...
The Army of the Potomac had found confidence in their new leader "Fighting" Joe Hooker following the disastrous battle of Fredericksberg. Hooker began forging the AOP into the weapon he and Lincoln knew was needed to defeat the Army of Northern Virginia led by Robert E. Lee. Using his cavalry aggressively in conjunction with the newly formed military...
"Solo Dice & Record Keeping Game. Simulation of the Charge of the Light Brigade, the final phase of battle of Balaclava in 1854." "Materials: Six sided Dice, Paper, Pencil. Your Men: The player controls a British cavalry group of 12 men known as a ‘Troop.’ All men are mounted on horses. All men are armed with a sword. One of the men is the Captain, the...
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...
Main Scenario covers the battles on 23 - 25 Nov 1863 with shorter scenarios on the battle to open supply lines and a hypothetical one. Game Scale : each hex = 250 yds, each unit = regiment or artillery battery. Each game turn = 2 hours with variable number of couplets in each game turn. Victory is determined more by killing enemy units and capturing real...
In the quarter-century after the fall of Napoleon, there were several wars in Europe, and this Spanish civil war was the lengthiest, and most varied. It was the first of a set of conflicts that split the nation and would continue to do so for a century and more. A Savage and Romantic War gives the wargamer all the information needed to play games set in...
"Chickamauga" is a brigade-level wargame 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 and control problems that characterized this battle. It uses a unique planning points accumulation system combined with a...
Chickamauga River of Death is a Brigade level simulation of the Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 18-20, 1863. With two players, one assumes the role of Braxton Bragg and commands the Confederate Army of Tennessee, the other becomes William S Rosecrans commanding the Union Army of the Cumberland. With 4 players, each assumes command of from...
"Chickamauga is a simulation on a Grand Tactical level of the battle which took place between the Union Army of the Cumberland and the Confederate Army of the Tennessee in September, 1863. The battle occurred around Chickamauga Creek, a tributary of the Tennessee River, in Norhern Georgia." (from the Chickamauga rules folder.) Chickamauga is one of four...