(From the website) The first major battle of the Civil war, Bull Run (also known as First Manassas) was a contest of tactical opportunities lost. Featuring a brilliant flanking march by Union forces under General Irvin McDowell that caught the Confederate General Beauregard by surprise on his weak east flank, the Union army failed to roll up the...
The Battle of Durk's Well is a simple asymmetric wargame. One player controls settlers (led by Anders Durk) who have settled in a valley and the miners working nearby. The other player is a nearby wizard who sends a group of Orrks and Spooks to poison the well (on which both settlers and miners depend) and burn down the settlers' houses. According to the...
Battle Before Westport is an upcoming game in LPD Games' Battles of the American Civil War series. According to LPD's website, "This three-day battle (Oct 21-23, 1864) is a mini-campaign of the largest battle west of the Mississippi. Five cavalry Divisions (2 Federal, 3 Rebel) and the Kansas State Militia maneuver over the heart of modern Kansas City....
This is an expansion for the game Battle Commander Volume I. It adds six new Battles to that Napoleonic Italian Campaigns game, with two extra (mounted) maps, 20 new Leader/Commander cards, and a new Playbook. Volume I Expansion pack will leverage the original components of the main game, adding new Battles, and some extra material. It includes: A +30 page...
Battle Commander is a new wargame system whose intent is to replay historical 18th-19th century battles. It features a fresh framework focused on providing two key play aspects: command decisions and playability. Eventually, the system is planned to expand into other similar eras, such as the American Civil War. It uses a granular cube-pull activation...
Battle Cry! is a man-to-man wargame covering infantry battles on a tactical level between US Marine units and the Imperial Japanese army units. The scale is 10 metres from hexside to hexside and each counter represents a single infantry. Four maps are provided which simulates the typical terrain found in the Pacific War. The maps include a beach map...
A low complexity game of a variety of civil war battles. Modular terrain through the use of hexagonal tiles allows for the setup of several famous civil war battle fields and a plethora of plastic civil war miniatures are used to represent the various forces during the conflict (infantry, cavalry, artillery and leaders). Players manage a hand of cards that...
From the publisher Ready the Cannon, Fix Bayonets, and Prepare to Charge! Civil War is now upon us, and you must take the field as the leader of the Union or the Confederate forces. Command your generals and direct your infantry, cavalry, and artillery in 30 different scenarios that feature the terrain and troop deployment of each historical battle—from...
The game is set on a grand strategic level with each player controlling a civilization. There are six civs supplied, all with the same basic units, and each culture has "secret weapons" which give the ships some differences. The starships come in various classes which are similar to the various naval ship classifications but on a much larger scale. The...