Waters Unvexed: Three Battles of the Mississippi River, 1862 társasjáték

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Waters Unvexed details the three largest naval battles fought on the upper Mississippi River (north of the city of Vicksburg) in the months of May and June, 1862. Both sides viewed control of the river as key to the war’s outcome. The Confederate vessels of the Mississippi River Defense Fleet had been formed from converted river sidewheel paddle steamers whose bows had been fitted with iron rams and reinforced with packed bales of cotton, as well as armed with various numbers and sizes of artillery pieces. The Union Mississippi River Squadron was made up of purpose-built stern paddlewheel gunboats and sidewheel rams. The Union vessels were fitted in many places with thin iron sheets and dubbed “tin clads”. The gunboats were all armed with powerful rifled cannon while their rams were only armed with their iron prows. The game portrays the battles of Island Number 10, Plum Point Bend and the First Battle of Memphis. Can you do as well or better than your historical counterpart?

Each copy of Waters Unvexed is composed of the following:

• Three 11 by 17 inch hex maps.
• One sheet of 154 single-sided, un-mounted counters.

• One players’ aid sheet.
• 8 pages of rules.

Players will also need one standard deck of playing cards, a six-sided die and one ten-sided die to play the game. A die roll of 0 is read as 10 and not zero. An opaque container (mug, envelope) is also needed to play the game.

Each turn represents 15 minutes of time. Each hex is about 200 yards across. Each unit represents 1 warship or a battery of 6-10 cannon.

Players use a standard deck of cards to determine who activates and with how many units, as well as when to determine random events and the end of the turn. Dice are used to resolve combats and other game events. Play is very interactive and true to the history.

-description from designer