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Mechanicsville. The site of the battle for Beaver Dam Creek, scenario 6.1
Scen 6.1. Closeup of the battle at the bridge.
Gaines mill utilizes the new CWBS graphics style (which began with In Their Quiet Fields II from 1994). Grays, greens and browns dominate the new look.

Gaines Mill: The Battles of the Seven Days, June 1862, Volume 1 (1997)

Players
1–2
Best: 2
Playing time
120–2400 min
Age
0+
7.28
Average rating
105
Ratings
3.43/5
Weight
#11840
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Dean Essig, David A. Powell
Publisher:The Gamers
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 6.9, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity6.9
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

Gaines Mill - The Battles of the Seven Days, June 1862, Volume 1, is the eleventh game in the Civil War Brigade (CWB) Series from The Gamers. It is the first game in a set of three that will recreate the Seven Days’ fighting around Richmond. Gaines Mill recreates the fighting North of the Chickahominy River on June 26th and 27th, including the action at Mechanicsville and the Battle of Gaines Mill itself.

Seven Day's campaign: part one is Gaines Mill: The Battles of the Seven Days, June 1862, Volume 1, part two Seven Pines and part three Malvern Hill: The Battles of the Seven Days, Volume III. All three games can be connected to recreate the entire campaign.

Game Scale: Game Turn: 30 minutes Hex: 200 yards Units: Brigades

Game Inventory: Three 22 x 34" full color mapsheets One dual-side printed countersheet (280 1/2" counters) One 32-page CWBS 2nd edition, revised system rulebook One 32-page The Seven Days: Gaines Mill specific rulebook One Players Aid card Two 6-sided dice

Solitaire Playability: High Complexity Level: Medium Players: 1 or more Playing Time: 4-16 hours

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