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Revised & Redesigned Fort Donelson Counters with Stones River Charts
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1862 (1990)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
180–180 min
Age
12+
4.89
Average rating
60
Ratings
2.30/5
Weight
#29520
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:The Battles and Leaders Series: 1862
Designer:Richard H. Berg, Thaddeus B. Kubis, Robert G. Markham
Artist:Keith Rocco
Publisher:Simulation Design, Inc.
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 4.6, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity4.6
Theme5.0

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

WargameAmerican Civil WarHexagon GridSimulationDice RollingEvents

Overview

"1862", the first wargame in Simulation Design's "Battles and Leaders" Series is a system that features four major battles of the Civil War from 1862 and uses rules that are easy and fast to learn allowing you to play a battle in less than three hours. The system highlights the problems of command and morale.

Each battle has a 17" x 22" game map and there are 400 multicolored counters. Complexity on a scale of 1-10 is 4.0. It has very good solitaire playability.

The battles are Antietam, Seven Pines, Murfreesboro and Fort Donelson.

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