2021Sean Cooke, Mike Wylie, Grant Wylie
- Videos
- 22
- Creators
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Mostly reviews and how-to-play
1 players10 - 45 minLight weight
Gettysburg: July 1-3, 1863
2024Grant Wylie, Mike Wylie
- Videos
- 6
- Creators
- 5
Mainly unboxings. Gettysburg: July 1-3, 1863 is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 3 unboxings, and 1 other video.
2 players
120 - 600 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
GETTYSBURG 1863 is Volume IV in the Old School Wargames Civil War Brigade Battle series. The game allows gamers to refight the historic and pivotal battle of Gettysburg in 1863 using a large mounted map board, large pieces, and a streamlined set of series rules that is just 8 -12 pages long. The Battle Booklet will give you historical details, design, notes and 7 scenarios: July 1 - Meeting Engagement July 1 - Take That Hill (Can Ewell take Culp's Hill?) July 2 - The Fight for the Flanks July 2 - The Fight for Little Round Top July 3 - Lee's Folly July 4 - Should Meade Have Attacked? July 1 - July 4 (the full battle) The single day scenarios should take between 1 to 3 hours to play with the full battle taking 6 - 10 hours to play. Special rules for early or late arrival of reinforcements, Follow up attacks, new terrain rules for multi level hex changes, a new rout rule, and more! Game Scale: Game Turn: 1 hour Hex: 200-250 yards / 183-229 meters Units: Infantry/Cavalry Brigades & Artillery Battalions Game Inventory: Two 22 x 34" full color mounted map boards (34x44" when combined for game play) Five dual-side printed countersheets (540 3/4" counters - including 4 extra Tide of Battle counters intended for the earlier Antietam & Shiloh games) Two 8-page Brigade series v1.4 rulebooks Two 16-page Gettysburg playbooks One Cavalry Battle Board Play Aid Two Order of Battle Charts Two Reinforcement/Casualty Charts Two dual-side printed Combat & Terrain Charts Two 10-sided dice One Counter Tray Solitaire Playability: High Complexity Level: Medium Players: 2 or more Playing Time: 1-10 hours
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Which Gettysburg: July 1-3, 1863 video should I watch?
Gettysburg: July 1-3, 1863 has 6 videos from 5 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide, 3 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2024 to February 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Gettysburg -- Play Demonstration" by The Oaken Knight, which runs 57 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "The Discriminating Gamer: Gettysburg 1863" by The Discriminating Gamer.
If you like it, try Bismarck Solitaire, Iwo Jima 1945, Pacific War 1942: Solitaire and Midway Solitaire, also by Mike Wylie.
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About Gettysburg: July 1-3, 1863
From BoardGameGeek:
GETTYSBURG 1863 is Volume IV in the Old School Wargames Civil War Brigade Battle series. The game allows gamers to refight the historic and pivotal battle of Gettysburg in 1863 using a large mounted map board, large pieces, and a streamlined set of series rules that is just 8 -12 pages long. The Battle Booklet will give you historical details, design, notes and 7 scenarios: July 1 - Meeting Engagement July 1 - Take That Hill (Can Ewell take Culp's Hill?) July 2 - The Fight for the Flanks July 2 - The Fight for Little Round Top July 3 - Lee's Folly July 4 - Should Meade Have Attacked? July 1 - July 4 (the full battle) The single day scenarios should take between 1 to 3 hours to play with the full battle taking 6 - 10 hours to play. Special rules for early or late arrival of reinforcements, Follow up attacks, new terrain rules for multi level hex changes, a new rout rule, and more! Game Scale: Game Turn: 1 hour Hex: 200-250 yards / 183-229 meters Units: Infantry/Cavalry Brigades & Artillery Battalions Game Inventory: Two 22 x 34" full color mounted map boards (34x44" when combined for game play) Five dual-side printed countersheets (540 3/4" counters - including 4 extra Tide of Battle counters intended for the earlier Antietam & Shiloh games) Two 8-page Brigade series v1.4 rulebooks Two 16-page Gettysburg playbooks One Cavalry Battle Board Play Aid Two Order of Battle Charts Two Reinforcement/Casualty Charts Two dual-side printed Combat & Terrain Charts Two 10-sided dice One Counter Tray Solitaire Playability: High Complexity Level: Medium Players: 2 or more Playing Time: 1-10 hours
Designers
Grant Wylie, Mike Wylie
Artists
Sean Cooke, José Ramón Faura
Publisher
Old School Wargames
Categories
Mechanics
Dice RollingHex GridModular Board & Variable SetupCombat Resolution