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Battles of the American Civil War August 1862 to April 1865: A Solitaire Wargame Expansion

Battles of the American Civil War August 1862 to April 1865: A Solitaire Wargame Expansion

Expansion

2025·Mike Lambo

1 players
20 - 40 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

This is an Expansion of my original game called, “Battles of the American Civil War, June 1861 to July 1862: A Solitaire Wargame”. You need that original game in order to play the Battles in this Expansion because that book contains the rules. The American Civil War was a conflict between the United States (the Union or the North) and the eleven states that had seceded from the union and formed the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy or the South). It lasted from 1861 to 1865. One of the key issues fought over was slavery and the power of the federal government to prohibit it in certain territories. Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president, promised to keep slavery out of the territories, which was seen as hostile by the South. At the time, the North had well-established industries, but in the South there was far more reliance on large-scale farming, which itself relied on enslaved people. War began in 1861 when Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, and ended in 1865 when the Confederates surrendered. In the game, the Player commands various units, often representing many hundreds or thousands of men each, seeking to achieve a wide variety of Objectives. The original game included Battles from the years 1861 and 1862. This Expansion plays in exactly the same way as the original game and adds Battles from 1862 to 1865. This book is not therefore a standalone game and you need the original rules (and preferably the Counters) to play it. This game is a solitaire wargame. You play the game, and the enemy is controlled by the game. You will need a good handful of standard six-sided dice to play (nine is ideal, although fewer will do). It is highly recommended that the counters provided on the final page of the original game are used to play this game. Simply stick them to card and cut them out. A video demonstrating how generally to do this can be found on the Mike Lambo Solitaire Book Games YouTube channel. On the same channel you will find an instructional playthrough video for the original game, which walks players through the rules of the game. The best way to learn the game is to read through the rules and then watch that video. 20 full colour Battle Maps are included in this Expansion. -description from the publisher

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About Battles of the American Civil War August 1862 to April 1865: A Solitaire Wargame Expansion

From BoardGameGeek:

This is an Expansion of my original game called, “Battles of the American Civil War, June 1861 to July 1862: A Solitaire Wargame”. You need that original game in order to play the Battles in this Expansion because that book contains the rules. The American Civil War was a conflict between the United States (the Union or the North) and the eleven states that had seceded from the union and formed the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy or the South). It lasted from 1861 to 1865. One of the key issues fought over was slavery and the power of the federal government to prohibit it in certain territories. Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president, promised to keep slavery out of the territories, which was seen as hostile by the South. At the time, the North had well-established industries, but in the South there was far more reliance on large-scale farming, which itself relied on enslaved people. War began in 1861 when Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, and ended in 1865 when the Confederates surrendered. In the game, the Player commands various units, often representing many hundreds or thousands of men each, seeking to achieve a wide variety of Objectives. The original game included Battles from the years 1861 and 1862. This Expansion plays in exactly the same way as the original game and adds Battles from 1862 to 1865. This book is not therefore a standalone game and you need the original rules (and preferably the Counters) to play it. This game is a solitaire wargame. You play the game, and the enemy is controlled by the game. You will need a good handful of standard six-sided dice to play (nine is ideal, although fewer will do). It is highly recommended that the counters provided on the final page of the original game are used to play this game. Simply stick them to card and cut them out. A video demonstrating how generally to do this can be found on the Mike Lambo Solitaire Book Games YouTube channel. On the same channel you will find an instructional playthrough video for the original game, which walks players through the rules of the game. The best way to learn the game is to read through the rules and then watch that video. 20 full colour Battle Maps are included in this Expansion. -description from the publisher

Designer

Mike Lambo

Publisher

Self-published

Categories

American Civil WarWargame

Mechanics

Dice RollingHex GridDice ManipulationSolo / Solitaire Game
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