2025Richard Borg, Adrien Martinot
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- 170
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Mainly playthroughs
2 - 4 players30 minLight weight
Battle Cry
1999Richard Borg
- Videos
- 9
- Creators
- 8
Mostly how-to-play and playthroughs. Battle Cry is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, and 1 unboxings.
2 players
45 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
A low complexity game of a variety of civil war battles. Modular terrain through the use of hexagonal tiles allows for the setup of several famous civil war battle fields and a plethora of plastic civil war miniatures are used to represent the various forces during the conflict (infantry, cavalry, artillery and leaders). Players manage a hand of cards that provide different orders to your troops in the right flank, left flank and center position of the battlefield. This game is the first to use what would evolve into Richard Borg's Command and Colors system. The game rules include the following scenarios: First Bull Run--21st July, 1861 Pea Ridge--7th March, 1862 Kernstown--23rd March, 1862 Shiloh--6th April, 1862 Gaines Mill--27th June, 1862 Brawner's Farm--28th August, 1862 Antietam--17th September, 1862 Fredericksburg--13th December, 1862 Murfreesboro--31st December, 1862 Chancellorsville--3rd May, 1863 Gettysburg--2nd July, 1863 Gettysburg--3rd July, 1863 Chickamauga--20th September, 1863 New Market--15th May, 1864 New Hope Church--25th May, 1864
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Which Battle Cry video should I watch?
Battle Cry has 9 videos from 8 creators: 2 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs and 1 unboxing. They date from 2011 to November 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Battle Cry Tutorial" by GameTableOnline, which runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Drakkenstrike's Battle Cry 150th Anniversary Edition Components Breakdown Video Review in HD" by Man vs Meeple. To see it played, watch "a battle in battle cry love this game" by Kike Aguilar, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Star Wars: Battle of Hoth, Memoir '44, Perudo and Commands & Colors: Medieval, also by Richard Borg.
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About Battle Cry
From BoardGameGeek:
A low complexity game of a variety of civil war battles. Modular terrain through the use of hexagonal tiles allows for the setup of several famous civil war battle fields and a plethora of plastic civil war miniatures are used to represent the various forces during the conflict (infantry, cavalry, artillery and leaders). Players manage a hand of cards that provide different orders to your troops in the right flank, left flank and center position of the battlefield. This game is the first to use what would evolve into Richard Borg's Command and Colors system. The game rules include the following scenarios: First Bull Run--21st July, 1861 Pea Ridge--7th March, 1862 Kernstown--23rd March, 1862 Shiloh--6th April, 1862 Gaines Mill--27th June, 1862 Brawner's Farm--28th August, 1862 Antietam--17th September, 1862 Fredericksburg--13th December, 1862 Murfreesboro--31st December, 1862 Chancellorsville--3rd May, 1863 Gettysburg--2nd July, 1863 Gettysburg--3rd July, 1863 Chickamauga--20th September, 1863 New Market--15th May, 1864 New Hope Church--25th May, 1864
Designer
Richard Borg
Artist
Scott Hill (I)
Publisher
Avalon Hill
Categories
Mechanics
Card-DrivenDice RollingHand ManagementHex Grid