Recon! Conquering the Valley: Cross Keys/Port Republic

Description provided by Wayne Hansen on YouTube:

This is an unboxing of the two player, but solitaire friendly, hex and counter wargame Conquering the Valley: Cross Keys/Port Republic. Designed by Claude Whalen and published by Tiny Battle Publishing. Following the release of The Hill of Death, Conquering the Valley is the second game in the Shattered Union series of American Civil War (ACW) games. Heavily influenced by 2022's Wargame of the Year, A Most Fearful Sacrifice, Herm Luttmann’s Shattered Union series is a new line of American Civil War wargames designed to be accessible to gamers of any experience level and playable in 3 hours. Shattered Union was preceded by Black Swan, which was preceded by Blind Swords. Conquering the Valley covers the final two battles of Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign of 1862. Jackson fights two Union armies, beats them both, and then heads off to Richmond for “The Seven Days”. Players can fight each battle separately or combine both as they historically were fought. The game also includes an interesting “What If” scenario; a Union cavalry force captured a key bridge but they failed to burn it and thereby cut Jackson off from his supply train. In the “What If” scenario, those Union troopers actually burn the bridge and force Jackson to fight Fremont’s army but Jackson has limited ammunition. In the end though, the historic game comes down to fighting it out for the Union guns at “The Coaling”. If Jackson can capture the Union artillery at Port Republic, he has won the campaign and can head towards Richmond! Support me directly! Monthly: https://www.patreon.com/wargaminghansen One-time donation: https://paypal.me/wargaminghansen The game on BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/395952/conquering-valley-cross-keysport-republic The game on the publisher's website: https://tinybattlepublishing.com/products/conquering-the-valley Contact me: On BGG at username "wtjbatman", or via email at murdly@gmail.com