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Jun 18, 2026·Playthrough·47:18·1593·Watch on YouTube

Wilderness 1864 Gameplay & Impressions | American Civil War Board Game | Worthington Publishing

Zilla Blitz

Zilla Blitz

Watch “Wilderness 1864 Gameplay & Impressions | American Civil War Board Game | Worthington Publishing,” a gameplay video on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Zilla Blitz on YouTube:

In this video, I play a half-turn in Wilderness 1864 and offer up some impressions of gameplay. Wilderness 1864 is the easy-to-learn two-player American Civil War board game (wargame) that lets you fight this famous two-day American Civil War battle. If you'd like to support my work creating historical wargaming videos, here are some ways: Join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/zillablitz Buy a boardgame on Noble Knight Games store with this link: https://www.nobleknight.com/?awid=1430 Buy me a coffee via Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/zillablitz Thank you! Wilderness 1864 - Worthington Publishing https://www.worthingtonpublishing.com/collection/wilderness-may-5-6-1864-board-game Wilderness 1864 - Noble Knight Games: Not yet Wilderness 1864 Cube4Me Kit: https://cube4me.com/product/wilderness-may-5-6-1864/?r=zb Wilderness 1864 - Board Game Geek https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/455140/wilderness-may-5-6-1864 Known Errors (none yet) —---- My Current Wargaming Tools- • Oregon 2.0mm Counter Clipper: https://amzn.to/3SUyDX7 • Oregon 2.5mm Counter Clipper: https://amzn.to/3SzYJPs • Bent Tip Lighted Tweezers: https://amzn.to/4hyCOVx • Long Tweezers (for bigger counters): https://amzn.to/45Oaw3Y • Plastic Wide Tweezers: https://amzn.to/43Ay1OQ • Dice Tower #1: https://amzn.to/3EcoQHU • Dice Tower #2: https://amzn.to/3RweSDS • Black Dice: https://amzn.to/3dXLd92 • White Dice: https://amzn.to/3rmQcn1 • Laser Line Sight: (out of stock) The game featured in this review is a review copy provided by Worthington Publishing. Amazon & Noble Knight links are affiliate links. If you’d like to help the channel, you can use those to purchase. —---- #wilderness1864 #worthingtonpublishing #boardwargames This overview produced by Zilla Blitz. Wilderness 1864 Gameplay & Impressions | American Civil War Board Game | Worthington Publishing

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Wilderness: May 5-6, 1864

Wilderness: May 5-6, 1864

2026·Grant Wylie

1 - 2 players
120 - 600 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Wilderness: May 5-6, 1864, from BoardGameGeek:

Wilderness: May 5-6, 1864 is a Grand-Tactical level for 2 players (though you can play solitaire by playing both sides). The game is designed to be played in 2 - 10 hours depending on the scenario. The game comes with a beautiful full color hard mounted map and counters by José Ramon Faura. Refight the first battle between the two great generals of the American Civil War - Grant and Lee. As Lee can you block Grant's juggernaut in the Wilderness sending him reeling back north of the Rapidan ? As Grant can you finish Lee off now and end the war in 1864 saving thousands of lives? The decisions are yours.... Wilderness: May 5-6, 1864 has 5 scenarios counting the full 2 day battle. This includes several half map scenarios portraying the fierce fighting separately along Orange Plank Road and Orange Turnpike on both May 5 and 6, 1864. Volume VII in the Civil War Brigade Battle Series, Wilderness: May 5-6, 1864 comes with the latest version (1.5) of the series rules. -description from the publisher

Designer

Grant Wylie

Artists

Mark Churms, Sean Cooke, José Ramón Faura

Publisher

Old School Wargames

Categories

American Civil WarCivil War

Mechanics

Dice RollingGrid Movement
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