Cover art for Grant's Gamble: Wilderness Campaign of 1864

Grant's Gamble: Wilderness Campaign of 1864

2016 · BGG
Avg rating
6.93
Bayes rating
5.53
Weight
2.29 (Medium Light)
Players
1-2
Playtime
2 hr
Ratings count
48

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Description

A point to point block game that allows gamers to refight Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign from Culpepper to Petersburg. 1 to 2 gamers can refight the entire campaign in 2 hours or under. Low unit counts, and short turns create great tension, decision making, and high player interaction.

Each game comes with a sturdy card stock map, blocks and labels, dice, short 8 page series rules, 2 page game specific rules.

May be linked with Lee's Invincibles and Jackson & Sheridan to have a map from the VA/NC line to Harrisburg PA and the Shenandoah Valley. Volume I in the Blue & Gray Campaign Series of games from Worthington Publishing.



Mechanics

Action Points Point to Point Movement Simulation

Themes

American Civil War Post-Napoleonic

Publishers

Worthington Publishing, LLC

Designers

Grant Wylie Matt Burchfield Mike Wylie