1862
1990 · BGG
Avg rating
4.76
Bayes rating
5.48
Weight
2.30 (Medium Light)
Players
2
Playtime
3 hr
Ratings count
58
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Description
"1862", the first wargame in Simulation Design's "Battles and Leaders" Series is a system that features four major battles of the Civil War from 1862 and uses rules that are easy and fast to learn allowing you to play a battle in less than three hours. The system highlights the problems of command and morale. Each battle has a 17" x 22" game map and there are 400 multicolored counters. Complexity on a scale of 1-10 is 4.0. It has very good solitaire playability. The battles are Antietam, Seven Pines, Murfreesboro and Fort Donelson.
Mechanics
Dice Rolling Events Hexagon Grid Simulation
Themes
American Civil War
Publishers
Designers
Richard H. Berg Robert G. Markham Thaddeus B. Kubis