Cover art for Gettysburg: Lee's Greatest Gamble

Gettysburg: Lee's Greatest Gamble

1992 · BGG
Avg rating
6.56
Bayes rating
5.55
Weight
2.71 (Medium)
Players
2
Playtime
3 hr
Ratings count
130

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Description

This game is a simulation of the battle which took place between Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Meade's Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the first four days of July 1863. 
Included in the game are a 22 x 34" mapsheet, 200 counters, and 18 pages of rules.

To win the game, the Confederate player must inflict heavy casualties on the Union army and/or move his own train off the map to the southwest. The Union player must resist the Confederates drive while inflicting heavy losses on the Confederates.



Mechanics

Hexagon Grid Simulation

Themes

American Civil War Civil War Post-Napoleonic

Publishers

Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd. (国際通信社) XTR Corp

Designers

Chris Perello