Cover art for Gettysburg: Badges of Courage

Gettysburg: Badges of Courage

2004 · BGG
Avg rating
7.04
Bayes rating
5.63
Weight
3.08 (Medium Heavy)
Players
2
Playtime
3 hr
Ratings count
232

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Description

Gettysburg: Badges of Courage employs a game system developed for tactical combat. Infantry, Artillery and Cavalry are led by Division, Corps and Army commanders in a struggle to control terrain features like Little Round Top and Cemetery Ridge

All three days Gettysburg can be played separately or together in battle-long scenario. Players have some control of which roads and at which time new Divisions and Corps arrive throughout the battle.

Gettysburg: Badges of Courage features a Brigade level order of battle with historical units and leaders. The game system rewards players who maintain division and corps integrity.



Mechanics

Area Movement Area-Impulse Dice Rolling Secret Unit Deployment

Themes

American Civil War Post-Napoleonic

Publishers

Columbia Games

Designers

Grant Dalgliesh Tom Dalgliesh