Hooker and Lee: The Battle of Chancellorsville, May 2-3, 1863

1975 · BGG

Avg rating

6.26

Bayes rating

5.51

Weight

2.14 (Medium Light)

Players

Playtime

1 hr 30 min

Ratings count

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Description

"Hooker and Lee: The Battle of Chancellorsville" is a battle-level simulation of the engagement at Chancellorsville on May 2nd and 3rd, 1863. Union General Joe Hooker had just completed a brilliant strategic maneuver, trapping Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Hooker's failure to follow up this stroke not only enabled Lee to escape the trap, but also allowed Lee to inflict a tactical beating on the Union Army. Unfortunately, Confederate casualties made theirs a Pyhrric victory.

This wargame is part of the Quadrigame "Blue & Gray II: Four Civil War Battles". Can be combined with Fredericksburg: The Union Repulsed, Dec. 13, 1862 to play Grand Chancellorsville.



Mechanics

Dice Rolling Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Movement Points Ratio / Combat Results Table Simulation Zone of Control

Themes

American Civil War Civil War Post-Napoleonic

Publishers

SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Designers

Richard H. Berg