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Bloody April: The Battle Of Shiloh, 1862 box art
1979 Ranked #10,390

Bloody April: The Battle Of Shiloh, 1862

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames American Civil War Wargame Hexagon Grid Series: Great Battles of the American Civil Warâ?¦

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

4.29/5

Rating

6.89

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.6/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Bloody April is the grand tactical, regimental level simulation of the Battle of Shiloh (Tennessee), April 6-7, 1862. Bloody April is Richard Berg's second game using the award winning system for American Civil War battles introduced in Terrible Swift Sword (Gettysburg).

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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Bloody April is the grand tactical, regimental level simulation of the Battle of Shiloh (Tennessee), April 6-7, 1862. Bloody April is Richard Berg's second game using the award winning system for American Civil War battles introduced in Terrible Swift Sword (Gettysburg). There are 1200 counters and two 22" x 34" full color maps. Each hexagon on the map is 115 yards and each game turn is 20 minutes. Counters represent regiments and each strength point on the infantry / cavalry counters is the equivalent of 100 effective men. Artillery counters represent batteries, with each strength point equal to one gun.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
American Civil War Wargame

Mechanism

1
Hexagon Grid

Family

3
Digital Implementations: VASSAL Series: Great Battles of the American Civil Warâ?¦ States: Tennessee

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2
Play time
1200 min
Age
12+
Complexity
4.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Richard H. Berg

Artists

2
Alonzo Chappel Redmond A. Simonsen

Publishers

1
SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)