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Cedar Mountain: Prelude To Bull Run, August 9, 1862 box art
1981 Ranked #6,515

Cedar Mountain: Prelude To Bull Run, August 9, 1862

This Civil War battle wargame has Union and Confederate forces contest objectives and inflict losses during a meeting engagement. An outnumbered side must launch a spoiling attack then conduct a fighting withdrawal to survive.

Wargames American Civil War Wargame Hexagon Grid Dice Rolling

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

3.1/5

Rating

7.09

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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Teachability 2.3/5

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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Strategy & Tactics magazine #86. American Civil War battle of the same name.

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Strategy & Tactics magazine #86. American Civil War battle of the same name. 'Stonewall' Jackson against political general Nathaniel Banks as a prelude to Bull Run, August 9, 1862. A meeting engagement, Banks launches a spoiling attack against a superior CSA force and then has to conduct a fighting withdrawal to survive. The game uses the Great Battles of the American Civil War system. Victory is determined by capturing and holding geographical objectives and killing units. Each Game-Turn represents 30 minutes of real time, and each hex covers about 125 yards from hex side to hex side. Each Strength Point is the equivalent of 100 men or 1 gun. This is Volume 4 of the original SPI Great Battles of the American Civil War series.

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Players
2
Best with
1
Play time
360 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.1/5
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Credits

Designers

3
David Bush Jim Simon Anthony Williams

Artists

1
Redmond A. Simonsen

Publishers

1
SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

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