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Cromwell's Victory: The Battle Of Marston Moor box art
1985 Ranked #14,543

Cromwell's Victory: The Battle Of Marston Moor

Players command opposing forces in a tactical battle game, eliminating enemy units and seizing the enemy camp to win. The scenario focuses pressure on a pivotal civil-war engagement, where each lost unit shifts the balance.

Wargames Pike and Shot Wargame Hexagon Grid Simulation

Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.5/5

Rating

6.35

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

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?

Game on the pivotal battle of Marston Moor during the English Civil War using the "30 Year's Quadrigame" series system from SPI. This was released with Strategy & Tactics magazine #101. Victory is determined by killing enemy units and capturing the enemy's camp.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Simulation

Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Pike and Shot Wargame

Mechanism

2
Hexagon Grid Simulation

Family

5
Country: England Country: Scotland History: Age of Kings History: English Civil War Magazine: Strategy & Tactics

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
90 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
David James Ritchie

Artists

3
Dave LaForce Patrick Lucien Price Roger Raupp

Publishers

1
Tactical Studies Rules (TSR)

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