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1992 Ranked #11,016

Gettysburg: Lee's Greatest Gamble

This Civil War wargame has Confederate forces inflict losses or withdraw their train while Union forces resist them. Victory depends on achieving these competing objectives during the battle around Gettysburg.

Wargames American Civil War Civil War Hexagon Grid Simulation

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.71/5

Rating

6.57

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

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?

This game is a simulation of the battle which took place between Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Meade's Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the first four days of July 1863.

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This game is a simulation of the battle which took place between Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Meade's Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the first four days of July 1863. Included in the game are a 22 x 34" mapsheet, 200 counters, and 18 pages of rules. To win the game, the Confederate player must inflict heavy casualties on the Union army and/or move his own train off the map to the southwest. The Union player must resist the Confederates drive while inflicting heavy losses on the Confederates.

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1
Play time
180 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.7/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Chris Perello

Publishers

2
Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd. (?????) XTR Corp

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