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Grant's Gamble: Wilderness Campaign Of 1864 box art
2016 Ranked #14,026

Grant's Gamble: Wilderness Campaign Of 1864

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames American Civil War Wargame Action Points Point to Point Movement

Players

1-2

Play time

30-120 min

Age

13+

Complexity

2.17/5

Rating

7.01

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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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?

A point to point block game that allows gamers to refight Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign from Culpepper to Petersburg. 1 to 2 gamers can refight the entire campaign in 2 hours or under.

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A point to point block game that allows gamers to refight Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign from Culpepper to Petersburg. 1 to 2 gamers can refight the entire campaign in 2 hours or under. Low unit counts, and short turns create great tension, decision making, and high player interaction. Each game comes with a sturdy card stock map, blocks and labels, dice, short 8 page series rules, 2 page game specific rules. May be linked with Lee's Invincibles and Jackson & Sheridan to have a map from the VA/NC line to Harrisburg PA and the Shenandoah Valley. Volume I in the Blue & Gray Campaign Series of games from Worthington Publishing.

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Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
1
Play time
30–120 min
Age
13+
Complexity
2.2/5
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Credits

Designers

3
Matt Burchfield Grant Wylie Mike Wylie

Artists

1
Sean Cooke

Publishers

1
Worthington Publishing, LLC

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