Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
JACKSON & SHERIDAN: VOLUME III focuses on the 1862 & 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaigns from Lynchburg to Harper’s Ferry. As Jackson can you drive the Yankee army out of your beloved valley, forcing Lincoln to draw troops from in front of Richmond?
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Minimap Resolution
Resolve broader movement or conflict on a smaller linked representation of the map.
Point-to-Point Movement
Move along explicit connections between named locations or nodes.
Simulation
Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
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JACKSON & SHERIDAN: VOLUME III focuses on the 1862 & 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaigns from Lynchburg to Harper’s Ferry. As Jackson can you drive the Yankee army out of your beloved valley, forcing Lincoln to draw troops from in front of Richmond? As McDowell, Fremont, and Banks can you defeat Jackson and push east to finish the Confederacy in 1862 saving thousands of lives and years of turmoil? Refight 1864 as Sheridan and Early duel from Washington to Lynchburg. Each game focuses on one or two particular campaigns from the war. The maps may be joined to lay out the Civil War in the Eastern Theater with campaigns from 1861 to 1865. Each box game comes with a 22" x 17” sturdy game map, blocks, labels, series rules, campaign specific rules, battle board, and dice. The games are playable in 2 hours or under. Also, all three games boards can be combined for additional campaigns.