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Pickett's Charge: A Game Of The Battle Of Gettysburg box art
1980 Ranked #13,734

Pickett's Charge: A Game Of The Battle Of Gettysburg

Civil War tactical wargame has players command forces at Gettysburg and manage formations, firepower, morale, and terrain. Command control and ammunition make each assault depend on maintaining a coherent fighting line.

Wargames American Civil War Wargame Events Grid Movement

Players

2

Play time

180-1200 min

Age

12+

Complexity

3.25/5

Rating

7.13

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 3.6/5

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?

A game of the Battle of Gettysburg. A detailed tactical game of the battle with many of the intricacies of the Civil War including organization, command control, leadership, formation and position, mobility, firepower, ammunition and morale.

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A game of the Battle of Gettysburg. A detailed tactical game of the battle with many of the intricacies of the Civil War including organization, command control, leadership, formation and position, mobility, firepower, ammunition and morale. Historic Order Of Battle included. The rules cover all the key factors of the battle with line, column, prone and dismounted cavalry formations, routing and rally, leader effects, casulties, artilley capture, hidden units, ammunition supply, reserves and the importance of terrain.

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
180–1200 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
S. Craig Taylor

Artists

1
Paul Philippoteaux

Publishers

1
Yaquinto

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