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Postcard From The Revolution box art
2004 Ranked #18,278

Postcard From The Revolution

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames American Revolutionary War Print & Play Grid Movement Hexagon Grid

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.7/5

Rating

5.93

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 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

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?

Postcard from the Revolution is an attempt to make a very small war game that plays like a war game and not an abstract strategy game.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Grid Movement

Move pieces between adjacent spaces on a regular grid.
Hexagon Grid

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

Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
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Postcard from the Revolution is an attempt to make a very small war game that plays like a war game and not an abstract strategy game. As its name suggests, Postcard from the Revolution is a post card that includes the board, counters, rules and historical background of a single battle from the American Revolution. Plus, it is perfectly legal to send through the mail. The battles of Germantown and Brandywine Creek have been written for Postcard from the Revolution. —description from the designer

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

3
American Revolutionary War Print & Play Wargame

Mechanism

3
Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Simulation

Family

3
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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1–2
Play time
30 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Mike DeSanto

Artists

2
Mike DeSanto Orlando Ramirez

Publishers

1
(Web published)

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