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On To Richmond Ii: The Union Strikes South

An operational Civil War campaign game has players command Union and Confederate forces across Richmond, Overland, and Petersburg scenarios. Revised maps and campaigns trace the shifting struggle from 1862 through 1865.

Wargames American Civil War Wargame Hexagon Grid Variable Phase Order

Players

1-2

Play time

60-1200 min

Age

?+

Complexity

4.25/5

Rating

9.30

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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Teachability 2.3/5

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 does it play?

On to Richmond II: The Union Strikes South covers some of the most famous campaigns of the Civil War in a single module for the award-winning Great Campaigns of the American Civil War (GCACW) series.

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On to Richmond II: The Union Strikes South covers some of the most famous campaigns of the Civil War in a single module for the award-winning Great Campaigns of the American Civil War (GCACW) series. Two of the campaigns in this module have been revised, repackaged, and rebalanced for improved play; and the third is entirely new: On To Richmond II (which covers the 1862 Richmond Campaign) has had the Basic Game scenarios rebalanced as needed and modifications made to the rules and victory conditions for the Advanced Game scenario. Grant Takes Command II (which covers the 1864 Overland Campaign) has had the various basic and advanced game scenarios revised as needed. The Petersburg Campaign (which covers the 1864-1865 Petersburg Campaign) is an entirely new module that covers the months of battles, mostly in the open field, that started when Grant marched across the James River in June 1864 and ended with the defeat of the Confederates at Five Forks in April 1865. The four maps included are painted by original map artist Charlie Kibler and have been significantly revised to include all the latest GCACW terrain types including hills, swamps, dams, trails and landings. New map area has been added to cover the western portion of the Petersburg battles. The military unit counters have been redesigned by Charlie Kibler to harken back to the counters in the original games in the series but with a more modern graphical treatment. Richmond & Petersburg Campaigns includes a massive collection of twenty-five Basic Game scenarios and seven Advanced Game campaigns, divided as shown between the three modules: On To Richmond II includes one new Basic Game scenario, the seven original Basic Scenarios redesigned and rebalanced, and the original Advanced Game campaign scenario extensively revised. Grant Takes Command II includes the eight original Basic Scenarios rebalanced as needed and the four original Advanced Game campaigns. Note: the two grand campaigns require the Stonewall In The Valley maps which are not included. The Petersburg Campaign includes nine Basic Game scenarios and two Advanced Game scenarios. —description from the publisher

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Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
1–2
Play time
60–1200 min
Complexity
4.3/5
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Credits

Designers

3
Joseph M. Balkoski Ed Beach Chris Withers

Artists

2
Nicolás Eskubi Charles Kibler

Publishers

1
Multi-Man Publishing

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