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Wilson's Creek: Opening Round In The West, 10 August 1861 box art
2015 Ranked #19,417

Wilson's Creek: Opening Round In The West, 10 August 1861

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames American Civil War Wargame Simulation Players: Two-Player Only Games

Players

2

Play time

60-90 min

Age

12+

Complexity

3/5

Rating

5.91

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

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 it plays

How does it play?

From the back page of the game: Wilson's Creek uses the simplified QuickPlay version of the Musket & Saber system of warfare during the muzzle-loading era. Combat is based on unit quality rather than raw numbers, and rewards use of historical tactics.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Simulation

Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
American Civil War Wargame

Mechanism

1
Simulation

Family

4
Players: Two-Player Only Games Series: Mini Series (Decision Games) Series: Musket & Saber Combat System (Decisionâ?¦ States: Missouri

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
60–90 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Chris Perello

Artists

3
Larry Hoffman Chris Perello Joe Youst

Publishers

1
Decision Games (I)

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