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4 to 6 hours. Chance. Medium. Age range. 12+. Skills. Tactics, strategy. Gettysburg is a board wargame produced by Avalon Hill in 1958 that re-enacts the American Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The game rules were groundbreaking in several respects, and the game, revised several times, was a bestseller for Avalon Hill for several decades.
Platform (s) Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MS-DOS. Release. NA: 1986. Genre (s) Computer wargame. Gettysburg: The Turning Point is a 1986 computer wargame by Strategic Simulations for the Atari 8-bit computers, Apple II, Commodore 64, Amiga, and IBM PC compatibles. An Atari ST version was announced but not released.
First regimental-level Gettysburg game. Terrible Swift Sword: Battle of Gettysburg Game (often abbreviated TSS) is a grand tactical regimental level board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1976 that simulates the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. A second edition was published by TSR in 1986.
A battle scene. The game allows the player to control either the Confederate or Union troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.It can be played as single scenarios, or as a campaign of linked scenarios, either recounting the original history or exploring alternative possibilities.
Video games. North & South (1989) Take Command (2004) Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War (2006) The History Channel: Civil War - A Nation Divided (2006) History Civil War: Secret Missions (2008) Darkest of Days (2009) Scourge of War (2010) Viet-Afghan (2011, Arsenal of Democracy add-on published by FRVP)
Battle of Gettysburg. Part of the Eastern theater of the American Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg by Thure de Thulstrup. Date. July 1–3, 1863. Location. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. 39°48′41″N 77°13′33″W / 39.81139°N 77.22583°W / 39.81139; -77.22583. Result.
Cemetery Hill. (game) Cemetery Hill, subtitled "The Battle of Gettysburg, 1–3 July 1863", is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1975 as part of the "quadrigame" Blue & Gray: Four American Civil War Battles that simulated four battles of the American Civil War. Cemetery Hill was later released as a stand-alone ...
Chancellorsville and its sister game Gettysburg were designed by Charles S. Roberts, and were published by Avalon Hill in 1961 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War. They were the first wargames to use a hex grid.