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Chickamauga: The Last Victory, 20 September 1863 is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1975 that simulates the Battle of Chickamauga during the American Civil War. The game was originally part of the four-game collection Blue & Gray: Four American Civil War Battles, and was also released as a stand-alone "folio ...
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.
Although the title suggests this two-player wargame is only focused on the famous and ultimately futile "Pickett's Charge" on the afternoon of 3 July 1863, the game covers all three days of the overall battle. The rules system is the same as used in Yaquinto's earlier games Thin Red Line and The Great Redoubt. [1]
Four game turns, each of which represents one week of the war, are gathered into a "Game Cycle", representing one month. At the start of each monthly Game Cycle, the players complete a "Strategic Turn", doing the various economic, logistical, production, command, and political operations that are necessary to raise and maintain armies.
Cemetery Hill (game) Chancellorsville (game) Chattanooga: Gateway to Victory, Nov. 24-25, 1863; Chickamauga: The Last Victory, 20 September 1863; The Civil War: The War That Pitted Brother Against Brother; Civil War (board 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 "folio" game.
The new game immediately rose to #1 on SPI's Top Ten Bestseller list the month it was released, [3] and SPI immediately released another quadrigame of Civil War battles titled Blue & Gray II that covered four more Civil War battles.
Players may try a variety of 25 individual scenarios, or refight the entire Battle of Gettysburg. A Fog of War option enhances playing against the computer, as it hides units that are not in direct view of the enemy. The game features video clips of battle reenactments, as well as Civil War music by folk singer Bobby Horton.