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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 ...
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]
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.
Simulations Canada planned to publish three American Civil War games, one set in 1861, one in 1863 and one in 1864, in order to demonstrate the evolution of army command structures during the American Civil War. Lee at the Crossroads (1980) was the first to be released, although the second chronologically, being set in 1863.
Jay C. Selover reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "This game is an excellent simulation of Civil War combat." [1]Jay C. Selover again reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "If my prior review of this game did not put you off completely; you may just have to go out and buy an IBM machine so that you can, at least, properly enjoy the 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.
While it works well for Napoleonic battles, it ignores the development that made the American Civil War so different from the Napoleonic Wars: the defender’s firepower advantage." [10] In a retrospective review in Simalcrum #20, Steve Newberg, Peter Bartlett and Luc Olivier commented "As the first of the quad games, Blue & Gray set the
In the advanced game, there is a combat limit in each combat round of 8 units. The original game included a short-game, in addition to the full game, where only the first two rounds are played. In later versions, rules are included for shorter campaigns starting in 1862, 1863 and 1864.