Cover art for 1862

1862

1990 · BGG
Avg rating
4.76
Bayes rating
5.48
Weight
2.30 (Medium Light)
Players
2
Playtime
3 hr
Ratings count
58

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Description

"1862", the first wargame in Simulation Design's "Battles and Leaders" Series is a system that features four major battles of the Civil War from 1862 and uses rules that are easy and fast to learn allowing you to play a battle in less than three hours. The system highlights the problems of command and morale. Each battle has a 17" x 22" game map and there are 400 multicolored counters. Complexity on a scale of 1-10 is 4.0. It has very good solitaire playability. The battles are Antietam, Seven Pines, Murfreesboro and Fort Donelson.

Play mode

Competitive

How it plays

Dice rolling Resource & economic management

Game type

Wargame Board game

What it’s about

History, politics & real-world conflict

Publishers

Simulation Design, Inc.

Designers

Richard H. Berg Robert G. Markham Thaddeus B. Kubis