[Consim-l] best gettysburg game?

[Markus Stumptner]

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006, Schweninger, Joe wrote:
> What's the best Gettysburg game?  I'd be playing both with adults (not
> hardcore gamers, but knowledgeable historians) and children
> (indoctrination).
>
> I'm looking for a game time of under two hours.

Unfortunately I'd say that last bit takes 90% of them out of
consideration... would conceivably leave the Blue & Gray version
(generally considered horrible), the AH Smithsonian one (generally
considered sort of OK), and some of the other earlier AH Gettysburg games.

There's a couple of games that are longer than that but theoretically
doable in an evening, the Gettysburg scenario from Across 5 Aprils (which
I liked, and some do, but some don't), the old SimCan Lee at the
Crossroads (very hard to find and unsuitable for indoctrination by virtue
of its visual blandness which borders on ugly), or the Avalanche
Gettsyburg (which I think is pretty good and reasonably colourful).  Not
sure about Lee's Greatest Gamble.  It may be good for beginners although
the random attacking may put them off.

Markus

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