[Consim-l] Re: best gettysburg game?

[Markus Stumptner]

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006, Aaron Silverman wrote:
> The "best game" on Gettysburg that plays in under 2 hours and is
> appropriate for non-gamer adults and children is Battle Cry (dunno how
> hard it is to find, though).  If you're looking for something with some
> semblance of simulation value, then it's going to be tough to come up
> with a title that meets those other criteria.

Aaron is right in terms of the 2 hours.  However I have to point out that
the game that finally convinced me that Battle Cry was not for me (after
three different opponents had told me, "this game is pure chance, let's
play something else") was a Pickett's Charge scenario where, because I had
no cards to do anything in the centre and the Confeds got some multiple
moves, the Confederate attack leapt across the battlefield, shot my
entrenched units in the center to pieces, all without me having a chance
to even shoot at them, and then occupied the Union center for pretty much
an instant victory.  It almost beats Richard Simon's Gunslinger 
experience.

Markus

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