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The Guns of Gettysburg is a simulation of the largest battle of the American Civil War. The game is derived from the system used in Bowen Simmons's previous games: Bonaparte at Marengo and Napoleon's Triumph. Units in the game are represented by linear blocks rather than the traditional hex and counters.
The Guns of Gettysburg is designed to have simple rules and fast play, while at the same time reflecting the historical limitations of the actual conflict. The game's rules are refined somewhat from its predecessors but overall reflect the same fast play as its predecessors.
Players are able to play single day scenarios or the full three day battle.
Simmons had previously released Bonaparte at Marengo and Napoleon's Triumph through his own Simmons Games, but as Mercury Games' Kevin Nesbitt notes in a press release announcing the game, "After following Mr. Simmons blog for quite some time, it became clear to us that sudden health issues were preventing the game from being published. We were pleased to step in and work with such a talented designer – such games deserve to be printed!" The press release also notes that Mercury Games anticipates using Kickstarter to bring the game to print, with the launch date for that KS project being December 2012 or January 2013 for an expected delivery "in time for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg".The Guns of Gettysburg is designed to have simple rules and fast play, while at the same time reflecting the historical limitations of the actual conflict. The game's rules are refined somewhat from its predecessors but overall reflect the same fast play as its predecessors.
Players are able to play single day scenarios or the full three day battle.
For more details, Mercury Games' Nesbitt and Richard Diosi talk about their wargame history and publication plans for The Guns of Gettysburg in episode X of the Guns, Dice, Butter podcast.
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-----• Killer Plants – Better deal with these guys fast because if you leave them alone, they'll grow all over the place...like weeds! *rimshot*
-----• Ghosts – Unlike in just about every card game in history, Ghosts benefit from having fewer cards in your hand. Can you be immaterial?
-----• Steampunks – Can't leave a good base alone? The Steampunks will add new abilities to bases to help your strategies.
-----• Bear Cavalry – What's scary? A bear. What's really scary? A cossack riding a bear! Bear Cavalry will use fear to drive opposing minions to other bases.
In addition to that announcement, in its December 2012 newsletter AEG teases a few releases scheduled for 2013, including another Nightfall title from David Gregg – Eastern Skies.-----• Ghosts – Unlike in just about every card game in history, Ghosts benefit from having fewer cards in your hand. Can you be immaterial?
-----• Steampunks – Can't leave a good base alone? The Steampunks will add new abilities to bases to help your strategies.
-----• Bear Cavalry – What's scary? A bear. What's really scary? A cossack riding a bear! Bear Cavalry will use fear to drive opposing minions to other bases.
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• TricTrac.net notes that French publisher Jactalea will release a new version of Seiji Kanai's small card game R, which was available at Spiel 2012 in a short-run edition in English. I'm not sure which languages will be included in the Jactalea version, but its recent titles such as Okiya and Docker have included rules in English, French and German.
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As the name suggests, Archipelago: Solo Expansion allows a single player to play the Archipelago base game by competing against the game system.
Archipelago: Solo Expansion includes 27 scenarios with different conditions and objectives and with you, the solo player, taking the part of characters such as Christopher Columbus, Robinson Crusoe, and the pirate Bluebeard. The playing time varies from 20 to 90 minutes depending on the scenario, and your score in the scenario – gold, silver, bronze, revolt – will depend on the number of rounds you took to achieve the objective.
Archipelago: Solo Expansion was released Nov. 20, 2012 in Europe and does not yet have a North American release date.Archipelago: Solo Expansion includes 27 scenarios with different conditions and objectives and with you, the solo player, taking the part of characters such as Christopher Columbus, Robinson Crusoe, and the pirate Bluebeard. The playing time varies from 20 to 90 minutes depending on the scenario, and your score in the scenario – gold, silver, bronze, revolt – will depend on the number of rounds you took to achieve the objective.
Enrico Loñiz scenario card – front and back
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