Test of Fire: Bull Run 1861 – New Wallace from Mayfair Games

Mayfair Games has announced a new release from designer Martin Wallace – Test of Fire: Bull Run 1861, which is due out July 21, 2011 to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the first land battle of the American Civil War. Here's an overview of the setting and game play:

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July 21, 1861: the raw untried armies of North and South meet for the first battle of the American Civil War. Will you take the part of General Beauregard of the Confederate States of America defending Virginia or the part of Union General Irvin McDowell seeking to stop the rebellion of the south and re-unite the nation?

Command opportunities are determined by dice and action cards. To achieve victory the Union Army of Northeastern Virginia must seize Manassas Junction or rout the Southern Army to achieve victory. The Confederate Army of the Potomac & Confederate Army of the Shenandoah win by routing the Union army, avoiding rout, by seizing the Northern town of Centreville, or simply denying the Union victory.

Test of Fire: Bull Run 1861 – for two players, ages 10+, with a playing time of 45 minutes and $30 MSRP – is the first game in a series of American Civil War themed games scheduled to be released by Mayfair Games and designed by Martin Wallace.