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Expansion for A Most Fearful Sacrifice: The Three Days of Gettysburg
A Most Fearful Sacrifice: Pipe Creek – Meade's Last Stand
2025
Rules assistance for A Most Fearful Sacrifice: Pipe Creek – Meade's Last Stand
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1–2 players
- 57–357 min
- 12+
- Complexity 2.0/5
Rules assistant for A Most Fearful Sacrifice: Pipe Creek – Meade's Last Stand
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A Most Fearful Sacrifice: Pipe Creek – Meade's Last Stand is an expansion for A Most Fearful Sacrifice: The Three Days of Gettysburg released in 2025 for 1–2 players, 57–357 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Claude Whalen and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, and Line of Sight.
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About the game
A Most Fearful Sacrifice: Pipe Creek - Meade's Last Stand is an expansion for A Most Fearful Sacrifice: The Three Days of Gettysburg (AMFS), using a fresh method of simulating Civil War combat with the award-winning Black Swan system introduced in AMFS. Though only using a portion of the forces that fought at Gettysburg, Pipe Creek - Meade's Last Stand adds most of the cavalry that fought at the East Cavalry Field and includes some “What If” troops for the Army of Northern Virginia. Pipe Creek - Meade's Last Stand allows players to see what could have happened if Meade had left Gettysburg under a variety of scenarios. Two are based on the Confederate’s July 2nd attack being successful and Meade deciding to pull back to his pre-planned line. The third scenario is completely up to the players and has Meade refusing to fight at Gettysburg and making his stand at Pipe Creek with a fresh army. The fourth scenario, however, is played solely on the maps for A Most Fearful Sacrifice: The Three Days of Gettysburg and allows gamers to replay Pickett’s charge but make it significantly more powerful. Longstreet didn’t think that 15,000 men could break the Union line, but what if Lee had given him 23,300 troops! Is that enough manpower for Longstreet to be successful? Replay the '"In Magnificent Style scenario in A Most Fearful Sacrifice using the additional regiments supplied in Pipe Creek and find out! —description from the publisher Unit Counter illustration provided by First Legion Ltd.
Designers
Publishers
- Flying Pig Games
Questions and answers
A Most Fearful Sacrifice: Pipe Creek – Meade's Last Stand supports 1–2 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for A Most Fearful Sacrifice: Pipe Creek – Meade's Last Stand is 57–357 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists A Most Fearful Sacrifice: Pipe Creek – Meade's Last Stand for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
A Most Fearful Sacrifice: Pipe Creek – Meade's Last Stand has a complexity rating of 2.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
A Most Fearful Sacrifice: Pipe Creek – Meade's Last Stand belongs to these categories: Wargame, Expansion for Base-game, and American Civil War. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, and Line of Sight. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of A Most Fearful Sacrifice: Pipe Creek – Meade's Last Stand are: Claude Whalen. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists A Most Fearful Sacrifice: Pipe Creek – Meade's Last Stand as an expansion for A Most Fearful Sacrifice: The Three Days of Gettysburg. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need A Most Fearful Sacrifice: The Three Days of Gettysburg to use it. Check that your edition of A Most Fearful Sacrifice: The Three Days of Gettysburg is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.