Antietam: The Bloodiest Day, 17 September 1862
BGG rank
BGG #17,474
BGG rating
6.5

Antietam: The Bloodiest Day, 17 September 1862

1975

Rules assistance for Antietam: The Bloodiest Day, 17 September 1862

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 240 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.1/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Antietam: The Bloodiest Day, 17 September 1862

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Antietam: The Bloodiest Day, 17 September 1862 is a board game released in 1975 for 2 players, 240 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Tom Walczyk and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

Increasingly regarded as THE pivotal battle of the civil war, this "mini" game is based on rule systems from Borodino and Austerlitz; included in and shares basic rules with others in the SPI Blue & Gray Folio Series (Chickamauga, Gettysburg and Shiloh) Scale is 400 meters/hex. 1-2 hours per Game Turn. Union Movement Restrictions are used to reflect McClellan's lack of aggression. Rigid Zones of Control, retreat and advance after combat, and Sequential Player Turns are common to these games, but a new concept, "Attack Effectiveness" is introduced. Surrounding to cut off retreat is a major strategy. Fairly wide open terrain, defense specifics (like Bloody Lane) are not detailed but "Burnside Bridge" is.

Questions and answers

Antietam: The Bloodiest Day, 17 September 1862 supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.