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- 8.2
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Expansion for Johnny Reb III: Regimental Grand Tactical American Civil War Miniatures Rules
Atlanta Besieged: Regimental Wargame Scenarios For The Atlanta Campaign – July 1864
2021
Rules assistance for Atlanta Besieged: Regimental Wargame Scenarios For The Atlanta Campaign – July 1864
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
Rules assistant for Atlanta Besieged: Regimental Wargame Scenarios For The Atlanta Campaign – July 1864
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Atlanta Besieged: Regimental Wargame Scenarios For The Atlanta Campaign – July 1864 is an expansion for Johnny Reb III: Regimental Grand Tactical American Civil War Miniatures Rules released in 2021 for 2 players. It was designed by Brad Butkovich and its main mechanics are Simulation and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game.
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About the game
The battles around Atlanta during the American Civil War were pivotal to the outcome of the conflict. Confederate General John B. Hood threw his army against the forces of General William T. Sherman in an effort to save the city from capture. The battles were hard fought and bloody, but ultimately ended in the capture of Atlanta. Can you be a better general on the game table? These scenarios are designed to be used with almost any American Civil War regimental or brigade level set of rules. Rules are included for figures based on 20, 30, 40, 50, and 100 historic men per figure/stand. Times are given for 10, 15, and 20 minutes per game turn. Maps are in full color, as are the numerous color photographs of the modern battlefield. This book does not contain rules for playing miniature wargames. Scenarios include: Ruff’s Mill The Battle of Peachtree Creek: Eastern Flank Bald Hill The Battle of Atlanta: Sixteenth Corps The Battle of Atlanta: Seventeenth Corps The Battle of Atlanta: Hardee’s Attack The Battle of Atlanta: Fifteenth Corps Ezra Church Sunshine Church —description from the publisher
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Questions and answers
Atlanta Besieged: Regimental Wargame Scenarios For The Atlanta Campaign – July 1864 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.
Atlanta Besieged: Regimental Wargame Scenarios For The Atlanta Campaign – July 1864 belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Simulation and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game. 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 Atlanta Besieged: Regimental Wargame Scenarios For The Atlanta Campaign – July 1864 are: Brad Butkovich. 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 Atlanta Besieged: Regimental Wargame Scenarios For The Atlanta Campaign – July 1864 as an expansion for Johnny Reb III: Regimental Grand Tactical American Civil War Miniatures Rules. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Johnny Reb III: Regimental Grand Tactical American Civil War Miniatures Rules to use it. Check that your edition of Johnny Reb III: Regimental Grand Tactical American Civil War Miniatures Rules is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.