Baton Rouge: Street Fighting in the Louisiana Capital, August 5, 1862
BGG rank
BGG #25,147
BGG rating
5.8

Baton Rouge: Street Fighting in the Louisiana Capital, August 5, 1862

1990

Rules assistance for Baton Rouge: Street Fighting in the Louisiana Capital, August 5, 1862

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

  • 2 players
  • 120 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 3.3/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Baton Rouge: Street Fighting in the Louisiana Capital, August 5, 1862

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Baton Rouge: Street Fighting in the Louisiana Capital, August 5, 1862 is a board game released in 1990 for 2 players, 120 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Richard H. Berg and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

Baton Rouge is part of the Great Battles of the American Civil War series (GBACW). This series is an offshoot of the Terrible Swift Sword: Battle of Gettysburg Game (TSS) system. The game simulates the Confederate attempt to retake the Louisiana capital in August, 1862. A unique aspect of this battle was the support of the Confederate ironclad Arkansas, which leads to a simulation of naval support of street fighting. Game-turns represent about three quarters of an hour of real time. The map scale is 110 per hex, and each Strength Point is the equivalent of 25 men or 1 artillery/naval gun. 1 22" x 17” mapsheet, 1 countersheet of 100 counters. This game was included in Strategy & Tactics magazine #133.

Publishers

  • 3W (World Wide Wargames)

Questions and answers

Baton Rouge: Street Fighting in the Louisiana Capital, August 5, 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.