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Expansion for Johnny Reb III: Regimental Grand Tactical American Civil War Miniatures Rules
Musketry Like Thunder 2: More Great Civil War Battles Never Fought
2021
Rules assistance for Musketry Like Thunder 2: More Great Civil War Battles Never Fought
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–4 players
- 12+
Rules assistant for Musketry Like Thunder 2: More Great Civil War Battles Never Fought
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Musketry Like Thunder 2: More Great Civil War Battles Never Fought is an expansion for Johnny Reb III: Regimental Grand Tactical American Civil War Miniatures Rules released in 2021 for 2–4 players and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Brad Butkovich and its main mechanics are Simulation and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game.
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About the game
Musketry Like Thunder 2 provides twelve fictional Civil War miniature gaming scenarios, from small introductory games to corps level actions. Each provides a unique tactical problem often encountered by the armies fighting the war. These range from command and control issues, surmounting difficult terrain, to combating the weather as well as each other. In addition, each scenario has great replay potential. Federals and Confederates can switch deployment areas, and you can modify the order of battle to represent different years during the war. In fact, you can use the maps and deploy entirely different forces on the table! Try something new, where your opponent doesn't know everything about your army's deployment, strengths, and leadership before the game even starts! 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. —description from the publisher
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- Historic Imagination
Questions and answers
Musketry Like Thunder 2: More Great Civil War Battles Never Fought supports 2–4 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 catalogue lists Musketry Like Thunder 2: More Great Civil War Battles Never Fought 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.
Musketry Like Thunder 2: More Great Civil War Battles Never Fought 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 Musketry Like Thunder 2: More Great Civil War Battles Never Fought 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 Musketry Like Thunder 2: More Great Civil War Battles Never Fought 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.