
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,023
- BGG rating
- 7.1
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
- 2 players
- 20 min
- Complexity 1.6/5
- 2020

Rules assistance for Table Battles: Gettysburg
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Table Battles: Gettysburg is an expansion for Table Battles released in 2019 for 2 players and 20 minutes per game. It was designed by Amabel Holland and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Worker Placement.
This third expansion to the popular Table Battles series focuses its attention on a single day: 2 July 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Famous engagements from throughout the attack each get their own scenario - Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, the Peach Orchard, Cemetery Ridge, and Culp's Hill - while a final scenario zooms out for a "big picture" view of the whole thing. These battles were hard-fought, stubborn, and bloody affairs, often without any decisive result, ending only when both sides were too exhausted to fight any further. That's reflected here, and so it's significantly harder to get a decisive result, and you're more likely to see epic slugfests in which you win only because the other side collapsed an eye-blink sooner.
Table Battles: Gettysburg 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.
The listed playing time for Table Battles: Gettysburg is 20 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.
Table Battles: Gettysburg belongs to these categories: Wargame, Expansion for Base-game, and American Civil War. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Worker Placement. 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 Table Battles: Gettysburg are: Amabel Holland. 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 Table Battles: Gettysburg as an expansion for Table Battles. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Table Battles to use it. Check that your edition of Table Battles is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.