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Expansion for Sharp Practice: Wargame Rules for Large Skirmishes in the Era of Black Powder, 1700 to 1865
Terrible Sharp Sword: A Supplement for Gaming the American Civil War with Sharp Practice
2010
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Terrible Sharp Sword: A Supplement for Gaming the American Civil War with Sharp Practice is an expansion for Sharp Practice: Wargame Rules for Large Skirmishes in the Era of Black Powder, 1700 to 1865 released in 2010.
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About the game
Terrible Sharp Sword is a supplement for Sharp Practice, covering the American Civil War with a complete list of rule amendments that allow you to recreate this heroic and desperate struggle on the tabletop. In addition to the complete rule changes for the Civil War Terrible Sharp Sword includes a complete campaign system, allowing you to recruit your force, appoint officers and NCOs, equip and train them then take to the field. A range of scenarios and tabletop maps allows you to fight your war, to develop your men's skills and your leaders' abilities, to take your force from being greenhorns through to veterans and beyond.
Publishers
- Too Fat Lardies
Questions and answers
Terrible Sharp Sword: A Supplement for Gaming the American Civil War with Sharp Practice belongs to these categories: Wargame, Expansion for Base-game, and American Civil War. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed Terrible Sharp Sword: A Supplement for Gaming the American Civil War with Sharp Practice and want something comparable for your next game night.
The catalogue lists Terrible Sharp Sword: A Supplement for Gaming the American Civil War with Sharp Practice as an expansion for Sharp Practice: Wargame Rules for Large Skirmishes in the Era of Black Powder, 1700 to 1865. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Sharp Practice: Wargame Rules for Large Skirmishes in the Era of Black Powder, 1700 to 1865 to use it. Check that your edition of Sharp Practice: Wargame Rules for Large Skirmishes in the Era of Black Powder, 1700 to 1865 is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.