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Victory or Death: A Wargamers Guide to the American Revolution, 1775-1782
2024
Rules assistance for Victory or Death: A Wargamers Guide to the American Revolution, 1775-1782
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–12 players
Rules assistant for Victory or Death: A Wargamers Guide to the American Revolution, 1775-1782
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Victory or Death: A Wargamers Guide to the American Revolution, 1775-1782 is a board game expansion released in 2024 for 2–12 players. It was designed by David C Bonk and its main mechanics are Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game.
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About the game
This wargamer’s guide provides a comprehensive overview of the American War of Independence (or American Revolution), 1775–1782. The guide includes a series of maps showing the location of major battles by year with accompanying summaries of those battles and of the major campaigns of the war, and additionally it includes details of many lesser-known engagements. The book also provides information on, and organisations of not only American Continentals, French regular units and British regular units but also on American militia, the British Army’s German Auxiliaries, and the British provincial and loyalist units, and will thus enable wargamers to focus their efforts on specific campaigns or battles. Orders of battle for selected campaigns and specific battles are provided. Uniform guides, including uniform colours and facings for each of the participants are included along with descriptions of the armies’ colours. The guide provides information on rules for the period and an overview of various miniatures available in a range of scales. Several tabletop wargaming scenarios, accompanied by maps, orders of battle and painting guides are also included in the book; additionally, information for several historical campaign scenarios are given, showing how campaigns can be used to add a new dimension to wargaming and to generate tabletop battles. —description from the publisher
Editions
- Victory or Death: A Wargamers Guide to the American Revolution, 1775-1782enHelion and Company2024
- Victory or Death: A Wargamers Guide to the American Revolution, 1775-1782enHelion and Company2024
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Helion and Company
Questions and answers
Victory or Death: A Wargamers Guide to the American Revolution, 1775-1782 supports 2–12 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.
Victory or Death: A Wargamers Guide to the American Revolution, 1775-1782 belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are 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 Victory or Death: A Wargamers Guide to the American Revolution, 1775-1782 are: David C Bonk. 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 Victory or Death: A Wargamers Guide to the American Revolution, 1775-1782 as an expansion. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to an existing base game and usually cannot be played on their own. Check the box or publisher description for the exact base game required, and make sure your edition of that game is compatible with this expansion.