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Advance the Colors

Advance the Colors

American Civil Wargaming Society · 1990
2–00 min0+ yrs3.0/5 complexity6.0 BGG7KidsCouplesStrategy
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User summary: Advance The Colors is the first widely-published set of 1:1 ratio rules to cover the American Civil War. The rules focus on simulating tactical and skirmish-level engagements between company or regimental-sized units with an ideal size limit of between 200-300 figures per side.

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User summary: Advance The Colors is the first widely-published set of 1:1 ratio rules to cover the American Civil War. The rules focus on simulating tactical and skirmish-level engagements between company or regimental-sized units with an ideal size limit of between 200-300 figures per side. Each miniature represents a single soldier or artillery piece and the rules provide for officer ranks, command and control, and campaign development of individual soldiers through heroic actions. The rules we're written primarly for 15mm miniatures but can easily be used with 5mm-25mm.

game anatomy
Complexity3.0 / 5
BGG rating6.0 / 10
Vibe
KidsCouplesStrategy
Play time
0 min
Players
2–0
Recommended age
0+ yrs
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Q3How do you play Advance the Colors?
Advance the Colors is a american civil war game, for 2–0 players, taking ~0 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Advance the Colors — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Advance the Colors support?
Advance the Colors is played by 2–0 players.
Q5How long does a game of Advance the Colors take?
A game of Advance the Colors takes about 0 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Advance the Colors for?
Advance the Colors is recommended from age 0.
Q7How complex is Advance the Colors?
Advance the Colors has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.0 out of 5.

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