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Lee vs. Grant: The Wilderness Campaign of 1864

Lee vs. Grant: The Wilderness Campaign of 1864

Victory Games (I) · 1988
2120 min12+ yrs3.1/5 complexity7.2 BGG#6.721 BGG941CouplesStrategy
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This game simulates the decisive 1864 spring campaign in Virginia during the American Civil War, nicknamed The Wilderness Campaign. Players control the Union and Confederate armies which took part.

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Lee vs. Grant: The Wilderness Campaign of 1864 box art
official art · Victory Games (I)

This game simulates the decisive 1864 spring campaign in Virginia during the American Civil War, nicknamed The Wilderness Campaign.

Players control the Union and Confederate armies which took part. The game is played in turns that represent five days. A unit's strength point represents approximately 2,500 men commanded by a leader. The map is a 1:200,000 representation of an area between Fredricksburg and Petersburg.

The game is split into two: Basic and Advanced. The basic game introduces players to the concepts of movement and unit activation. The advanced game adds sea movement, supply, and additional leader rules. Victory conditions depends on the scenario being played.

Lee vs. Grant is arguably the first game in the GCACW series by the same designer albeit from a different (though related) publisher and with a different map art style.

game anatomy
Complexity3.1 / 5
BGG rating7.2 / 10
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CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
120 min
Players
2
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#6.721
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Lee vs. Grant: The Wilderness Campaign of 1864 is a american civil war game, for 2 players, taking ~120 minutes, featuring hexagon grid. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Lee vs. Grant: The Wilderness Campaign of 1864 — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
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Lee vs. Grant: The Wilderness Campaign of 1864 is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Lee vs. Grant: The Wilderness Campaign of 1864 take?
A game of Lee vs. Grant: The Wilderness Campaign of 1864 takes about 120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Lee vs. Grant: The Wilderness Campaign of 1864 for?
Lee vs. Grant: The Wilderness Campaign of 1864 is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is Lee vs. Grant: The Wilderness Campaign of 1864?
Lee vs. Grant: The Wilderness Campaign of 1864 has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.1 out of 5.
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