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The Battle of Shiloh

The Battle of Shiloh

West End Games · 1984
2120 min12+ yrs3.1/5 complexity6.4 BGG#19.558 BGG277CouplesStrategy
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The Battle of Shiloh is two-player game recreating what US Grant called the severest battle fought in the western theater during the Civil War. This two-day action (April 6-7, 1862) was the Confederacy's great attempt to reverse two months of defeat and recapture western Tennessee.

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The Battle of Shiloh box art
official art · West End Games

The Battle of Shiloh is two-player game recreating what US Grant called the severest battle fought in the western theater during the Civil War. This two-day action (April 6-7, 1862) was the Confederacy's great attempt to reverse two months of defeat and recapture western Tennessee.

It is an interesting game, with an intriguing system in which the Union force is alerted and pushed into combat slowly. It is almost as if you can feel the soldiers getting up and emerging from their tents. As many games of West End Games, this one is not well known, which is a shame really.

Each copy should contain: one rules book two die-cut sheets of 300 counters (total) one 22"x33" mapsheet

Cover Art: Ray Sternbergh Graphics Design: Larry Catalano Art Production: Melanie Gottlieb, Carolyn Edelstein

(from the rulebook and user's description)

game anatomy
Complexity3.1 / 5
BGG rating6.4 / 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
#19.558
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The Battle of Shiloh is played by 2 players.
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A game of The Battle of Shiloh takes about 120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is The Battle of Shiloh for?
The Battle of Shiloh is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is The Battle of Shiloh?
The Battle of Shiloh has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.1 out of 5.
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