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The Guns of Gettysburg

The Guns of Gettysburg

Mercury Games · 2013
2–4180 min13+ yrs3.7/5 complexity7.8 BGG#3.136 BGG2 KStrategy
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The Guns of Gettysburg is a simulation of the largest battle of the American Civil War. Like Bowen Simmons's previous games, Bonaparte at Marengo and Napoleon's Triumph, The Guns of Gettysburg uses a diceless and cardless system for governing movement and resolving combat.

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The Guns of Gettysburg box art
official art · Mercury Games

The Guns of Gettysburg is a simulation of the largest battle of the American Civil War. Like Bowen Simmons's previous games, Bonaparte at Marengo and Napoleon's Triumph, The Guns of Gettysburg uses a diceless and cardless system for governing movement and resolving combat. Units in the game are represented by linear blocks rather than the traditional hex and counters, giving the game an appearance that evokes 19th-century battlemaps.

The Guns of Gettysburg has simple rules and fast play but still reflects the historical limitations of the actual conflict. Though it preserves the aesthetics and "fog of war" mechanisms of Bonaparte at Marengo and Napoleon's Triumph, The Guns of Gettysburg is neither a sequel nor a successor to either game but a wholly new system of its own.

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Complexity3.7 / 5
BGG rating7.8 / 10
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Strategy
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
180 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
13+ yrs
BGG rank
#3.136
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The Guns of Gettysburg is a american civil war game, for 2–4 players, taking ~180 minutes, featuring action points. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about The Guns of Gettysburg — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does The Guns of Gettysburg support?
The Guns of Gettysburg is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of The Guns of Gettysburg take?
A game of The Guns of Gettysburg takes about 180 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is The Guns of Gettysburg for?
The Guns of Gettysburg is recommended from age 13.
Q7How complex is The Guns of Gettysburg?
The Guns of Gettysburg has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.7 out of 5.
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