"A Survey of American Civil War Rules" Topic

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Hey Folks,

Some may find the survey at the above link of use. I have tried to list all of the current miniature rules that can be used to fight Civil War battles. I hope to compare many of these in a future blog post. Please let me know if I have missed any important rules.

Thanks, Mark

Mark,
The original, "Rally 'round the Flag" by Iron Brigade Games, printed 1978.

Just got my hands on a copy last week through the Market Place.

P.

Stars and Bars by Scotty Bowden? It think it is available in electronic format still?

Blue Light Manual by Fantasy Games Unlimited. I don't have any experience with the rules but would like to get a copy.

Civil War Battles, RFCM, doesn't seem to be there peterpig.co.uk/cwb.htm

By the way, I found the black on slate lines quite hard to read …

Cheers

Regimental Level
Name: A Glint of Bayonets
Publisher: Sergeants3 (www.sergeants3.com)
Author: Larry Brom
DOP: 2003
Binding: Plastic Report Binder
Pages: 26 + covers
Price: $18.00 USD

..and I agree that the black on slate is hard to read. Perhaps White on slate? Or black on yellow or something…

Thank you it is a valuable resource but I can only read half of them and guess at the rest

Don't forget Johnny Reb II as many still play it.

I never liked the changes that went into the latest version and so still play the older version.

put your cursor on the list ,, and RIGHT click and scroll down… it will highlight the entire list so you can read it..then,,,if yiu want to save,,, hit COPY and paste to a word processor and it will be yours forever..her e is the first ROW:

Brother Against Brother

H.G. Walls

Ivor Janci

1997

Softcover

44

OOP

The dark grey lines are extremely difficult to read, you could change the text to be white.

One set I recall from my youth are Circa 1863 from Tabletop Games.

You can add Polemos ACW which contains two sets, one where one base=regiment, the other one base=brigade. Well worth a look!

Is there an official ACW variant for The Sword and the Flame?

Nuts, I'm not sure why Blogger changed the background on some of the lines to black. When I made the chart in MS Word, they had a white background. It should be changed now.

Thanks, Mark

Peter,

Thanks for pointing out my omission of Polemos. I don't understand how I missed it … I had it in my notes.

Mark

Dave,

I had not heard of 'A Glint of Bayonets' before … I will add them to the list.

Thanks, Mark

You are also missing Carnage and Glory for the ACW Regimental/Battalion level.

Hey Doug,

Thanks for pointing out Carnage and Glory … I will add it.

Mark

Here is the list of the ACW rules in my collection:

• A Nation On Trial (ACW)
  
• A Perfect Sheet of Flame (Iron Brigade 4th Ed.)
  
• A to Z Rules: American Civil War
  
• A Union So Tested
  
• Advance the Colors
  
• Advance the Flag
  
• American Civil War (Mage)
  
• American Civil War: Rules for an army-level wargame with 2mm or 6mm miniatures
  
• Birth of A Nation
  
• Birth of A Nation
  
• Bitter Angels
  
• Blue and the Grey, The
  
• Blue the Grey & Butternut
  
• Blue-Light Manual, The 2nd Ed.
  
• Bound For Glory
  
• Brother Against Brother
  
• Bull Run to Gettysburg
  
• Call To The Colors
  
• Chakoten: American Civil War
  
• Chameleon Eclectic Entertainment
  
• Circa 1863: Rules for the A. C. W. 3rd ed.
  
• Civil War Battles (RFCM)
  
• Civil War Commander
  
• Days of Glory
  
• DBACW: An ACW Supplement for DBA
  
• Esprit de Corps: A House Divided
  
• Fast Play A.C.W. Rules
  
• Fields of Honor
  
• Fire & Fury
  
• Forty Dead Men: Small Action American Civil War Combat
  
• Give Them the Cold Steel (Rev.)
  
• Glory (Playtest Ed.)
  
• Grand Army (ACW)
  
• Gray Ghosts and Border Ruffians
  
• Guns at Gettysburg
  
• High Water Mark
  
• Honor & Glory
  
• Iron Brigade 2nd Ed.
  
• Iron Brigade 3rd Ed.
  
• J.E.B.!
  
• Johnny Reb
  
• Johnny Reb 2nd Ed.
  
• Johnny Reb 3rd Ed.
  
• Large Scale ACW
  
• Lincoln's War
  
• Little Rebels
  
• Long Road North, The
  
• Micro Force The Game: ACW
  
• Minie Ball
  
• Mr. Lincoln's War
  
• Muzzle Blast
  
• Never Call Retreat
  
• On to Richmond
  
• Polemos: American Civil War
  
• Rally 'Round The Flag (1976)
  
• Rally Round the Flag (2002)
  
• Rally Round the Flag Boys
  
• Rebel Yell!
  
• Regimental Fire & Fury
  
• Repique System: Zouave
  
• Repique System: Zouave II
  
• Rules for Wargames: The American Civil War
  
• Seeing the Elephant
  
• Shenandoah
  
• Squares – The Civil War Battle Game
  
• Stars & Bars 1st ed.
  
• Stars & Bars 2nd Ed.
  
• Stars & Bars 3rd Ed.
  
• Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign
  
• Terrible Sharp Sword
  
• These Squirrels Have Guns
  
• They Couldn't Hit An Elephant
  
• This Hallowed Ground
  
• To Arms!
  
• Touched With Fire
  
• Warhammer Civil War
  
• Whipping Bobby Lee
  

79th PA,

I did look over Larry's site and I did not see an ACW supplement for TSATF … kind of surprising.

Mark

Hey Mark,

Thanks for your list … for my survey I'm only covering rules that are currently in print, but I may add a list of OOP rules at some point. I see some old favorites on your list that bring back great memories.

Thanks, Mark

Advance the Colors is still available from Stone Mountain.

Dave

A Glint of Bayonets is essentially TSATF for the ACW.

Uhm, 'Glint' isn't TSATF for the ACW. I've run a lot
of 'Glint' games and while the units are basically
20 figures, the similarity pretty much ends there.

Hey Ed,

Got your message on 'On to Richmond.' Concerning 'Glint,' are the figures in the unit individually based or are they grouped on stands?

Mark

Glint of Bayonets is based on Chasspot and Needlegun. Units are 5 stands of 4 figures each.

Hardtack from TSR

Chris,

OK, so basing in multiples for 'Glint,' so it is not really a skirmish game like TSATF.

Mark

Ed is correct, as it turns out. My bad.

They Couldn't Hit An Elephant is a fun play.

I wouldn't describe Zouave II as generic. They are unlike any other rules I have ever used.

The basic unit is a brigade so does this make them Brigade Level, or are they Corps Level because you definitely need to command at least a corps to have a game?

Sixty-one/Sixty-five is a company level game that should be added to your most excellent list of currently available Civil War miniatures games … available as a $8 USD print-n-play pdf too.

‘61-‘65 is from Ganesha Games, the makers of Song of Drums and Shakos (Winner: Origins Award, Best Historical miniatures rules, 2009 – Winner: Silver Medal, Historicon 2009 – Winner: Best Demo Game, Hellana 2009).