| Au pas de Charge | 12 Jan 2019 8:05 p.m. PST |
Something where the boardgame itself is just ties together an intelligent but modestly sized ACW campaign to be fought on tabletop with miniatures. A boardgame that definitely doesnt become a chore in and of itself but is easy and playable. Preferably both a mini-campaign and regiment level. Can be paper or PC. |
| Wackmole9 | 12 Jan 2019 8:56 p.m. PST |
House divided by GDW for grand strategic and any of the clash of arms area movement games |
| Allen57 | 13 Jan 2019 6:48 a.m. PST |
I second House Divided. A Great game in itself with the option of adding whatever level of complexity for the miniatures side. |
 Extra Crispy  | 13 Jan 2019 9:30 a.m. PST |
Look at the block games from Columbia Games. They are ideal for conversion to miniatures campaigns. |
| donlowry | 13 Jan 2019 10:15 a.m. PST |
He said a campaign, not grand strategy -- closest I can think of is to second Crispy's nomination of the Columbia Games games, namely "Bobby Lee" and "Sam Grant" -- East and West theaters respectively, and can be tied together for grand strategy. They are area-movement games with a separate tactical system for resolving battles, for which you could substitute miniatures with whatever rules you prefer. |
| coopman | 13 Jan 2019 3:24 p.m. PST |
Check out the games from Worthington Publishing. |
| Rudysnelson | 13 Jan 2019 4:43 p.m. PST |
The Columbia block games may be easier to find but the point to point movement of House Divided is an easy management way for a campaign.
Selecting the type of map you want is the key.
The area or point to point maps are the best for campaigns. Hex maps or too easy to avoid contact for quick games.
In any case you will have to design your own mechanics depending on your needs. Combat is easy because it is based on your rules. The trick will be rules for replacements and reinforcement generation along with other types of production. |
| Au pas de Charge | 13 Jan 2019 6:15 p.m. PST |
@coopman Is there more than one version of these games? Maybe with lesser components? Some places seem to want apprx. $60 USD for the games and other places seem to want under $30 USD auction link |
| coopman | 13 Jan 2019 6:31 p.m. PST |
MiniPigs,
Only one version of each has been published as far as I know. Miniaturmarket has some of the ACW titles in stock and on sale for a bit of a discount. |
 Saber6   | 13 Jan 2019 6:51 p.m. PST |
Any of the Clash of Arms games. Great Invasion, Mississippi Fortress, Lee Takes Command, Marching Through Georgia and Autumn Glory. All use area movement and some limited intelligence. Translate to miniatures fairly easily. |
| Dynaman8789 | 14 Jan 2019 4:10 a.m. PST |
Other than the easy part the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War series (GCACW) from MMP would be perfect. XTR's old "Across the Potomac" is worth looking for – a double blind game covering Gettysburg I think but it might the campaign leading to Antietam instead. |
| oldnorthstate | 14 Jan 2019 6:55 p.m. PST |
I have use the Clash of Arms, Campaigns of Robert E. Lee to run several miniature campaigns, including a 1781 AWI Virginia campaign. |
| coopman | 14 Jan 2019 8:14 p.m. PST |
You can easily make a point to point map that can be the basis for a campaign game. |
| khanscom | 15 Jan 2019 8:19 a.m. PST |
Since you mentioned the option of a PC, have you considered the Berthier campaign management program? A friend imported a boardgame map into the program for an AWI Savannah campaign that we played last year; very simple to use after it's set up. |
| Au pas de Charge | 16 Jan 2019 11:35 a.m. PST |
I looked at the Berthier system and frankly it seemed like rubbish. I suppose I should read the user manual. But where does one get maps and things from? |
| Old Contemptibles | 04 Mar 2019 6:36 p.m. PST |
Victory Games "The Civil War" |
| Au pas de Charge | 11 Jun 2019 4:19 p.m. PST |
Anyone played Mosbys Raiders by Victory Games? I could use a solo civil war operational game |
