TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Dead of Winter: Battle of Stones River, the latest Civil War board game in the venerable Great Battles of the American Civil War Series, is now being shipped to all those who pre-ordered the game, including me.  The following information from the game’s information page gives some more detail: Dead of Winter is GMT’s recreation […]

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I received an interesting email from GMT Games last weekend offering a new game called Dead of Winter (DoW) in their “P500” program. Dead of Winter covers the late 1862 (and early 1863) battle of Murfreesboro (or Stones River). Designed by Dave Powell with an assist from Richard Berg, DoW is the newest game in […]

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As promised, TOCWOC will be holding an After Action Report Contest for Civil War wargamers. The winner will receive a FREE copy of HPS Simulations’ Campaign Chickamauga. Details are on the dedicated contest web page!

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I managed to win Glory II: Across the Rappahannock this morning on eBay. The game, published by GMT Games, covers the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville at the brigade level. The Glory game series (two games with a third on the way) features a chit activiation system, so units will not always attack or move […]

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Today I preordered several board games and purchaed one on the Civil War and one on the American Revolution as well. The first Civil War game is Strike Them A Blow, a Civil War Brigade Series game focusing on the fight between Lee and Grant at the North Anna River and published by Multiman Publishing. […]

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