{"product_id":"bloody-big-battles","title":"Bloody Big Battles!","description":"\u003cp\u003eRules for wargaming the Late Nineteenth Century with historical miniatures. Bloody Big Battles! (BBB) does exactly what its title says. It is intended for fighting the biggest, bloodiest battles of 1850-1900 in a manageable way. Specific design goals included:\nto tackle the major battles such as Solferino, Gettysburg, Königgrätz, Sedan or Plevna, often spanning several days’ combat;\nto fit them on a 6’x4’ tabletop;\nand to fight them in their entirety, in a single 3-to-4-hour session, with 2-6 players (typically 4).\n\nBBB is not intended for small actions of a few thousand men a side. There are plenty of rulesets that do that. But BBB is distinctive in:\nEnabling players to command entire armies of 100,000+ men;\nFitting battlefields of up to 20km across on the table;\nWhile still producing a fast, fun, flavorful game and a result in an evening.\n\nScale varies according to the battle but is typically:\nFigure scale 1,500 men or 36 cannon per 1” base (organized into multi-base division or brigade-sized units, usually of 3-7 infantry bases, 2-3 cavalry bases or 1 artillery base);\nGround scale 1” per 200-250 yards;\nTimescale 1 hour per turn.\n\nBBB uses simple mechanisms and memorisable tables that fit on a clear 2-page QRC.\nTurn sequence: IGO-UGO\nCommand and Control: reflected partly by how many generals get represented on table, partly by how units are rated.\nMovement: 2D6 movement table incorporates difficult terrain, generalship and doctrine, troop quality and morale, loss recovery.\nFire Combat: calculated by adding fire points. 2D6 fire table to determine casualties, recorded by base removal.\nAssault: opposed D6 roll incorporating a few relevant factors.\nNight Interval rules to allow multi-day battles.\n\nBBB is meant for fighting historical battles. BBB and its companion volume, Bloody Big European Battles, therefore provide fully playtested scenarios for 25 of the most important battles of the period, linked into full campaigns. Further free scenarios are also available on the web.\n\nAll the scenarios fit the battles they depict into a beautiful, tightly engineered game structure. They have clear, simple, but carefully thought-out victory conditions, designed both to recreate the historical situation and to generate an exciting and balanced game that can be completed in a sensible period of time. A particular joy of fighting historical actions on this scale is that usually both sides have several different viable strategies available, meaning the scenarios are full of replay value and can produce quite different games each time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2–8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlay time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360 min\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplexity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.25 \/ 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chris Pringle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2014\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"SkirmishCampaigns","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51924731625688,"sku":"SB-100B42A4D40F-BOARD-GAMES-UNK-SEALED","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/6271\/0488\/files\/wocklxhd617e2hetwcy50jecrdte.jpg?v=1785456559","url":"https:\/\/abbyboardwalkstore.com\/products\/bloody-big-battles","provider":"Boardwalk Cafe \u0026 Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}