{"product_id":"brothers-at-war-1862","title":"Brothers at War: 1862","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrothers at War: 1862 is a quick-playing, tactical wargame exploring civil war brigade command. Units are regiments, batteries and companies of skirmishers. This is a quadrigame or set of four games, each featuring a full-size, 22x34\" game map and covering battles from 1862: \n\n     Antietam, 5am-9am, September 17th\n     South Mountain, 9am-6pm, September 14th\n     Mill Springs, 7am-12pm, January 17th\n     Bloody Valverde, 10am-5pm, February 21st\n\n\nCommand rules are simple and abstracted. There are no combat results tables. Combat and all checks are resolved using six-sided dice, in which results of 5-6 mark success, and 1-4 failure. Brigades activate via chit pull, with their constituent units moving and fighting individually. Stacking is limited to two units per hex. Massive 1.5” hexes allow two 3\/4” units to fit side by side… no information is obscured!\n\nDistinctions are made between formed and unformed infantry, deployed and limbered artillery, mounted and dismounted cavalry. Unit facing is not an element of play. Instead, unit deployment in adjacent hexes can trigger pass-through fire, which simulates flanking fire, or fire on compressed lines (both dangerous situations for civil war units).\n\nBattle Cards introduce an element of uncertainty and excitement to play. Unique off-map displays track every brigade's reserves and casualties. Once a unit's reserves are used up, it becomes exhausted and liable to break.\n\nGame Scale:\nGame Turn: 20 minutes\nHex: 100 yards \/ 91 meters\nUnits: Regiments and Batteries\n\nGame Inventory:\nFour 22 x 34\" full color mapsheets (1.5\"\/38mm hex size)\nFour dual-side printed countersheets (520 .75\"\/19mm counters)\nOne  dual-side printed countersheet  (228 .5\"\/12.7mm counters)\nOne  24-page full color rulebook\nOne  36-page full color scenario book\nFive dual-side printed brigade display player aid cards\nTwo  dual-side printed activation track display player aid cards\nTwo  dual-side printed sequence of play\/terrain effects\/combat chart player aid cards\nOne  deck of 52 battle playing cards\nTwo  save rolls playing cards\nSix  off-board artillery playing cards\nSix 6-sided dice (3 blue\/3 gray)\n\nSolitaire Playability: Medium\nComplexity Level: Medium-high\nPlayers: 2 or more\nPlaying Time: 1-4 hours\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1–2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlay time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240 min\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplexity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.83 \/ 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner:\u003c\/strong\u003e Christopher Moeller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2022\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Compass Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51927074537688,"sku":"SB-CD04A0E8D03A-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\/ep12f6buia9df3z7rf7t1pxgbu86.jpg?v=1785466287","url":"https:\/\/abbyboardwalkstore.com\/products\/brothers-at-war-1862","provider":"Boardwalk Cafe \u0026 Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}