{"product_id":"terrible-swift-sword-battle-of-gettysburg-game","title":"Terrible Swift Sword: Battle of Gettysburg Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree full days of Gettysburg at a small-unit level including counters for individual leaders and horses. Many short scenarios are available but its appeal is the 125-turn 60+-hour full game. Inspiration for the Great Battles of the American Civil War series of games.\n\nThe name Terrible Swift Sword is taken from the Civil War era song \"Battle Hymn of the Republic,\" which has in its opening lines \"He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword.\"\n\n\n(from first edition,soap box side of box:)\n\nTERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD: The Three Days of Gettysburg is a grand tactical simulation of one of the most decisive battles of all time: Gettyburg.\n\nThree days of cataclysmic combat saw 50,000 Americans lost.\nThe game utilizes colourful cardboard playing pieces that accurately represent the size and strength of all the Union and Confederate units actually involved in the battle.\n\nThe beautifully illustrated map effectively portrays the unusual waves of ridges and scattered forests that criss-cross the battlefield.\n\nThe units move,position,and engage for battle across the map through a super imposed hexangonal grid,which functions like a chessboard's squares.\n\nSimple probability charts determine each exciting confrontation's outcome.\n\nContains: 32 page rules booklet; three 22\"x34\" soft map sections; 2000 die-cut cardboard playing pieces; and various play aids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2–6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlay time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4200 min\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplexity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.18 \/ 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner:\u003c\/strong\u003e Richard H. Berg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1976\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51927337861336,"sku":"SB-F5EE17EC0256-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\/qs3h3o66bemxbrz4z1ap7kvs7tgx.jpg?v=1785467548","url":"https:\/\/abbyboardwalkstore.com\/products\/terrible-swift-sword-battle-of-gettysburg-game","provider":"Boardwalk Cafe \u0026 Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}