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Manassas (wargame)

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231:, Martin Campion noted the game could be used as an educational aid, commenting "This game could be used as the basis of an apprpriately confusing multiplayer game in which the McDowell and Beauregard players would write to their subcommanders, while the latter would prepare separate written orders for their own units." 26: 224:, Nicholas Palmer noted that the first edition of this game had been praised despite being an amateur production. He called the system of using a marker to denote unit strength "slightly odd", and warned that due to its complexity, this was "Not for beginners." 182:
uses simultaneous movement. Units damaged in combat are reduced in strength via a number of steps, with another marker showing the unit's current strength. Various rules allow for night disengagement, weather, supply and military formations.
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was designed by amateur game designer Tom Eller, who subsequently founded Historical Concepts in order to publish the game in 1974. The game was purchased by GDW in 1976, who published it the following year with cover art by
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marched south from Washington, attempting to attack the Confederate capital of Richmond. They were intercepted by the equally inexperienced Confederate Army under Brigadier General
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is a two-player brigade/regiment-level wargame in which one player controls Unions forces, and the other the Confederate forces.
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In the first major battle of the American Civil War, poorly trained Union forces under Brigadier General
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Campion, Martin (1980). "Manassas". In Horn, Robert E.; Cleaves, Ann (eds.).
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Unlike many wargames that use a "I go, You go" alternating turn system,
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The Guide to Simulations/Games for Education and Training
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The Guide to Simulations/Games for Education and Training
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Index


Designers
Rodger B. MacGowan
Historical Concepts
Game Designers' Workshop
Board wargame
board wargame
Historical Concepts
Game Designers Workshop
First Battle of Bull Run
American Civil War
Irvin McDowell
P.G.T. Beauregard
hex grid
Rodger B. MacGowan
The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming
Origins Awards
Charles S. Roberts Award
Fire & Movement
Fire & Movement
ISBN
978-0-15-603143-1


Manassas
BoardGameGeek


The General
Avalon Hill

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