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Battle-Cry (Milton Bradley game)

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The attacker lines up a column of pieces either horizontally or vertically to attack an enemy column. In order to begin combat, the attacker's column must have numerical superiority, calculated as 2 points for each infantry and artillery unit, and 1 point for cavalry units. All units in the defending
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Tambien en los años 60 y 70 Milton Bradley diseño una colección de juegos a medio camino de los abstractos con tema bélico, y juegos con diseño propio, se trataba de la serie American Heritage Games146, con hechos significativos de la historia americana, como Battle-Cry (Guerra Civil), Broadside
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The active player rolls two 6-sided dice; the resultant total can be allocated as movement to any units. Infantry moves one square per dice pip, cavalry moves two squares per pip. Any unit reaching a mountain square must stop for the rest of the turn. Units at a railway station can each use 1
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In case you didn't know the American Heritage series was Milton Bradley's series of "war" themed games released in the early to mid-sixties. The sixties editions came in oversized boxes and featured large mapboards and plastic
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noted that this was "a really good and fun game." The reviewer found that "while the game is simple on the surface, there is definitely some hidden strategy and tactical acumen needed to be successful."
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to mark the 100th anniversary of the American Civil War. It was one of a series of four collaborative games that the two companies published, the others being
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Each player begins with 22 color-coded counters (10 infantry, 10 cavalry and 2 artillery), which are set up on the map on specified starting locations.
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is a two-player board game between units representing the Union and Confederate armies. There are also special rules for a 4-player game.
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column are eliminated, and the rear-most unit in the attacker's column is moved to the front of the attacker's column.
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square-grid map is of the Eastern United States at the time of the American Civil War.
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was one, a significant development in the study of conflict through simulations.
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The War in Cardboard and Ink: Fifty Years of Civil War Board Games
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was published as a cooperative effort between Milton Bradley and
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The first side to eliminate all enemy pieces is the winner.
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For other similarly named board games and video games, see
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Lawrence A. Kreiser Jr.; Randal W. Allred, eds. (2014).
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The Civil War in Popular Culture: Memory and Meaning
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Battle Cry (disambiguation)

Milton Bradley
Board game
board game
American Civil War
Milton Bradley Company
1961
American Heritage
American Heritage
Strong National Museum of Play






"Battle-Cry (1961)"


"Chess with cannons! – A Review of American Heritage Battle-Cry A Civil War Game from Milton Bradley (1961)"
The Player's Aid
Archived



The Civil War in Popular Culture: Memory and Meaning
University Press of Kentucky
ISBN
9780813143217

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