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War Between the States 1861–1865

SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.), 1977

War Between the States 1861–1865 is a tabletop game published by SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.) in 1977. It is played with 1 to 2 players, from age 14 and in about 360 minutes.

players
1–2
minutes
360
years
14+

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Publisher
SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
Designer
Irad B. Hardy
Artwork
Redmond Aksel Simonsen
Year of release
1977

About the game

War Between the States 1861–1865 is a grand strategy monster board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1977 that simulates the American Civil War. Players can choose to play scenarios representing a single year of the war, or can play a campaign game that covers the entire war in both the Eastern and Western Theaters from the Battle of Fort Sumter to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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