Description

Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom is a novel historical miniature rules system for simu­lating the violent clash of armies in the American Civil War.

Designed for large-scale battles and with an emphasis on strategic planning, Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom is a Corps and Division level simulation intended to be played by 2 - 10 players.

Players maneuver brigades and batteries, alternating movement and combat in turns that represent 30 minutes of real time.

The table scale is 18” to a mile or about 100 yards per inch.

• Extensive fog of war allows you to deceive the enemy as to your actual strength....
• Grand tactical charges with up to an entire corps....
• Division commanders seize the initiative, interrupting their opponent’s moves....
• Tactical firefights in addition to fire, charge and melee....
• Unique rules for extra tactical movement, passthrough and disorder....
• Unknown effect of battlefield terrain until units actually move into it....
• Reconnaissance in force by cavalry gives it a valuable role....

—description from the publisher