1776 (1974)

1776 is a 2 player, turn based war game played on a hex grid map of the thirteen colonies and Canada. It is primarily concerned with the military aspects of the American Revolutionary War. There is a basic game, various scenarios with advanced rules and a campaign game.

Avalon Hill Complexity Rating - 7

Expanded by:

• 1776 3rd Edition Rules - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/32579

From "The Avalon Hill General Index and Company History, 1952-1980"

1776 (1974)
Designed by Randall Reed

Just in time for the American Bicentennial, 1776 proved to be a major sales success at the time, and remains an excellent game to this day although its sales have fallen off dramatically as the bicentennial fever subsided. Reed was the first to take Shaw’s flawed matrix CRT for KRIEGSPIEL and turn it into a viable and, more importantly, enjoyable gaming mechanism.

Microbadge:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browse/microbadge/6025

Magazine References:

• The GENERAL Vol.13,No.5
  • 1776 – “Game Theory and 1776” (Design Analysis) J. Richard Jarvinen
• The GENERAL Vol.14,No.4
  • 1776 – “Patience in 1776” (Strategy) Major Edward Caswell
• The GENERAL Vol.16,No.1
  • 1776 – “The 1776 Thesis” (Strategy) Jonathon Lockwood
• The GENERAL Vol.16,No.2
  • 1776 – “The Incoming Tide - Part II of the 1776 Thesis” (Strategy) Jonathon Lockwood
• The GENERAL Vol.16,No.3
  • 1776 – “American Strategy in the 1776 Campaign, Part III of the 1776 Thesis” (Strategy) John Lockwood
• The GENERAL Vol.17,No.4
  • 1776 – “The Tory and Indian War” (Historical/Variant) Vincent O'Neil
• The GENERAL Vol.19,No.3
  • 1776 – “Lincoln's Southern Campaign” (Variant) Jim Lawler
• The GENERAL Vol.25,No.2
  • 1776 – 40 Leader counters for the leader variant rules published in The General 25.4 were included on the subscriber-only bonus sheet for this issue
• The GENERAL Vol.25,No.4
  • 1776 – “Command Pressures: Leaders for 1776” (Variant)
• The GENERAL Vol.25,No.5
  • 1776 – “Redcoat Advance-The British in 1776” (Strategy) Scott Hess

Panzerfaust Article Index:

• Number 63
  • Thumbnail Analysis: 1776
• Number 64
  • 1776 - "Game Review: 1776" (Review), Jack Greene

Panzerfaust and Campaign Article Index:

• Number 71 Jan-Feb 1976
  • 1776 - "The Southern Strategy" (Strategy), Chuck Holland
• Number 73 May-June 1976
  • 1776 - "In Pursuit of Greene and Lafayette" (Strategy), Gregory J. W. Urwin

Campaign Article Index:

• Number 83, January-February 1978
  • 1776 - "Keeping the Colonies Royal" (Strategy), Thomas Dworschak