Battle Above the Clouds (2010)

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Designer	Ed Beach Mike Belles
Artist	Nicolás Eskubi Charles Kibler Mort Künstler
Publisher	Multi-Man Publishing
Year Published	2010
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 1, 2 players (4 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (1 voter) [poll]
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Subdomain	Wargames (9 voters) [vote]
Category	American Civil War Wargame
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
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Family	Great Campaigns of the American Civil War
Primary Name	Battle Above the Clouds
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Battle Above the Clouds (BAC) is the 8th game in the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War series. The series was originated by designer Joseph M. Balkoski.

This is the first game covering a Western Theater. The full campaign in the Chattanooga/Chickamauga area is included (late summer and fall of 1863).

Content:

Two 22"x34" maps
Seven Basic Game scenarios
Advanced Game scenarios covering both the Chickamauga and Chattanooga campaign

Awards

2009 Charles S. Roberts Award winner for Best Post-Napoleonic to Pre-World War 2 Era Board Wargame
2009 Charles S. Roberts Award winner for Best Wargame Graphics

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Publisher: Multi-Man Publishing

Artist: Nicolás Eskubi, Charles Kibler

Year: 2009

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2	Battle Above the Clouds Introduction to game and play part 2	English	charlescab	1
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0	General How many men does a manpower point represent?	2012-01-27	simombo	1
7	Sessions Scenario 2: Crossing Chickamauga Creek - After Action Report	2012-01-18	gunny3013	1
6	Sessions Scenario 1: McLemore's Cove - After Action Review	2012-01-17	gunny3013	2
16	Sessions Scenario 8 Chickamauga Campaign After Action Report	2012-01-16	gunny3013	5
0	General THREE WHEELS ON MY WAGON	2011-11-04	sagitar	5
6	Strategy Union Win Possible in Scenario 8 (Historical Chickamauga Campaign)?	2011-10-28	Gryfon	3
5	Strategy Historical Chickamauga Campaign	2011-10-20	Gryfon	0
15	Sessions My first play, Scenario 2 (solitaire)	2011-07-20	vidbot	3
6	Rules Flank Attack Question	2011-05-03	dettel	6
7	General Board vs. Designer Replay/AAR	2011-02-08	eaglevet	7

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GCACW Scenarios Spreadsheet

Listing of all 80+ Official GCACW scenarios from all games (through BAtC), Skirmisher Magazines 1&2, and web, catagorized by locations, combatants, commanders, dates, source, etc., listed chronologically and including links to errata. Enjoy! (version 5/11/10)

edelrio

2010-05-11

Player aid Battle above the Clouds

This file contains player aid sheets for all scenarios of Battle above the Clouds, avoiding large stacks of counters on the game map. Enjoy the game!

VladNL

2010-04-21

REGLAS NORMALIZADAS EN ESPAÑOL [v1.1]

Traduccion al español de las Standard Basic Games Rules [v1.1] como aparecen en el modulo BAC.

arm69mad

2010-03-29

GCACW process player aid

GCACW player aid v2.1 corrects order of extended march and cavalry retreat during marches

skink

2010-02-01

Battle Above the Clouds - Charts & Tables

Errata incorporated. Submitted by designer.

Ed Beach

2010-01-25

Battle Above the Clouds - Errata and FAQ

As of January 10,2010. Submitted by designer.

Ed Beach

2010-01-10

BAC play aids

Printable play aids for managing the stacks of info counters in the game

splat99

2010-01-05

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BAC Scenario 8 Campaign Scenario	http://social.consimworld.com/group/greatcampaigns...	2010-10-25
Component Review on Pawnderings	http://pawnderings.blogspot.com/2010/01/battle-abo...	2010-01-10
Great Campaigns of the American Civil War Web Site	http://www.gcacw.com	2008-01-08