Battles & Leaders (1981)

A game of tactical level combat in the American Civil War 1861-65.

From the back of the game box-
Battles & Leaders allows players to recreate brigade size engagements of the American Civil War. Accurate and playable rules cover the important aspects of the combat such as: formations (column, line, and skirmish), charges, melee, routs, leadership, sharpshooters, morale and the quality of individual regiments and more. The game's mechanics take into account over twenty different weapons types ranging from the standard rifled musket and the twelve pound Napoleon field piece to the breach loading Whitworth rifle. Scenarios include "historical situations" such as Little Round Top and Bloody Angle as well as situations that were "generic" to the war such as meeting engagements and cavalry raids. Battles & Leaders is a game that covers its subject with style and detail but maintains an ease of play while presenting players with the "feel" of the era.

Additionally, this game can be played using miniatures instead of counters either on a larger hex grid to accommodate the larger bases the figures are mounted on or the players might just use a plain table-top decorated with terrain. If using the latter, convert all hex ranges to inches; 1" or 1.5" per hex for 15mm figures and 2" or 2.5" for 25mm figures. But players can use any measurements they feel comfortable with including using centimeters or some other predetermined scale.

Battles & Leaders is small scale game for those smaller actions that were fought during the American Civil War. Not recommended to play out such large battles like Gettysburg, Antietam, or even Shiloh. However, players are not excluded from such large battles and can fight out certain portions of these larger battles using these rules.

Scale (from the back of the box):

• 1 hex = 50 yards
• 1 unit = 100-200 men
• 1 turn = 5-10 minutes