Battle Cry (2000)

A low complexity game of a variety of civil war battles. Modular terrain through the use of hexagonal tiles allows for the setup of several famous civil war battle fields and a plethora of plastic civil war miniatures are used to represent the various forces during the conflict. Players manage a hand of cards that provide different orders to your troops in the right flank, left flank and center position of the battlefield.

This game is based upon Richard Borg's Command and Colors system.

Awards:

2000: Charles S. Roberts awards for Best Pre-World War II Boardgame (Charles S. Roberts Awards) nominee

2001: International Gamers Award winner

The game rules include the following scenarios:
First Bull Run--21st July, 1861
Pea Ridge--7th March, 1862
Kernstown--23rd March, 1862
Shiloh--6th April, 1862
Gaines Mill--27th June, 1862
Brawner's Farm--28th August, 1862
Antietam--17th September, 1862
Fredericksburg--13th December, 1862
Murfreesboro--31st December, 1862
Chancellorsville--3rd May, 1863
Gettysburg--2nd July, 1863
Gettysburg--3rd July, 1863
Chickamauga--20th September, 1863
New Market--15th May, 1864
New Hope Church--25th May, 1864

Microbadges:

Commands & Colors Series Microbadge:

On-Line:

The official online Battle Cry can be found here:
http://www.gametableonline.com

Play online with VASSAL

Components:

• Gameboard
• 60 Command Cards
• 46 Terrain Tiles
• 6 Field-Work Tokens
• 14 Campaign Flag Tokens
• 8 Battle Dice
• Flag and Dice Label Sheet
• Confederate (Grey) and Union (Blue) Armies (116 Plastic Figures):
  • 6 Generals with Flags (3 x 2 Colors)
  • 6 Artillery Pieces with Flags (3 x 2 Colors)
  • 6 Artillery Pieces without Flags (3 x 2 Colors)
  • 6 Cavalry Pieces with Flags (3 x 2 Colors)
  • 12 Cavalry Pieces without Flags (6 x 2 Colors)
  • 20 Infantry Pieces with Flags (10 x 2 Colors)
  • 60 Infantry Pieces without Flags (30 x 2 Colors)
• Gameplay Manual