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Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
1981
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(12 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
14 and up
(4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(5 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
A House Divided
Alternate Names
A House Divided
Norden & Süden
North & South
Una nación dividida
Expanded By Show Expansions »
Families
Description Edit | History

A strategic-level wargame about the American War Between the States. It features point-to-point movement, low-complexity rules, and relatively few counters to maneuver. The game can simulate the entire war, or the action can be broken up into year-long scenarios.

More Information Edit | History

Alan Emerich writes, "I did the additional design work for the 2nd edition of the game, and have added some player aid sheets and additional optional rules for both it and the 3rd edition of the game." He offers the Living Rules 3.1, dated May 2006, on his website. (See web link below for the full package; some parts are available in the Files section.)

In his Designer's Notes, when comparing rules set 3 (the Phalanx Games version) to 3.1, Emerich says "matters of phrasing, timing, and examples have greatly improved the game’s clarity" while taking the rules length from 20 pages to 30.

The Living Rules 3.1 package also includes player boards helping the management of some advanced/optional rules, and his suggested additional counters (flat leader units, orders, navy counters, more flags and entrenchments...) "should a 4th edition ever be published".

Awards

2002: Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee.
1989: Charles S. Roberts awards, Best Pre-World War II Boardgame

Microbadges: http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/housedivided2.gif

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5 More Control Markers
Big image with 30 flags of each side. They are arranged to make them turnable if printed on thick paper and cut out. For best matching to the original counters scale the image down to 25cmx15cm or roughly 10"x6".
2008-07-30
7 Control Flags for House Divided
One thing this game could have used more of is control flags. These are scans of the flags that are placed side by side on a sheet to make it easy to glue to cardboard and make more control flags.
2008-04-03
2 AHD - Australian Tournament Scenario
This is the scenario played at the Australian Boardgame Championships - it has been thoroughly tested and fine-tuned over time.
2008-02-11
3 A House Divided Combat and Command board v1
For use with the advanced Battles and Command rule.
2008-02-10
1 HouseDivided_basic_jp.pdf
Japanese quick reference for basic game only
2007-08-21
10 A House Divided Refresher2.doc
One page A House Divided 3.1 Basic Rule Refresher
2007-03-17
4 A House Divided Refresher2.doc
A House Divided One Page 3.1 Basic Rules Refresher in Document Format
2007-03-16
2 NuS_Zusatzregeln_u_Szenarien.pdf
Optional Rules and Scenarios - German Version/Zusatzregeln & Szenarien deutsch
2006-05-31
2 NuS_Fortgeschrittenenregeln.pdf
Advanced Rules - German Version/Fortgeschrittenenregel deutsch
2006-05-31
2 NuS_Basisregeln.pdf
Basic Rules - German Version/Basisregel deutsch
2006-05-31
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