I've now had chance to sit down and play 'Antiatem', albeit so far, just Scenario One - The Morning Attack, in which Hooker's I Corps and Mansfield's XII Corps are thrown against the confederate line.
But first, a little information on the game would be in order;
Its a brigade level game, with each strength point being approximately 100 men or a section of 2 guns. Army, Corps and Division commanders are included and they provide a command radius and also a DRM when stacked with a unit that is required to make a moral check.
The ground scale is 250 yards per hex, and each turn represents a hour.
Its a very straight forwards game system, and easy to learn. As with most games, I had a couple of rules questions but I found the answer to most of these on the games BGG page, where the games designer is very active.
A second game in the series, 'Shiloh' is also available and it would seem that more games are planned, with the next instalment being 4 battles from the Yorktown Peninsular.
I'm very happy with the way the games flows and the way the combat system works, and it seems to recreate the ebb and flow of the battle very well indeed.
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