One of the games I definitely was planning on getting – not only it expands my US Civil War collection of wargames (which, admittedly, is not very vast, yet 🙂 ) but also provides a great experience both aesthetically – look at that beauty – as well as from the rules perspective.

A Most Fearful Sacrifice is an epic two-player wargame with over 15 square feet of playing area and 526 playing pieces depicting the fighting that occurred during all three days of this decisive clash – epic in size and scale. The game utilizes an operating system called the Black Swan system, which is specifically designed to handle larger-scale battles yet keep rules overhead low. Players can simulate huge encounters in a reasonable amount of playing time.

This is accomplished in one way through the use of card draws rather than chit pulls. Also, players will trigger activations by Corps instead of by lower-level formations but they still have tactical decision-making choices by needing to determine which Divisions get activation priority.

What is important, we are getting all of this in a series of scenarios which gradually introduce us to the game and its core mechanics; that way you can choose from up to 1 hour engagements to epic one or full three-day clashes. Let us see the contents and discuss some basics mechanics. Enjoy!