Three Days of Gettysburg: Deluxe Edition is published by GMT Games and represents the excellent treatment of the this classical game on the largest battle of the American Civil War. First released in 1995, 3DoG has stood the test of time as one of the most popular entries in the Great Battles of the American Civil War series – a design lineage stretching all the way back to Richard Berg’s legendary Terrible Swift Sword from 1976. Players take command of the Union Army of the Potomac or the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia through the full chain of command, from corps down through divisions and brigades to individual regiments of infantry and batteries of artillery.
This Deluxe Edition, designed by Dick Whitaker, delivers over ten scenarios ranging from small skirmisher contests on half-sized maps up to the ultimate Gettysburg experience across four full-sized maps covering the entire battle, including the East Cavalry Battlefield. The components are excellent, a lot of rules are optional – with specific Simplified Version added to this edition – and will allow for long hours of both solitaire as well as multiplayer plays.
Below I am presenting the game components, giving also a quick overview of the rules and key design features:
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