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Untested General Variant Counters & More for use with Victory Games' The Civil War - 40+ pages!!
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The game "The Civil War" is NOT included in this listing.
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This listing includes a wealth of material (40+ pages) for use with "The Civil War" much of it dealing with the "Untested Generals Issue." A 100+ variant counter set introducing new counters (see the 1st picture below) to play the well-known variants "Battle-tested: A Leadership System for The Civil War by Glenn Rahman from the Victory Games Insider #6 and "The Civil War Variant Rules by Randy Moorehead and Barron Oder. (All counters are licensed, approved and produced by gamingthing)! The counters with the generals' pictures as icons (shown in the 2nd picture below) are NOT included in this listing (they are shown to save you the trouble of flipping to my other listings to see what they are like). I offer 3 separate listings of Expansion material for "The Civil War" to allow my buyers to pick and choose the materials that best suit them. Some to all of the non-counter materials may emailed upon shipment of your purchase.
The counters listed here are 1/2" size (as are other The Civil War counters), about the thickness of a standard counter (but not exactly the same thickness). The Untested Generals Counter Set is laser printed! The counters will be shipped individually cut rather than in uncut sheets. The color shades of the actual counters may differ from those seen on your monitor. Because of the labor and printing (variant counters are sent to professional printers to produce a high quality product) involved it may take 5 business days to ship this item. These counters are produced by gamingthing and sold here with his consent and approval. Picture Perfect Comics is the new home for gamingthing's Variant Counters and Wargame Inventory!
There is a lively analysis of the "Untested General Issue" along with variants to fix the problem. Today, the differences in abilities between Robert E. Lee and virtually every Union general he faced until Grant are well known. "The Civil War" game accounts for these differences, but in doing so each of the game's players has the advantage of vital future knowledge, which their counterparts Lincoln and Davis lacked. Victory Games printed an important variant (included here) with a remedy and the gaming community ran with the ball from there.
Articles included from the General Magazine are:
“The Battle Hymn of the Republic - Union Strategy” Peter J. Walsh.
“A Fabian Strategy for THE CIVIL WAR - Southern Strategy” by Kevin Kiconas.
“The Initial Turn of THE CIVIL WAR - Command Priorities” by K. S. Reid.
“Forward to Nashville!- Early Union Strategy in The Civil War” by Derek Croxton.
“The Solid South - Defending the Confederacy in The Civil War” by Sam Mustafa.
“The Generals in Blue and Gray- An analysis of leaders in The Civil War” by Charles E.Duke.
The Civil War was one of the most played Civil War game systems ever published and drew rave notices from many quarters. Its popularity was vital in establishing Victory Games in the minds and hearts of many of the gamers, cut adrift by the demise of SPI. It is rated as high complexity with a high suitability for solitaire play. There are 4 scenarios corresponding to a year in length, along with the campaign game which covers the entire war. The Civil War is the winner of the 1983 Charles S. Roberts Award for Best Pre-20th Century Game. If stuck on a desert island with only one Civil War game, many veteran Civil War players would probably choose this one!
Purchasing this list is an agreement not to duplicate for the purposes of resale any of the variant counters received.
Please note the handling fees below ($4 for U.S. and $10/$8 for International).
For Variant Counters (designed by gamingthing) for other games see my eBay listings for:
Variant Counters for Victory Games' The Civil War - Three different priced versions to fit your needs!
Variant Counters & Rules for Empires in Arms 120 Pages - a mound of errata, variants, turn spread sheets, optional rules, and variant counters (for adding an eighth player, Sweden to the game and for the Viva La Revolution Scenario). Some of it includes the Waterloo Scenario, Advanced Naval Combat (with a table that was not included with the original article), Variant Leaders Counters along with the Viva La Revolution Scenario, Variant Swedish Counters along with rules to add Sweden as a player nation), and much more!!!! These counters are a slight clean-up of the AH designs. Three different priced versions to fit your needs!
Variant Counters & Rules for 1776 - My most colorful counter set with 44 Variant Leaders Counters (from portraits of the original men!!!) and the rules to use them from the Leaders Variant in General Magazine, along with an over 100-page bonus including the 1776 Third Edition Rules (55 pages), 9 extra scenarios (both official and unofficial) and more!!!
Variants & Variant\Replacement Counters for Patton’s Best - Adds 30+ Variant Markers for encountering unknown objects Soviet and Canadian Tanks, a new Sherman Tank Card and the art for 200+ downloadable\printable counters to replace the original set.
Variant Naval Counters & Materials for Guns of August - 70+ Variant Naval Counters and the Variant Rules (from General Magazine) add a naval component to this classic game. Also included are extensive errata, an extensive revision of the game, the 2nd Edition Rules, an unofficial 3rd Edition Rules, an unofficial 4th Edition Rules, unofficial variants adding submarines, anti-tank artillery, and poison gas units (cough, cough), extra scenarios, Q&A, and more! A huge amount of materials!
Variant Counters & More for Afrika Korps includes 110+ counters to replace the absurd originals the game supplied (blue and off-pink counters, really!) and 25+ Bonus Variant Counters\Markers with a NEW Unit to correct a seemingly obvious deficiency in play and historical accuracy and a new downloadable game map!!!
Variant Counters Operation Compass for Afrika Korps are for those interested in playing this popular variant of the earlier part of the North Afrika Campaign! This variant scenario showcases the brilliant attacks of Richard O'Connor, "the British Rommel" who, except for Churchill's interference, might have rid North Africa of Axis forces!
Central Front 1300+ Variant Counters & Rules - Replaces the originals for each of the five Central Front games) designed for use with friction point rules. The five Central Front games are Hof Gap, Fifth Corps (S&T #82), BAOR (S&T #88), North German Plain (S&T #117), and Donau (S&T #131). The outstanding bonus includes the friction point rules, plus materials for all of the Central Front games with play-aids, variants, game reviews, and more! There are materials for bringing up the earlier games in the Central Front Series (Hof Gap and Fifth Corps) up to the BAOR rules which were revised (along with new optional rules added) to reflect new information on the organization and location of the West Germany Army.
Variant Counters & Rules for Battle for Germany - 60 Variant Counters and Rules for a truer historical setup of forces - SPI. All the Variant Counters are for units not included with the original game, but were present at the starting point of the game!
Variant Counters Siege of Constantinople - 28 colorful Variant Naval Counters along with the designer's Naval Rules SPI.
800 Variant Counters & Rules \World War 3 - Over 800 counters, enough to replace all of the lifeless 600 SPI originals, plus counters for Eurasia, Oceania, and the East Asia Block included in the scenario, but not on the SPI counter set! Plus two official extra scenarios and more!!!! Three different versions priced to fit your needs!
Variant Counter Set for A Mighty Fortress - 200 beautifully done variant counters to provide a complete set for playing the game.
Variant Counters & Rules \ Borodino - 100 beautifully done Variant Counters to replace the counter set that comes with the game. Plus an intricately worked out, but unofficial, rules variant, the article "Suggested Changes for NAW and Borodino" from Moves #11, and official errata for Borodino.
Variant Counter Set for SPI's The Marne - 150 Variant Counters to replace the drab counters included with the game.
See my Wargame Section for rare wargames (Avalon Hill, SPI, GMT and others), Variant Counter Sets (gamingthing designed) and over 60 unpunched Strategy & Tactics. As this is being written over half of the 40+ year run of Strategy & Tactics are in stock. They will be listed on eBay as quickly as possible. Please email if looking for specific issues between 70 and 300. All Wargames and Variant Counters listings are gamingthing approved!
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