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XXXII. GHS Hexacon, Haus des Gastes, Braunfels, Germany, 12< | XXXII. GHS Hexacon, Haus des Gastes, Braunfels, Germany, 12< | ||
~~NOTOC~~ | ~~NOTOC~~ | ||
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+ | McClellan (on the left) and Lee (on the right). | ||
===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
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===== Roles ===== | ===== Roles ===== | ||
+ | The following roles can be played and as you can see, every role represents a historic figure. In each group, the order is army commander (where appropriate), | ||
- | | + | **Union Army of the Potomac** |
+ | * George B. McClellan | ||
+ | * Randolph B. Marcy | ||
+ | * Seth Williams | ||
+ | * Liaison Umpire | ||
**2nd Corps** | **2nd Corps** | ||
* Edwin V. Sumner | * Edwin V. Sumner | ||
* Israel B. Richardson | * Israel B. Richardson | ||
* John Sedgwick | * John Sedgwick | ||
- | * liaison | + | * Liaison |
**3rd Corps** | **3rd Corps** | ||
* Samuel P. Heintzelman | * Samuel P. Heintzelman | ||
* Joseph Hooker | * Joseph Hooker | ||
* Philip Kearny | * Philip Kearny | ||
- | * liaison | + | * Liaison |
- | * 4th Corps (Erasmus D. Keyes) | + | **4th Corps** |
- | * 5th Corps (Fitz John Porter) | + | * Erasmus D. Keyes |
- | * 6th Corps (William B. Franklin) | + | |
+ | * John J. Peck | ||
+ | * Liaison Umpire | ||
+ | **5th Corps** | ||
+ | * Fitz John Porter | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * George Sykes | ||
+ | * George A. McCall | ||
+ | * Liaison Umpire | ||
+ | **6th Corps** | ||
+ | * William B. Franklin | ||
+ | * Henry W. Slocum | ||
+ | * William F. Smith | ||
+ | * Liaison Umpire | ||
- | | + | **Confederate Army of Northern Virginia** |
- | * Army of the Valley | + | * Robert E. Lee |
- | * Army of the Peninsula | + | |
- | * Longstreets Wing (James Longstreet) | + | * Walter H. Taylor |
- | * Hugers Wing (Benjamin Huger) | + | * Liaison Umpire |
+ | **Army of the Valley** | ||
+ | * Thomas J. Jackson | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * Richard S. Ewell | ||
+ | * William H.C. Whiting | ||
+ | * Liaison Umpire | ||
+ | **Army of the Peninsula** | ||
+ | * John B. Magruder | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * David R. Jones | ||
+ | * Howell Cobb | ||
+ | * Liaison Umpire | ||
+ | **Longstreets Wing** | ||
+ | * James Longstreet | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * Richard H. Anderson | ||
+ | * Daniel H. Hill | ||
+ | * Liaison Umpire | ||
+ | **Hugers Wing** | ||
+ | * Benjamin Huger | ||
+ | * Lewis A. Armistead | ||
+ | * Theophilus H. Holmes | ||
+ | * Liaison Umpire | ||
At the end of March 2018 we will publish an initial casting for the game. The game aims to be played with 40 to 50 players (including umpires) | At the end of March 2018 we will publish an initial casting for the game. The game aims to be played with 40 to 50 players (including umpires) | ||
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+ | ===== Material ===== | ||
+ | ~~NOTOC~~ | ||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | Huger Wing | ||
+ | The Union has naval superiority and protecting Richmond from gunboat attack was a priority. Drury' | ||
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+ | ~~NOTOC~~ | ||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | 4th Corps | ||
+ | This foto displays a situation from the viewpoint of 4th Corps. Each team has counters to represent their own troops as well as some counters to indicate the location of friendly formations and enemy troops that have been spotted. A piece of string is used to make a rough estimate of how much ground can be covered in eight hours of marching. | ||
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+ | ===== Designers ===== | ||
+ | ~~NOTOC~~ | ||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | ~~NOTOC~~ | ||
+ | {{: | ||
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+ | Wouter de Groot and Sicco Steenhuisen have developed this mega-game specifically for Braunfels Hexacon 2018. Playing a mega-game that is wargame themed is simply the best way to spend your time if you can get a bunch of wargamers together. Or at least we try to make that so. |