The Gamers, Inc. CWB Regimental Sub-Series: This Hallowed Ground ©1998. The Gamers, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Game Design: David A. Powell RSS Design: David A. Powell CWB Design: Dean N. Essig Introduction hex is at either end of the road). The Sunken Proofing and Testing: Dan Cicero, Lee Road is not the same as a Trench hex. This is the logical successor to our Forester, Dave Freidrichs, Will Volny Thunder at the Crossroads. It also Original Map Research: Rick Barber addresses the topic at a scale I always Final Graphics: Dean N. Essig 1.3 Railroad Cut wanted: the regimental level. There is no Production Management: Sara H. Essig Units cannot fire across Railroad Cut mistaking that this is a big game. Virtually hexsides from the lower side; units can fire all the variables and options found in Table of Contents through such hexsides from the top with no Thunder at the Crossroads, 2nd Edition penalty. Page Item are here as well. The game system itself is 1 1.0 Terrain and Map Notes 2 2.0 Union Special Rules an expanded version of the Civil War, 4 3.0 Confederate Special Rules Brigade Series designed to recreate 1.4 Runs 6 4.0 General Special Rules regimental combat with a minimum of There are a number of in-hex water 5.0 Victory record-keeping and fuss. A great deal of 8 6.0 Set Up Notes features on the map referred to as “Runs”. 6.1 Battle for Barlow's Knoll work went into the historical placements, These are provided for historical reference 9 6.2 McPherson's Ridge details on action-by-action losses, and odd and a visual “cue” for terrain elevations. 10 6.3 The First Day historical incidents. I hope that the game 11 6.4 Crisis at the Crossroads They have no effect on play, since at this 12 6.5 Little Round Top provides not only a first-rate gaming point these streams were militarily 13 6.6 Culps Hill experience but also some added insight insignificant. Streams and Creeks that run 14 6.7 Pickett’s Charge into the historical event. along a hexside DO have significant game 17 6.8 The Second Day 18 6.9 The Whole Union Line Ablaze effects, and should not be confused with 20 6.10 The Third Day the in-hex Runs. The “Run” designation is 23 6.11 The Fourth Day 1.0 Terrain and applied to a water feature because of its in- 24 6.12 The Battle of Gettysburg hex nature, ignore historical stream names 25 6.13 Gettysburg—4 Map Version Map Notes Designer’s Notes in this determination. 29 Historical Notes 1.1 Stone Walls 37 Bibliography 39 Officer Seniority List There are a large number of stone 1.5 Slopes and 40 Artillery Unit Listing walls on the map. They don’t have a large 41 Losses and Scenario Starting Strengths effect, but were used as impromptu Extreme Slopes 45 Confederate Reinforcements 47 Union Reinforcements breastworks. However, some common Three features represent elevation sense needs to be used here. Only one change. The thin contour lines represent player can use a given stone wall at a time. simple elevation changes and are not Slope The player adjacent to a given stone wall hexsides. The thick contour lines are slopes. “first” (i.e., set up there or arrived at the Crossing one of the thick lines constitutes A Complete Copy of This Hallowed wall before the other player) gets the benefit. crossing a regular Slope hexside, while Ground Includes: In virtually every case, who “owns” the crossing two (or more) of them along a 1x Box stone wall should be obvious. Stone walls single hexside constitutes crossing an 1x CWB Series Rulebook (v3.0) have no direction—they “work” both ways. 1x RSS Series Supplemental Rulebook Extreme Slope. The contour lines are drawn 2x RSS Charts & Tables Booklets to generally conform to the hexsides, but 1x Game Specific Rulebook 1x Loss Chart Booklet 1.2 The Sunken do not follow them ridgidly. It is usually 2x Dice (one red, one white) obvious when (and how many) contour 5x 22x 34” Map Road 3x Color Play Aids lines are crossed from one hex to another. 8x 280-counter countersheet The Sunken Road protective hexsides Should an ambiguity exist, a unit’s 1x Registration Card 1x Current Price List are all hexsides around a Sunken Road hex movement can be assumed to follow a Assorted Advertising Flyers (which our collaters love to except those the road runs through (or straight path from approximate hex center hate...) would run through upon extension if the to approximate hex center. There is no If you are missing something, contact us. If you have something extra, Merry Christmas! Page 1 This Hallowed Ground, RSS #1 additional effect (beyond already being an 1.10 Buildings and Meade arrives. Should Meade later become Extreme Slope) for having more than two a casualty, normal command succession thick contour lines into a hex. the Town of takes place (the new army commander is a Gettysburg real one, not a Wing Commander). Design Note: Contour lines represent a departure for us from the map graphics that The densely marked hexes within the The Senority Lists provide order of have become the CWB standard. However, town of Gettysburg identify the only hexes rank for all leaders. With the exception I chose to use contour lines instead of the of that type. The “edge” of this “urban” noted in 2.2 below, no leader can serve more common hexside symbols for a area is easy to tell. All other buildings are under a leader of lesser rank. number of reasons. First, the change in for historical interest and have no effect. scale added a lot of slope symbols, taxing 2.2 Hancock and possibly exceeding the abilities of the 1.11 Map Assembly computer. Second, we needed ways to When Meade learned of Reynolds’ The maps are designed to fit together reduce visual clutter from that shown on death, he turned to another corps in a sort of triangular arrangement, with A, the playtest maps. Finally, we liked the commander in whom he had great trust to B, and C along the top row and D and E in look of Rick’s base artwork, and wanted to hurry to the scene and take command— the center on the second row. The offset of maintain the natural feel he showed. Winfield Scott Hancock. If Reynolds D and E toward the middle of the other becomes a casualty while Wing three maps should be noted—any attempt Commander, Hancock will arrives four 1.6 Sloping Ground to make the edges of D flush left with A will hours (16 turns) later at entry area K and In addition to the hexside Elevation, fail miserably! becomes the Wing Commander. If this Slope and Extreme Slope features, there is requires Hancock to arrive after his normal a Sloping Ground hex. Sloping Ground entry time, have him arrive normally more accurately reflects steep hillsides. 2.0 Union instead. In the interim between Reynold’s These symbols do not effect line of sight. Special Rules loss and Hancock’s arrival, the next senior corps commander present (unfortunately, 2.1 Wing Command this means Howard...) becomes the Wing 1.7 Boulders Before Meade arrives, the Union Commander. Hancock replaces him when (Devil’s Den Only) forces are under a Wing Commander he arrives. Exception: if Slocum or Sedgwick is Any unit that moves into or through a (Reynolds had been given authority over Wing Commander, ignore this rule. Boulder hex is automatically Shaken. Such the 1st, 3rd and 11th Corps the day before). units must remain Shaken (or worse) as Before Meade arrives, the Wing long as they remain in these hexes—they Commander functions as army commander 2.3 Union Reserve cannot recover to Normal, nor can they in most respects (Reynolds is exempt from accept any BL result. 10.6). The Wing commander uses orders, Artillery and cannot use initiative. He does not The Union artillery reserve is an Army command his own corps, rather the senior Reserve formation with the Regimental 1.8 Orchards available divisional commander does and Sub-Series Rules, section 10.5a, part D Ignore one Orchard hex in any hex orders from the Wing Commander to his applying to Army Reserves in effect. along an LOS. Two or more Orchard hexes own corps (via the acting Corps block LOS normally. As always, ignore Commander) follow normal order the terrain of the firer and target unit hexes acceptance procedures. Reshuffle the 2.4 Union Special in LOS determination. Any hex that commanders within the Wing Leaders contains one or more complete Orchard Commander’s corps according to the A number of leaders have special tree symbols is an Orchard hex. Seniority list (same process as filling in for a casualty). effects, to better represent their actions. When Reynolds is the Wing Three of these men were Union artillery 1.9 Bridges and Commander, he has one important officers; while one was not a solder at all, Fords difference, he has no formal HQ (his HQ is but the town constable. in the saddle, as it were). He (alone) is 2.4a Hunt. Henry Hunt was on Meade’s Wherever a Pike, Road, Railroad, or exempt from the Army Command rules staff as Chief of Artillery, and it is largely Trail (all called “road” here for simplicity) (10.6). Should Reynolds stop being Wing due to his influence that Union artillery crosses a Creek, or Stream, the road negates Commander for any reason other than the was so well prepared for the battle.