Gettysburg 1964.wmv

[@Pozer714]

I "love" the old Avalon Hill board games, even Kriegspiel! I love the smell when you open the box's and the old paper stat sheets and counters! Love your channel too! Keep them coming!

[@marianmoses9604]

This title was the first wargame I ever bought. I spotted it in a local toy store at the mall when I was about 13 or 14 in the mid-1970’s. I had recently developed an interest in the Civil War so I bought it. I played it solitaire many times of the next couple of years before moving on to other Avalon Hill titles. I never really wanted to go back to this game as it was too simple and the square grid was sorta lame in retrospect, but I do have a great sense of nostalgia towards this game since it was my initial introduction to board war gaming as a hobby. 😊

[@lwb10463]

This is the version I remember when I was a kid. Thank you so much. This was a very touching video.

[@bmen6401]

Same, the first AH game I played.

[@autocad3227]

I played this game tons of time, way back in the 60s. Then I bought 1977 version, man was that a bomb. I did score the rare 1963 hex version, I 'll haven't played it yet. GREAT VIDEO you have there.

[@davidwormell6609]

What is the difference inbetween the '64 edition and the '77 edition?

[@autocad3227]

@@davidwormell6609 the 77 edition is a complete redesign. Avalon Hills feedback, from this game was a lowest ever. So I have never liked it. The 58, and 64 additions up 76 are very similar. (With the exception of a two-year hex version around 1963). The 1977 version did have a beautiful map. Designer did a lot of historical research, but the game was not well received.

[@davidwormell6609]

@@autocad3227 Thanks for the answer

[@XLEGION1]

Yes, I had owned the old hex grid version of the game myself at one time. Eventually I had to abandon it. Mainly because it was too slow. If you break it out I recommend that you double or triple the movement on all roads. The counters, which are rated '2' for movement are just too slow. Thanks for the comments.

[@Seven8001]

Nice review. I always wondered about that game with the large counters etc. My first board game was Tactics 2, a long time ago!!

[@Anaris10]

Had that too.

[@andrewrevell9099]

A wonderfully nostalgic video that pays tribute to a classic. Thanks!

[@Anaris10]

I bought Panzerblitz when I was about 11 and couldn't get the hang of it "Tournament Level III" it said. So I bought this one and was hooked on A.H. games and then SPI and GDW.......

[@davidfinch7407]

Very nostalgic game for me. As a kid, I played it quite a bit, but when I went back to it as a young adult, I marveled at how bad the flaws were. The fact that the HQ counters had no function in the game was amazing to me, especially since it would have been easy to improve a unit's strength if it was adjacent to a HQ counter; but the designers couldn't be bothered to make that easy addition. Plus, after seeing games with hex grids and their obvious superiority to squares drawn on the map, I couldn't believe adults had designed this game. Well, I guess the hobby had to start SOMEWHERE.

[@XLEGION1]

Well, that's exactly it isn't it? In 1958, when this game was 'invented', who was doing historical board games? Nobody. This was done by one single man - Charles Roberts and his name isn't anywhere in the credits. I have the same reaction today as you did. It's just not a great simulation but I see it as a pioneer game in the field. It all started with Roberts.

[@davidfinch7407]

Something that occurred to me was that long before Roberts, people were playing historical wargames. H.G. Wells famously published war game rules in his book "Little Wars". Perhaps Roberts was the first one to substitute cardboard counters for miniature armies, making the games much more affordable. @@XLEGION1

[@cbclimber]

My first wargame. A classic for sure. The lethal CRT made things move quickly.

[@usapatriot4163]

Nice tribute to an old wargame ''classic'! Thanks!

[@craigclemens986]

The square grid and the lack of terrain effects on movement in the game. Those are two huge issues.

[@GenghisVern]

I believe I talked my dad into buying me that version from the gift shop in Gettysburg, way back when-- in the early 70s I thought. First saw hexagon grid with original Battle of the Bulge.

[@XLEGION1]

That was the second war game that I had purchased, so I have very fond memories of it. It's like a museum piece today, I can appreciate it for the time period that it was created in.

[@GenghisVern]

let me guess--- Tactics?

[@jobu88]

Somehow I never had that one, I had over 50 AH games at one time in the late 70s / early 80s. Nice video.

[@patrickreynolds6861]

My dad had this game. I don't know what version from the 60's it was. I found it in the basement on a shelf in the mid 70's. It got me hooked onto reading about the civil war. Unfortunatley I lost the pieces. MY BAD!! Sorry POP!!

[@usmcfutball]

Call me sentimental but I prefer the 1958 counters. Those HUGE infantry divisions with their over-sized frontages. Awesome. This mapboard is in great shape. And I enjoyed the video very much. BTW...I made so many personal modifications to that standard CRT! Tweeks you could never get away with now with a PC or X-Box game. Cheers!

[@aurelius54]

The only other games I can think of with squares rather than hexes are AH's Midway and ATO's The Big Push. Can anyone supply other examples?

[@e-4airman124]

love it let us see a replay!

[@johnvaughan1692]

#meToo : The AH 1964 version was my intro to military wargaming - and a point of reference for building my own games later

[@davidcreech9628]

This was the first war game I ever owned or played was given to me by a friend who couldn't figure out the rules I wish I still had it

[@XLEGION1]

I will always remember this game with fond affection as it was my first serious "Civil War" game and it left a powerful impression. It has been made rather obsolete with some of the newer titles but it played an important part in our hobby.

[@Uhlan_]

My first exposure to this game was what's known as the revised 61 edition. It had counters like the 64 edition, and a hex map. By the time I played this game, I had already been exposed to later games and being physically "into the Civil War." found it, well, dull. I gave the game away at some point. I currently own an actual '58 edition that I found in a thrift shop for $1 and was surprised at it's complexity relative to the later versions.

[@JamesWilliams-hw8we]

A Corps takes too long to move on a PC, but it's a snap on the '64 Gettysburg board game. Ambiguities and non-historical functions in the game (if noticed) are part of its "educational" effect (in reading comprehension and history). Ironical, ain't it? The '58 Edition has a much less severe CRT. In the '61 hex version artillery protects the infantry! ...and HQs have a use. Gettysburg '88, 125th Ann.Version is a simple but colorful improvement.

[@peacefulamerican4994]

If the two Union cavalry units both attacked with enfilade against the Confederate infantry division, on turn one, and the Union player rolled 'elim' or 'back two', the Union could win on the first turn.

[@XLEGION1]

Or, they could get an AE and the way would be totally open for the Confederates.

[@tinablack9510]

I'm I wrong in your example the union would have 4 , heath on the hill would be doubled and 8 4 to 8 = 1 to 2 heath can't be eliminated

[@peacefulamerican4994]

@@tinablack9510 Does Heath begin on a hill? (so many years ago). I know there is a Union Division on the south edge on turn one.

[@tinablack9510]

@@peacefulamerican4994 I have the original 1954 version and Henry heth is on a hill

[@autocad3227]

If you Surf eBay you can find replacement counters

[@davidwormell6609]

Good analysis of the O.o.B

[@davidwormell6609]

How did you make the duplicate counters? They look very good!!

[@8l8glg]

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[@nickmorgan8078]

Can we get a Stalingrad video?

[@XLEGION1]

I don’t own “Stalingrad” and have not played it for over 50 years. However, I have pre-ordered the reprint version of “Russian Campaign” which is the logical replacement game for “Stalingrad”.

[@nickmorgan8078]

@@XLEGION1 can we get a video of that in the near future?

[@06.arditafitrianakhoirulum74]

Yes

[@pdogone1]

rowleys division should come on the fairfield rd not emmitsburg rd..other than that pretty good..

[@XLEGION1]

Actually it is far more complicated than that. Rowley DID come up from Emmittsburg but got side tracked to the west. He travelled for awhile on the 'Nunnemaker Hill Road' and eventually DID come in on the Fairfield road. So you are correct. However, any Gettysburg game that has him come in on the Emmittsburg Road is equally accurate in a sense since he did get side tracked. But, if you want 100% accuracy, Fairfield is more correct.

[@pdogone1]

agree...i didnt want to get into to much..the game was alot of fun and it doesnt detract from the game at alltks for the comment!

[@davidwormell6609]

I love the map, although Hex would have been better than squares.

[@fanomezantokyandrianantena6262]

just I want to watch the video

[@karlamaevillegas9345]

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