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Designed by Amabel Holland
Published by Tiny Battle Publishing
Players
2
Play Time
60-90 min
Complexity
2.0 / 5
Rating
7.5
Year
2016
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Since 2016, Blood Before Richmond: Beaver Dam Creek – Battles of the Seven Days has captivated fans of dice rolling with its medium-light complexity design, shining brightest at 2 players.
How It Plays
Dice Rolling
You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!
Grid Movement
Pieces move on a grid of squares — straightforward movement that still leaves room for deep tactical thinking.
Hexagon Grid
The board uses hexagons instead of squares — this gives you more directions to move and think about.
Line of Sight
Your units can only interact with what they can directly see on the board — positioning matters a lot.
About This Game
Beaver Dam Creek is the fourth game in the Blood Before Richmond series, but the first battle chronologically. The first major engagement of the Seven Days set the precedent for the fighting that would follow. You have a small contingent of Union soldiers occupying a strong defensive position; Lee's plan calls for multiple divisions to coordinate their assaults so as to outflank and destroy the enemy; one or two divisions do all the fighting, abandoning the plan and settling for costly frontal assaults.…
Source: BoardGameGeek
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