Victory or Death: A Wargamer's Guide to the American Revolution, 1775-1782 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781804513576)

Fight your own way through the American War of Independence with this comprehensive wargamer's guide, featuring detailed maps, battle summaries uniform guides, all accompanied by tabletop scenarios and historical insights for an immersive gaming experience.

This wargamer's guide provides a comprehensive overview of the American War of Independence (or American Revolution), 1775-1782. The guide includes a series of maps showing the location of major battles by year with accompanying summaries of those battles and of the major campaigns of the war, and additionally it includes details of many lesser-known engagements. The book also provides information on, and organizations of not only American Continentals, French regular units and British regular units but also on American militia, the British Army's German Auxiliaries, and the British provincial and loyalist units, and will thus enable wargamers to focus their efforts on specific campaigns or battles.

Orders of battle for selected campaigns and specific battles are provided. Uniform guides, including uniform colors and facings for each of the participants are included along with descriptions of the armies' colors. The guide provides information on rules for the period and an overview of various miniatures available in a range of scales. Several tabletop wargaming scenarios, accompanied by maps, orders of battle and painting guides are also included in the book; additionally, information for several historical campaign scenarios are given, showing how campaigns can be used to add a new dimension to wargaming and to generate tabletop battles.

Author: David Bonk
ISBN-10: 1804513571
ISBN-13: 9781804513576
Publisher: Helion & Company
Language: English
Published: 04/04/2024
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 11.57h x 8.19w x 0.39d