By Swords and Bayonets

By Swords and Bayonets is a two-player, regimental level wargame and the ninth installment in the award-winning Great Battles of the American Civil War series. Its focus is on small(er)-scale battles of the ACW and will serve as an ideal introduction for players new to the series. By reducing the size of the contending forces, players can more easily learn the detailed, layered rules and subsystems of the GBACW series without fear of being overwhelmed by the size of the battles themselves.

Features Include: Four Civil War battles, each on a 22" x 17" half-size map; Opposing forces are no more than one division per side with 50 or fewer combat units each; The full GBACW rulebook is supported, so there is nothing to "unlearn" when players delve into other GBACW series games.

• Big Bethel, June 10, 1861, detailing Gen. Benjamin Butler's overconfident assault on John Magruder's Confederates.
• Rappahannock Station, Nov. 7, 1863 in which elements of Sedgewick's VI Union Corps attempt to isolate and disperse a section of Early's CSA division. There is a one turn "learning scenario" for this battle.
• New Bern, Mar. 14 1862, featuring Maj. General Ambrose Burnside's launches an attack on dug-in but inexperienced Confederates in the vicinity of Fort Thompson.
• Mill Springs, Jan. 19, 1862 where Rebel Gen. G. Crittenden raced to surprise a large Union contingent before they could be reinforced.

• Two double-sided, 22" x 17" Maps
• Two countersheets
• Four double-sided Cards with Charts
• Two Foldout Player Aid Cards
• Four double-sided Organization Cards
• One GBACW Series Rulebook
  
• One Battle Book
• One Examples of Play Booklet
• Two 10-sided dice