Age of Rifles
2008
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9.0
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Players
2-2
Weight
2.50/5.00
Age
8+
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The Age of Rifles system is a fast, low to moderate complexity, brigade-level game of mid-19th century battles, combining a grand tactical perspective (battle strategy, not micromanagement) with a focus on a historically sound use of your units. It is a descendant of the Last Battles of Napoleon system, incorporating a modern, fire-based combat system, an interactive chitpull sequence of play, and an orders system. It is intended to provide the feeling that order-based systems of much greater complexity and playing time provide, by omitting tactical detail such as formations and facing. Seen from the other side, it is intended to be Blue & Gray: Four American Civil War Battles but with a historical feel in play.
Currently there are refits for Gettysburg: Lee's Greatest Gamble, Seven Days Battles, and The Atlanta Campaign: Bald Hill and Ezra Church.