Buckskins and Rangers: Skirmish Rules for Gaming the French Indian Wars
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Buckskins and Rangers: Skirmish Rules for Gaming the French Indian Wars

Buckskins and Rangers is a historical miniature game that enables and encourages the reader to recreate various battles and skirmishes of the French Indian Wars, while using 28mm model soldiers on their own tabletop battlefield. This game has been set up as a skirmish game in which players are assigned a unit of figures under the command of an officer, NCO or hero. Each figure is given a random number of actions that they can perform in their turn while dealing with the fundamentals of warfare such as command, movement, effects of small arms fire and artillery and the role that morale plays when the stresses of battle commence. Numerous examples are included throughout the rule set and several advanced rule sections are also included allowing players to tailor games to their own preferences when using the various scenarios included or when designing their own game scenarios.

2 playersages 12
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What is Buckskins and Rangers: Skirmish Rules for Gaming the French Indian Wars

Buckskins and Rangers is a historical miniature game that enables and encourages the reader to recreate various battles and skirmishes of the French Indian Wars, while using 28mm model soldiers on their own tabletop battlefield. This game has been set up as a skirmish game in which players are assigned a unit of figures under the command of an officer, NCO or hero. Each figure is given a random number of actions that they can perform in their turn while dealing with the fundamentals of warfare such as command, movement, effects of small arms fire and artillery and the role that morale plays when the stresses of battle commence. Numerous examples are included throughout the rule set and several advanced rule sections are also included allowing players to tailor games to their own preferences when using the various scenarios included or when designing their own game scenarios.

Buckskins and Rangers rule set also includes the following items to make this rule set a complete package as well as providing the reader with two excellent sources (Galloping Major Wargames and Acheson Creations) for gathering their some of their forces and providing excellent tabletop terrain:

1 Complete Rule Set

1 Scenario Supplement with 12 French Indian War Scenarios

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Players
2
Age
+12
Duration
Difficulty
Type
Board game
Year
2012
Mechanics
Simulation
Categories
American Indian Wars · Book · Miniatures
Designer
Robin J. Empey
Publisher
Battlefield Game Designs
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How many players is Buckskins and Rangers: Skirmish Rules for Gaming the French Indian Wars for?

Buckskins and Rangers: Skirmish Rules for Gaming the French Indian Wars plays with 2 players.

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Playing time varies with the number of players.

What age is it suitable for?

It is recommended from age 12.

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