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In Magnificent Style
Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg
Table of Contents
[1.0] INTRODUCTION ........................... 1
[2.0] GAME EQUIPMENT ...................... 1
[3.0] SETTING UP ................................. 2
[4.0] SEQUENCE OF PLAY .................... 3
[5.0] DIVISION GENERALS ................... 3
[6.0] UNIT ACTIVATION ....................... 4
[7.0] MOVING A UNIT .......................... 4
[8.0] HITS AND RESERVES ................... 5
[9.0] EVENT CHITS .............................. 5
[10.0] REGROUPING............................. 6
[11.0] FIRE! CHITS ............................... 6
[12.0] SIGHTING .................................. 7
[13.0] BAYONET COMBAT ................... 7
UNION EVENT CHITS ....................... 8
CONFEDERATE EVENT CHITS .......... 9
[14.0] UNION ACTIVITY ......................10
[15.0] LEE & LONGSTREET ................10
[16.0] HOUSEKEEPING ........................10
[17.0] SCORING THE GAME ................10
[18.0] EXTENDED EXAMPLE ...............12
[19.0] THE 2-PLAYER GAME ..............14
[20.0] DESIGNER’S NOTES ..................16
[0.0] USING THESE RULES
New gaming terms, when initially defined,
appear in dark red lettering for quick
referencing.
<strong>The</strong> instructions for this game are organized
into major “Rules” sections as shown in large
green CAPS font, and represented by the
number to the left of the decimal point (e.g.,
Rule 4.0 is the fourth Rule). <strong>The</strong>se Rules
generally explain the game’s components,
procedures for play, the game’s core systems
and mechanics, how to set it up, and how to
win.
With each Rule, there can be “Cases” that
further explain a general concept or basic
procedure. Cases might also restrict the
application of a Rule by denoting exceptions
to it. Cases (and Subcases) are an extension
of a Rule shown in the way that they are
numbered. For example, Rule 4.1 is the first
Case of the fourth Rule; and Rule 4.1.2 is the
second Subcase of the first Case of the fourth
Rule.
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Important information is in red text.
References to examples of a Rule or Case are in
blue text and this font.
Text in shaded boxes, like this, provides the
voice of the game’s designer, who is
addressing you to explain an idea or concept
that is not, itself, a Rule or a Case.
[1.0] INTRODUCTION
“We all moved off in as magnificent style as
I ever saw, the lines perfectly formed.”
- John T. Jones, Commander of the 26th
North Carolina
In Magnificent Style
is a solitaire game depicting the final
desperate Confederate attack on 3 July 1863
at the Battle of Gettysburg, popularly known
as Pickett’s Charge. To make this game
entertaining, it features new ideas for the old
“push-your-luck” play mechanic. As General
Longstreet, you must decide how quickly to
press your troops across this deadly open
ground before allowing the men to regroup
for another bound. But time is not on your
side, and the longer your stalwart soldiers
remain in this maelstrom of enemy fire, the
more dangerous it becomes, and the less
likely they will arrive with the verve and
numbers required to carry the day.
Those are your options: Death or Glory!
“General Lee, I have no division.”
- General George Edward Pickett
[2.0] GAME EQUIPMENT
● 1 11x17” map
● 42 3/4” square pieces
● 90 1/2” square pieces
● 14 1/2” round pieces
● 1 5/8” round piece
● 10 1” x 1/2” rectangular pieces
● 1 two-sided, 8.5” x 5.5” Player Aid sheet
● This Rules booklet
You will need to provide a pair of 6-sided
dice and an opaque bowl to play the game.
[2.1] <strong>The</strong> Game Map: <strong>The</strong> map represents a
stylized overhead view of the valley across
which Pickett’s Charge occurred, from
Seminary Ridge, across the Emmitsburg
Road, to Cemetery Ridge.

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Game Turn Track
Union Position Spaces
“<strong>The</strong> Angle” Spaces
Emmitsburg Road
Area (a numbered
group of Spaces)
Farms (provide
defensive cover)
Confederate Start
Spaces
Confederate Command
Organization
Brigade
(“unit”)
Column
<strong>The</strong> map is divided as follows:
Division
Column
Spaces: Each small square box is a space.
This is the basic unit of measure in the
game. Spaces are sub-divided by type:
Confederate Start spaces (i.e., Spangler’s
Woods and Seminary Ridge).
Union Position spaces (i.e., Copse of
Trees and Cemetery
Ridge). <strong>The</strong> three
spaces opposite the
Brigades of Davis,
Lane and Marshall are
behind a stone wall.
Emmitsburg Road spaces (indicated by the
road line running through them and the
thicker space border).
<strong>The</strong> Angle (shaded red). A killing ground
where the Rebels suffered greatly. Units in
these spaces always take one more Hit (for
any reason) than normally required.
Farms: <strong>The</strong>se two squares represent farm
buildings that provided some cover. Units
in these spaces always take one less Hit
(for any reason) than normally required.
Areas: <strong>The</strong>se are the blocks of nine spaces
numbered from 1 to 10.
Zones: <strong>The</strong>se are three adjacent Areas
sharing the same color: green, yellow or
red. <strong>The</strong>y measure the relative distance
from the Rebel lines to the Union lines.
Brigade Columns: <strong>The</strong> Confederate forces
advance as individual Brigades (named at
their starting positions) along a column
one space wide and about 10 spaces deep.
Division Columns: <strong>The</strong> Confederate
Brigades are grouped into three divisions:
Pettigrew, Trimble and Pickett. <strong>The</strong>se
divisions each have their own Divisional
Columns (three spaces wide).
[2.2] Units: Each Brigade or “unit” is
represented by a
rectangular
Position marker
(pictured here) plus
a small square
Strength Value (SV) marker (pictured
below) showing its current strength.
Unit Strength Value markers
CONFEDERATE
UNION
FRONT BACK FRONT BACK
Strength Value (SV)
FRONT BACK FRONT BACK
Rally marker
[2.3] Markers: Each Brigade also has a
Rally marker from which it advances from
and falls back to. Each Division (a group of
three Brigades) has a single, named General
marker assigned to one specific Brigade in
that Division at a time (shown above).
Event chit
Division General marker
Chits
FRONT BACK FRONT BACK
Fire chit
[2.4] Chits: <strong>The</strong>re are large square Event
chits (with one Union and one Confederate
Event on each side) and small square Fire!
chits used when the Confederates are firing
on the Union Position spaces.
[3.0] SETTING UP
1. Place the map so that the Confederate end
(Seminary Ridge) is closest to you.
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2. Place 1 rectangular Confederate Position
marker, 1 10-SV marker,
and one Confederate Rally
marker in each of the nine
Confederate Start spaces
along the bottom.
3. Stack each of the three Division General
markers () with its Ready side
showing (pictured here) with any
one of the Brigades in its Division.
It doesn’t matter much which Brigade they
set up with just yet.
4. Place the Game Turn marker in
the 1 space on the Turn Track.
5. Place one Union 5-SV unit on
each of the 9 Union Position
spaces near the top map edge.
6. Place the 30 Fire! chits together, face-up
(with their identical faces showing), in a
pile near the map and mix them up.
Conduct Preliminary Bombardment of the
Union Position spaces with
Confederate artillery by placing ten
unrevealed Fire! chits chosen at
random in any or all of the nine
Union Position spaces as you see fit.
Revealing these chits to ascertain their effect
occurs later during play (see 11.2).
If you would like to “give the Yankees what
for,” you may place one additional Fire!
chit in any or all of the Union
Position spaces in the same Brigade
Column as your General markers
by flipping those General markers over to
their “USED” side (see 5.4 and 5.5).
7. Place the large Event chits in an opaque
container, hereafter referred to as the Chit
bowl, and keep it close by.
8. All the other game pieces should be set
aside nearby for later use.
[4.0] SEQUENCE OF PLAY
Each game of In Magnificent
Style lasts five Game Turns (each
representing about 10 minutes of real time).
Each Game Turn is divided into Phases that
must be performed in order and each must be
completed before proceeding to the next
Phase, as follows:
1. Union Activity: Draw and implement
Blue (Union) Event chit(s). This Phase is
skipped on the first Game Turn.
2. Follow Me!: Assign each Confederate
Division General () marker still in play
to one of its three Brigades (5.1).
3. Brigade Activations: Choose any one
Brigade you wish that has not already been
active this turn; that Brigade is
then denoted by placing the
Advancing Brigade (“green
light”) marker behind it on the
map. It performs the following Steps in
order:
A. Activate: <strong>The</strong> Brigade elects to either
Move (which can occur many times) or
Regroup, until its turn ends
(6.2). When finished, flip its
Rally marker over to its Done
(“red light”) side.
B. Sighting: After all of the Brigade’s
activations are done, reveal
Fire! chits in the Union
Position space along this
Brigade’s Column, if allowed
(12.0), and apply their effects.
C. Move on!: Move the Advancing
Brigade marker to the next
eligible Brigade of your choice,
flipping the marker back from
its Shaken! side (if it is on that
“yellow light” side) as a reminder of
which Brigade is currently active. After
all Brigades have completed their turn,
place this marker to the side and proceed
to the Housekeeping Phase.
4. Housekeeping: Flip all Confederate
Division Generals on their Used sides back
to their Ready sides, remove all temporary
effect Fire! chits, flip Done markers over
to their Rally side and advance the Game
Turn marker one space. If Game Turn 5
was just completed, score the game (17.0).
[5.0] DIVISION GENERALS
<strong>The</strong>re are three important Division
General markers in the game:
Pettigrew, Trimble and Pickett.
<strong>The</strong>y are hereafter known as
“General markers” and have a single star
symbol (). <strong>The</strong>se markers abstractly
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represent the direct leadership and morale
influence of those Generals. <strong>The</strong>y can
provide bonuses for the single Brigade that
they are directly attached to.
[5.1] Attaching: Each General marker ()
in play (they are removed when killed or
wounded) is always deployed on the map
with (and, hence, “attached to”) one of the
three Brigades in its Division (only). Simply
place the General marker on top of the
Brigade’s Position marker.
Example: <strong>The</strong> General Pettigrew marker can
only be attached to (i.e., placed on the map with)
Brockenbrough’s, Davis’ or Lane’s Brigade.
[5.2] Movement: After their initial
placement during Set Up (3.0, #3), General
markers in play can be freely reattached to a
different Brigade in their Division during the
Follow Me! Phase of each Game Turn by
simply picking them up and placing them
with that other Brigade in their Division.
I’m Busy!: A General marker cannot be
attached to, or detached from, a Brigade
that is in a Union Position space.
[5.3] Shared Fate: During the Brigade
Activations Phase, a General marker stays
with the Brigade that it is attached to, advancing
and retreating along with it. If that
Brigade is eliminated, so is the General
marker attached to it!
[5.4] Leadership Effects: While attached to
a Brigade, a General marker can be used
(i.e., “spent” for that turn) for any one of the
bonuses listed below:
Place one additional (+1) Fire! chit during
the Preliminary Bombardment portion of
Set Up (see 3.0, #6).
Re-roll the Movement dice roll. Simply
ignore the original roll, pick up the dice
and roll again (see 7.0).
Increase the Hits inflicted during an Open
Fire event by one (+1). So even from a
Green Zone, one Hit is inflicted.
Recover one additional (+1)
Strength Value (SV) during a
Confederate Reserves event.
Improve morale when checked
during an 8th Ohio Flank
Attack! or Vermont Brigade
Counterattacks! event.
Grant a +2 modifier in Bayonet Combat.
[5.5] Command Limits: Once used (as per
5.4), the General marker is immediately
flipped over to its USED side
to indicate that it has performed its
single feat for that turn.
During the Housekeeping Phase, it is
refreshed (flipped back to its Ready side) to
show that it is again available to perform
another feat next turn.
[6.0] UNIT ACTIVATION
During the Brigade Activations Phase, you
must Activate each Confederate Brigade,
indicating this by placing the Advancing
Brigade marker behind it. You can
Activate your Brigades in any order
you desire. Activation means that
the unit will have one or more opportunities
to move, fight and consolidate during the
Phase.
[6.1] <strong>The</strong> Activation Decision: Each time a
unit Activates, you must decide which of two
options it will choose, either:
A. It attempts to Move toward the Union
Position space at the end of its column
(see 7.0), after which it often makes
another Activation Decision, OR
B. It Regroups in its current space (see 10.0)
and consolidates its position, after which
its Activation Step is over and play
proceeds to its Sighting Step (see 12.0). If
the unit is in a Continuing Melee, it must
choose this option (see 13.3).
[6.2] Ending Unit Activations: After each
Brigade completes its turn, flip its Rally
marker over to its “Done” side. After all nine
Brigades have performed their Activation, set
aside the Advancing Brigade marker and
proceed to the Housekeeping Phase (16.0).
[7.0] MOVING A UNIT
To move a unit, roll two dice (preferably one
dark- and one light-colored) and consult the
Movement Table on the Player Aid sheet.
<strong>The</strong> result of the first (dark-colored) die is
read along the left side and the second (lightcolored)
die along the top, yielding the result
of that unit’s movement effort.
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Example: A dice roll of a 4 and 4 is a Determined
Advance. A dice roll of 2 and 5 is an
Advance. Rolling a 1 and 6 is Against the
Wind, and a dice roll of 1 and 2 is Heavy Fire.
Below the Movement Table, each outcome
(e.g., Heavy Fire, Advance, etc.) has a list of
results that you must apply, in order. Some
allow you to make important choices!
[7.1] Advance and Retreat: Units Advance
toward the Union Position space at the end
of their unit column and retreat back toward
their Start space.
[7.2] Obstacles: <strong>The</strong> nine Union Position
and the nine Emmitsburg Road spaces are
all Obstacle spaces. In addition, certain Blue
Event chits are placed on the map and turn
the (non-Obstacle) space directly in front of a
Confederate Brigade into an Obstacle space.
Only certain types of single-space moves
(those shown with a red border on the
Movement Table) allow a Brigade to enter an
Obstacle space. No special move is required
to exit an Obstacle space.
<strong>The</strong> terrain border lines in front of the Union
Position spaces are a visual reminder about
the Union defenses in initial Bayonet Combat
(see 13.0).
Movement Outcome Notes
Heavy Fire: A unit can only endure Heavy
Fire once per turn. <strong>The</strong> Advancing
Brigade marker (“green light”) is
flipped over to its Shaken! side
(“yellow light”) as a reminder that
the next Heavy Fire result that happens to
that Brigade this turn means it falls back.
<strong>The</strong>ir morale is wavering under fire!
C’mon, Boys!: If the Brigade does not enter
an Obstacle space with this move (see
7.2), then you may draw 1 Gray Event
chit. If it does enter an Obstacle space,
then you do not get to draw.
<strong>The</strong> Rule of Halves
Whenever a value is halved for any
reason, always round fractions up!
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[8.0] HITS AND RESERVES
Each Hit reduces a unit’s Strength Value
(SV) by one (-1). Conversely, receiving one
point of reserves (via Event chits) increases a
unit’s SV by one (+1). Confederate units and
Union Positions can exceed their starting
SVs through the addition of Reserves.
Confederate units suffer Hits from Movement
Table results (e.g., Heavy Fire), Blue
Event chits (e.g., Artillery Barrage) and via
Bayonet Combat (see 13.0).
Union units take Hits via Fire! chits (see
11.0) that are placed through Preliminary
Bombardment (3.0, #6) and Gray Event
chits (e.g., Open Fire!). Hits are applied
directly (i.e., without using Fire! chits) to
Union units via Bayonet Combat (see 13.0).
[8.1] Making Change: When a unit gains or
loses strength, immediately adjust its SV
marker to reflect its new current value.
Example: Your fresh Confederate Brigade with 10
SV takes 1 Hit. You
would adjust its strength
by flipping the 10-SV
marker over to its 9-SV
side. If it had suffered 2
Hits, you would replace
Before After 1 Hit
the 10-SV marker with an 8-SV marker to show its
current SV.
[8.2] Elimination: If a unit’s Strength
Value is ever reduced to 0 or less, that unit is
eliminated from the game along with any
pieces directly associated with it (e.g., Fire!
chits, Rally markers, General markers, etc.).
[9.0] EVENT CHITS
You are often instructed to draw a Blue (pro-
Union) or Gray (pro-Confederate) Event chit
(with the color denoting which side of the
drawn chit to apply) from the chit bowl (see
3.0, #7). <strong>The</strong> explanations for each chit’s
result are located in the center of this booklet.
[9.1] No Effect: Any Event chit that is
impossible to perform (e.g., there is no unit in
the designated Zone, or the General is
already out of play, etc.) is treated as “No
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Effect” and returned to the Chit bowl; in this
case, no replacement chit is drawn.
[9.2] Nowhere: Confederate Start and
Union Position spaces are not in any Zone or
Area (and thus cannot be affected by game
events), but they are in their respective
Brigade and Divisional Columns.
[9.3] Duration: After performing its Event, a
chit is immediately returned to the Chit bowl.
Note that a colored title Event chit is placed
as a terrain feature or status reminder. After
serving its purpose in that capacity, it is
immediately returned to the Chit bowl.
Event Chit Notes
Cover can be placed in the same space as an
Obstacle and vice-versa.
An Obstacle Event chit cannot be placed in
a space that is already an Obstacle or has
an Obstacle chit already in it.
[10.0] REGROUPING
Every Confederate Brigade has its
own Rally marker in its Column
that represents its fallback (or
regrouping) point.
You will want to have Rally markers keep up
with your advancing Brigades in order to
minimize the effects of tactical disasters.
Procedure
In lieu of moving or as a result of an On to
Washington! Movement result, a unit can
Regroup and consolidate its position. You
perform this by bringing its Rally marker
forward to its current space. <strong>The</strong>se are the
two primary cases when the Rally marker
advances up to the unit (along with 13.3);
usually it remains in its current position!
<strong>The</strong> concept of consolidating a unit’s position
is very important! If you push a Brigade too
far too fast, a Heavy Fire or Rout! result can
cripple that unit.
[11.0] FIRE! CHITS
When the Confederates fire upon a
Union Position space, the effect of
that attack is not immediately known and
must be ascertained. To simulate this, Fire!
chits are used and their results are applied to
the affected Union Position space only when
those Fire! chits are revealed.
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[11.1] Keeping <strong>The</strong>ir Heads Down: An
unrevealed Fire! chit reduces a Union
Brigade’s Strength Value by one (-1 SV).
This represents the disrupting and pinning
effect of the gunfire on the Union troops.
Whether that effect is temporary or not will
be discovered when the marker is revealed.
Example: A Union Position space with 5-SV in it
also has two unrevealed Fire! chits
there. <strong>The</strong> Strength Value of that
Union Brigade is considered 3 (5 - 2)
due to the suppressive effects of the
two Fire! chits present in that location.
[11.2] Revealing Fire! chits: Fire! chits
remain unrevealed until revealed by Sighting
(see 12.0), by the Skirmishers Advance
Event chit or by a Confederate unit entering
that Union Position space. Apply the chit’s
effects immediately.
[11.3] Revealed Effects: Once revealed, the
effect of that Fire! chit is applied
immediately as follows:
MISS!: No effect.
1, 2 or 3 Hit(s)!: Apply 1, 2 or 3
Hits (see 8.0), as indicated, to the
Union Brigade.
Unsteady (temporary chit): <strong>The</strong>
Union Position has its SV halved
in Bayonet Combat that turn.*
Suppressed (temporary chit): <strong>The</strong>
Union Position has its SV halved
if it conducts Volley Fire that
turn.*
*If you reveal another of the same temporary
chit, treat the extra as a “Miss!” result.
After its immediate effect (Hit or Miss) has
been applied, or its temporary effect ended
during the Housekeeping Phase (see 16.0),
that Fire! chit is mixed back in with the
stock of available, unused Fire! chits.
Example Continued: <strong>The</strong> two Fire!
chits are revealed. <strong>The</strong>y are a MISS!
and a 1 Hit. <strong>The</strong>se are immediately
applied and both Fire! chits are then
returned to the stock of available
Fire! chits and mixed back in
(unrevealed). After suffering its 1 Hit
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[12.0] SIGHTING
After its Activation(s) for the turn are
complete, a Confederate Brigade ends its
turn by revealing unrevealed Fire! chits in
the Union Position space of its Brigade
Column. How many such Fire! chits are
revealed depends upon the Zone of that
Confederate Brigade as follows:
•: None (it’s too far away to be certain)
•: 1 (chosen randomly if more than one)
•: All (“Look at them Yankees!”)
[13.0] BAYONET COMBAT
If and when a Confederate unit moves into a
Union Position space (which is inherently
tricky because they are also Obstacle
spaces), an immediate Bayonet Combat is
fought.
<strong>The</strong> “obstacle” to enter a Union Position
space partly represents a “morale check”
before entering into hand-to-hand fighting.
Procedure
After resolving any Event chits called for by
the Movement Dice result that brought a
Confederate unit into the Union Position,
reveal and resolve all unrevealed Fire! chits
on that space, and then resolve one round of
Bayonet Combat by following these Steps:
First, take the Confederate Brigade’s SV
and adjust it by:
+2 if its General is assigned to that unit
and used for this purpose (see 5.4);
+1 if it spends a Rebel Yell chit;
+2 if it spends a Heroic Action chit;
+1 for each adjacent captured Union
Position without a General attached; OR
+ halve the Confederate unit’s SV from
each adjacent captured Union Position
space with a General attached (see 13.2).
Second, subtract the Union Position’s SV,
along with any of the following that apply:
-2 if this is an Initial Bayonet Combat
across the Stone Wall;
-1 if this is an Initial Bayonet Combat
across a non-Stone Wall border;
-1 for each adjacent Union Position space
containing at least “1” Union SV.
Third, add the roll of two dice (zz) to the
above sum and apply the net total on the
Bayonet Combat Result Table.
A die roll is symbolized thus: z.
[13.1] Turn Over: After one round of Bayonet
Combat, the Confederate Brigade’s
turn is over regardless of the result.
[13.2] Capturing a Union Position: If the
Union Brigade defending a Union Position
space is reduced to 0 SV after a round of
Bayonet Combat, and there is at least 1 SV
remaining in the Confederate Brigade in that
space, then the Confederates have
captured that position! Flip an
eliminated Union 5-SV marker to
its Captured! side and place it in
that Union Position space to symbolize this.
Do not remove that Confederate Brigade’s
SV marker; its value is worth Victory Points
at the end of the game (see 17.0).
If the defending Union Position space’s SV
was eliminated prior to the Confederate
Brigade entering it, that Union Position
space is automatically captured.
[13.3] Continuing Melee: If neither side is
eliminated and the Confederate Brigade has
not retreated from the Union Position space,
advance that Brigade’s Rally marker to the
space adjacent to the Union Position.
Another round of Bayonet Combat will occur
on that Confederate Brigade’s next turn.
During that Brigade’s subsequent Unit
Activation Phase, it must “Regroup” and in
lieu of consolidating its position, that Brigade
conducts another round of Bayonet Combat.
While locked in melee combat thus, the
following applies:
Artillery, Canister, or Fire-type Events into
or out of that space are ignored.
Reserves (for either side), Heroic Action
and Rebel Yell Events are permitted.
<strong>The</strong> Division General marker () is
“committed” and cannot be attached to, or
detached from, the Confederate Brigade.
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UNION EVENT CHITS
8th Ohio Flank Attack! (x1)
<strong>The</strong> 8th Ohio Regiment harasses your attack.
Distribute 2 Hits among the Brigades in Pettigrew’s
Division; then check the morale of those three
Brigades. Compare each Brigade’s Strength to the
Area number where that Brigade is located (-3 from
the Area number for the Brigade with the Pettigrew
marker attached, if used for this). If the (modified)
Area number is greater, the unit retreats back a
number of spaces equal to the difference; otherwise,
there is no effect. If it retreats beyond its Rally
marker, move its Rally marker back with it.
Artillery Barrage vs. (x9: 2 each •, 1 each •)
Union artillery bombardment saturates an Area.
Each Brigade in the designated Area receives a
number of Hits equal to the number of Brigades in
that Area (e.g., if all three Brigades were in that Area,
each would suffer 3 Hits).
Canister Fire vs. (x3: 1 per Division)
Union batteries fire a volley of canister fire.
Apply Hits to each Brigade in that Division based on
its proximity to a Union space:
Brigade is in Area 10: Apply 4 Hits.
Brigade is in any other space adjacent to a Union
space: Apply 3 Hits.
Brigade is two spaces away: Apply 2 Hits.
Brigade is three spaces away: Apply 1 Hit.
Changing Circumstances (x1)
<strong>The</strong> situation worsens for the Confederates.
If any are currently in play, 1 Confederate greentitled
Event chit is returned to the bowl.
Gen. (General) Meade’s Planning (x1)
Meade prepares his countermoves.
Place this marker on the next Turn on the Game Turn
Track. During that turn’s Union Activity Phase, draw
two additional blue Event chits, implementing each
as it is drawn.
God is a Southerner (x1)
A sudden reversal of fortune!
Draw 1 Confederate chit and implement it.
Obstacle (x5: 1 •, 2 •, 1 •, 1 “Any”)
<strong>The</strong> unit encounters an unexpected obstacle.
Place this chit on the map in the designated color
Zone (only) in a space directly in front of a
Confederate Brigade; it cannot be a space that
already has an Obstacle there (including the
Emmitsburg Road). That Brigade must achieve
movement allowing it to enter an Obstacle space to
move any further. After this Obstacle space is
entered, return this chit to the Chit bowl.
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Stragglers & Disorder (x1)
Command control problems hinder the advance.
Check each Confederate Division and, if its General
is not currently in play (i.e., he is killed or wounded),
then 1 Brigade in that Division suffers 1 Hit.
Terrible Swift Sword (x1)
Events cascade to the Union’s advantage.
Draw 2 Union chits and implement them both in the
order drawn.
<strong>The</strong> General is Hit! (x3: 1 per Division General)
That General is hit by Union fire.
If that General is on the map, check his Zone:
• Zone: Close call (no effect).
• Zone: Wounded! Remove that General marker
from the map and place it 2 Turns ahead on the
Turn Track (or remove it from play if that would be
after Turn 5). It returns to play during the Follow
Me! Phase of that turn.
• Zone / Bayonet Combat: Killed! Remove that
General marker from play.
Union Reserves Added vs. (x3: 1 per Division)
Union troops reinforce their positions.
Replace 2 Strength Value or remove 2 unrevealed
Fire! chits (or do 1 of each) from any of the three
Union Position spaces in that Division’s Column. If
not enough can be Replaced or removed, add
Strength Value instead to make up the difference.
Vermont Bde. (Brigade) Counterattacks! (x1)
Stannard’s Vermont Brigade launches a
counterattack against Pickett on your right flank.
Distribute 3 Hits among the Brigades in Pickett’s
Division; then check the morale of those three
Brigades. Compare each Brigade’s Strength to the
Area number where that Brigade is located (-3 from
the Area number for the Brigade with the Pickett
leader attached, if used for this). If the (modified)
Area number is greater, the unit retreats back a
number of spaces equal to the difference; otherwise,
there is no effect. If it retreats beyond its Rally
marker, move its Rally marker back with it.
Volley Fire vs. (x9: 3 per Division)
Union troops unleash a disciplined volley of riflemusket
fire against the advancing Confederates.
Each Union Brigade facing this Division (only) inflicts
a number of Hits equal to half its Strength Value to
the Confederate Brigade opposite, adjusted for
range, as follows:
• Zone: All Hits are applied
• Zone: -1 Hit (less than 0 inflicts no Hits)
• Zone: -2 Hits (less than 0 inflicts no Hits)

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CONFEDERATE EVENT CHITS
Artillery Support (x3: one 2-Fire!, two 1-Fire!)
Confederate batteries get in a few supporting shots.
Place the indicated number of unrevealed Fire! chits
on any one or more Union Position spaces.
Changing Circumstances (x1)
<strong>The</strong> situation improves for the Confederates.
If any are currently in play, 1 Union red-titled Event
chit is returned to the bowl.
Confederate Reserves (x6)
Confederate second-line units feed the front line.
Select any one Confederate Brigade with less than
10 Strength Value. If it has an SV of 5 or more,
increase it by +1. If it has an SV of 4 or fewer,
increase it by +2. If that Division’s General is
attached, it can be used to gain one additional (+1)
Strength Value.
Cover (x6)
<strong>The</strong> unit happens upon some convenient shelter.
Place this chit in the space in front of any one
Confederate Brigade (even into a Union Position
space). <strong>The</strong> chit remains there until the unit
moves to any other space (at which time it is
returned to the Chit bowl). While in that space, all
Hits inflicted against that Brigade (for any reason)
are decreased by one (-1 Hit) per occurrence.
Division Support (x1)
Longstreet deploys supporting regiments.
You may select any one Division and increase the
Strength Value (SV) of that Division's Brigades by a
total amount equal to the current Game Turn number.
<strong>The</strong> Strength increase is divisible as you see fit. For
example, if this chit is drawn on Game Turn 2, one of
that Division's Brigades can be increased by 2 SV or
two Brigades can be increased by 1 SV each.
Forward! (x3)
Confederate troops muster their resolve and boldly surge
forward.
Move any one Confederate Brigade forward one
space, even across an Obstacle or into Bayonet
Combat (which would be resolved during that unit’s
next turn).
God is a Yankee (x1)
A sudden reversal of fortune!
Draw 1 Union chit and implement it.
God Save General Lee! (x1)
Events cascade to the Confederates’ advantage.
Draw 2 Confederate chits and implement them both
in the order drawn.
Heroic Action (x2)
One man inspires his unit with a conspicuous act of
heroic bravery.
Assign this chit to any one Confederate Brigade. It
can be “spent” (i.e., returned to the Chit bowl) at an
appropriate time, for that Brigade to either:
1. Ignore a Rout! Movement Dice result (conduct
a re-roll), -OR-
2. Gain +2 Strength in Bayonet Combat.
Keep Up, Men! (x1)
<strong>The</strong> rearmost unit(s) pushed forward to help maintain
the assault’s momentum.
<strong>The</strong> Brigade (or Brigades, if there are more than one)
that is farthest from a Union Position location moves
forward one space, even across an Obstacle or into
Bayonet Combat (which would be resolved during
that unit’s next turn).
Longstreet’s Experience (x1)
Lee’s veteran Corps commander in action.
Hold on to this chit. It allows you to ignore any future
Blue or Gray chit draw and make a redraw. Return
this to the Chit bowl after it is used to make a redraw.
Open Fire! (x9: 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, and 9)
One Brigade pauses to issue some volleys of musket
fire.
Select a Confederate Brigade whose Strength Value
(SV) is equal to or greater than the number listed
on the chit. Place a number of unrevealed Fire! chits
(increased by +1 if that Division’s General is attached
to that Brigade and used for this purpose) on the
Union Position space directly opposite it and adjust
for range as follows:
• Zone: 2 Fire! chits are applied
• Zone: 1 Fire! chit is applied
• Zone: No Fire! chits are applied
Rebel Yell! (x3)
Amid the din of battle, the men of one Brigade let out
a terrifying Rebel Yell.
Assign this chit to any one Confederate Brigade. It
can be “spent” (i. e., returned to the Chit bowl) at an
appropriate time for that Brigade to either:
1. Ignore its Movement Dice roll and immediately
re-roll that move, -OR-
2. Gain +1 Strength in Bayonet Combat.
Skirmishers Advance (x1)
Rebel sharpshooters press ahead to scout and issue
some skirmish fire.
Place one unrevealed Fire! chit on any Union
Position space. Afterwards, reveal all the unrevealed
Fire! chits in that same Union Position’s space and
apply those chits’ effects normally.
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[14.0] UNION ACTIVITY
During the Union Activity Phase, draw a
number of Blue Event chits equal to the
number of blue squares in the current Game
Turn’s box. Implement each one immediately
as it is drawn.
<strong>The</strong>re is no Union Activity Phase on Game
Turn 1.
[15.0] LEE & LONGSTREET
Before the beginning of the Union Activity
Phase, you can request and receive assistance
from higher up the chain of command.
[15.1] Lee Bonus: Once per game, you can
take this bonus by placing
the Lee chit on the map. In
so doing, all Confederate
Brigades for the remainder of that turn
ignore all retreat movement (regardless of the
reason). <strong>The</strong> remainder of those
results/Events is still applied normally – only
the rearward movement part is ignored.
[15.2] Longstreet Bonus: Twice per game,
you can take this bonus by placing
one of the Longstreet chits on the
map to symbolize his contribution.
This allows the transfer of no more than half
of the Active Brigade’s SV to any other
Brigade from the same Division (even if the
receiving Brigade was previously eliminated).
Decrease the transferring Brigade’s SV
by the chosen amount, and increase the receiving
Brigade’s SV by the same amount. If the
receiving Brigade is eliminated, it is returned
to the map in its own Brigade Column on the
same horizontal row as the transferring
Brigade. Its Rally marker is also placed in
that space, but place it on its Done side (that
is, its whole turn is spent reforming).
<strong>The</strong> Longstreet bonus cannot be given to,
but can be taken from, a Confederate
Brigade in a Union Position space.
<strong>The</strong> Lee and Longstreet bonuses cannot
both be applied on the same Game Turn.
[15.3] Commander’s Risk: If, at any time
during a turn when the Lee or Longstreet
bonuses are occurring, <strong>The</strong> General is Hit!
event is drawn, that Lee or Longstreet Bonus
is cancelled for the remainder of the turn and
the normal effect of that chit is ignored (i.e.,
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the Brigade General is “safe” and the higher
up General is hit).
Note that loss of a commander engenders a
big penalty when scoring the game (17.0).
[16.0] HOUSEKEEPING
Begin the Housekeeping Phase by refreshing
(flipping) all Division General markers on
their Used sides back to their Ready sides.
<strong>The</strong>n remove all temporary effect Fire!
chits and replace them in the mix (see 11.3).
Next, flip all Done markers back over to their
Rally sides.
Finally, advance the Game Turn marker one
space. If Game Turn 5 was just completed,
score the game (see 17.0) to see how well
you did.
[17.0] SCORING THE GAME
At the end of Game Turn 5, the Confederates
score Victory Points according to the
Victory Point Schedule shown on the Player
Aid sheet. <strong>The</strong> sum of those points earned
determines their level of victory or defeat.
Lee and/or Longstreet is Hit
If the Longstreet Bonus was cancelled due to
a <strong>The</strong> General is Hit! chit, lower the level of
victory by one level.
If the Lee Bonus was cancelled during play
due to a <strong>The</strong> General is Hit! chit, lower the
level of victory by three levels.
Total VPs = Outcome and “History”
181 or more = Incredible Victory!: Lee’s
Army of Northern Virginia sweeps over
Cemetery Ridge and drives the Union
army from the field in utter rout, pursuing
them all the way back to the fortifications
of Washington. Britain and France finally
recognize the Confederacy and negotiate a
peace between the North and South.
161 to 180 = Decisive Victory: <strong>The</strong>
Confederates once again break the Army
of the Potomac, leaving it disorganized as
Philadelphia and Washington are suddenly
both at the Rebels’ mercy. Lee knows that
he at last has his opportunity to bring the
war to a favorable conclusion, but he must
press his exhausted army on to Washington
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and <strong>The</strong> West, to threaten his lines of
supply and communication.
141 to 160 = Major Victory: Meade’s Army
of the Potomac retreats in defeat, falling
back on Washington in good order, but
although demoralized. Meade himself is
sacked as Lincoln is once again faced with
the challenge of finding a General who can
whip Bobby Lee. With another Union
victory at hand along the Mississippi
River, word is sent to General Grant to
come to Washington as soon as possible.
In the meantime, Lee is pressed to “make
news” with a campaign that will impress
the North and Europe, and help the South
achieve its negotiated independence.
121 to 140 = Minor Victory: Lee’s men
push the Union army off Cemetery Ridge
and control the battlefield at the end of
these bloody days. And at the conclusion,
Longstreet famously asks Lee, “But what
have we won?” Although Meade is forced
to leave the field to rally his battered army,
Lee’s men desperately need rest and are
unable to pursue and consolidate his
victory. Both sides consider their next
moves in a new summer campaign, but the
fallout of the news from Vicksburg forces
Lee’s hand…
101 to 120 = Standstill: <strong>The</strong> Union army is
mauled and bloodied, but manages to hold
on to enough of the Gettysburg battlefield
to remain there on the night of July 3rd.
When the
sun rises
on the 4th,
the armies
essentially
stare at
each other
for the day, save for a few skirmishes.
Finally, on July 5th, deep in hostile
territory and with an advance impossible,
Lee is forced to disengage and maneuver
back toward the Potomac River.
81 to 100 = Setback: Pickett’s Charge rattles
the Union army and is well chronicled in
newspapers on both sides of the Mason-
Dixon Line. It is still a tactical defeat to
the Generals on the battlefield and the sun
sets on an unconquered Union army atop
Cemetery Ridge. Meade does not commit
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his reserves to a counterattack, and so the
Army of Northern Virginia also remains
intact, falling back in good order on July
4th. Caution still guides the Union
Generals, much to Lincoln’s consternation.
61 to 80 = Minor Defeat: Your attack,
despite its apparent glorious destiny, is
clearly repulsed and with fairly heavy
losses. <strong>The</strong> Union army, secure in its
positions, remains defiant and unmoved.
You cannot afford to risk your wounded
Rebel army this far from home,
particularly after having lost so many
stragglers on the way to Gettysburg. It is
time to fall back and regroup to fight
another day.
41 to 60 = Major Defeat: Pickett’s Charge is
a failure, and it is obvious to all. Lee
surveys the 6,500 Confederate casualties
through the smoke and apologizes, saying
that it was “all my fault.” Ordering Pickett
to reform the surviving
half of his division to
defend against a
possible Union counterattack,
Pickett angrily
replies, “General Lee, I
have no division!” <strong>The</strong>
Army of Northern
Virginia is crippled, but
the veteran remnants
manage to retreat from
the field in good order.
This is the historical outcome.
21 to 40 = Severe Defeat: <strong>The</strong> divisions that
participated in Pickett’s Charge are
rendered useless, being nearly wiped out.
General Pickett’s forces suffer 80%
casualties and the other divisions fare little
better in the slaughter. <strong>The</strong> Army of
Northern Virginia is no longer an offensive
threat to the Union and is forced to
immediately flee the field of Gettysburg to
head back across the Potomac River.
General Lee tenders his resignation, and
there is considerable debate in Richmond
before Jefferson Davis finally refuses it
and decides to keep Lee in command.
0 to 20 = Catastrophe!: Lee is whipped and
his army disintegrates in a rout with many
dissenting soldiers asking what they were
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<strong>The</strong> Confederates’ great invasion of the
North fails miserably, all hope of help
from Europe evaporates, and Jefferson
Davis considers suing for peace.
Combined with the news that the South has
been cut in two with the fall of Vicksburg,
Southern morale crumbles and the
situation rapidly deteriorates.
Player Performance Levels
While history must judge the success or
failure of Pickett’s Charge in light of the
American Civil War, how you did as a player
of this game (rather than as a General facing
history) can be determined separately.
To find out if you managed to earn a “Game
Victory,” simply total the Union Positions
you were able to successfully capture and
cross-reference that total with the following
Levels of Performance:
9 = Master (others suspect you’re too lucky
and want to check your dice and Chit
bowl)
8 = Expert (where were you when the Confederacy
needed you?)
7 = Elite (you have what it takes to lead a
great assault)
6 = Excellent (you have nerves of steel and
good timing)
5 = Good (you can take some satisfaction in
performing
this well
against these
odds)
4 = Fair (while
nothing to
brag about, you probably could anyway)
3 = Adequate (sometimes it is not enough to
do your best, sometimes you must do
what is required)
2 = Poor (this would earn you some very
stern words from your commanding
officer and put you in unofficial disfavor)
1 = Awful (this would earn you a formal
reprimand and a likely transfer to a less
glorious theater of the war)
0 = Abysmal (you’re a disgrace with your
honor stained; if you did not have
political connections, you would have
been demoted for sure)
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Game Design: Hermann Luttmann
Development: Alan Emrich
Map Art: Tim Allen & Rick Barber
Playtesting: Michael Boucher, Vince DeNardo,
Paul Fish, Charles Golightly, Ron Harel, Jack McHugh,
Lance McMillan, Jaret Morgan, Stephanie Newland,
Duncan Rice, Dave Schueler, Ken Skinner, and
David Spangler
Proofreading: Bill Barrett, Hans Korting, Rick Partin,
Ian Wakeham
[18.0] EXTENDED EXAMPLE
<strong>The</strong> Confederate Player, Rhett, has just completed
Fry’s Game Turn 2 once-pristine (10-SV)
Brigade for Game Turn 2 (flipping its marker to its
Done side). Now he flips back the Advancing
Brigade marker from its Shaken! side (Fry just
got his Brigade through some Union Heavy Fire)
and decides, for no particular reason, to place it
behind Garnett’s Brigade, the leftmost in line for
Pickett’s Division (as shown here, in its last
space in the Green Zone, with its Rally marker
one space behind it, because Garnett’s Brigade
has recently benefited from a Forward! Gray
Event chit having been played when Kemper’s
Brigade moved earlier this turn).
Rhett Activates Garnett’s Brigade to Move and
rolls the dice. A 2 and a 5 yields an Advance
result, so the Brigade moves one space forward
(into its first space in the Yellow Zone) and
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“Onward, men!” orders Rhett and rolls the
movement dice again for this Activation. This time
he rolls a 6 and a 3 for a sweet C’mon, Boys!
result. <strong>The</strong> Brigade advances to the second space
in the Yellow Zone, of
course, but since that was
not an Obstacle space,
Rhett draws 1 Gray Event
chit and pulls Open Fire! (9).
With few Brigades left on the
map with at least 9 SV,
Garnett’s Brigade shoots
and, being in the Yellow
Zone, inflicts a 1 Fire! chit
upon the Union Brigade
opposite it on Cemetery
Ridge. Wanting to make the
most of this opportunity to
soften up the Union
Position space ahead, Rhett
uses his Division General
chit () to assist this Open
Fire! event, placing a second
Fire! marker on the Yankee
Brigade and flipping Pickett
over to his USED side (as
shown here).
Garnett is a good distance
from its Rally marker, and
Rhett considers a Regroup
Activation to consolidate its
position, but feeling lucky
picks up the dice again for
another move. “It would be
great if I could get them into,
or even past, that Obstacle space first, and then
Regroup,” he reasons. <strong>The</strong> dice are cast and fate
catches up with Rhett as he rolls a 2 and a 1
for a Heavy Fire result. Suddenly regretting
having used Pickett already (a re-roll of the
Movement Dice would have been really useful
right now), Rhett stubbornly decides that
Garnett’s Brigade must endure the Heavy Fire,
suffer 2 Hits (half the distance back to its Rally
marker, rounded up) and stand its ground. He flips
the Advancing Brigade marker to its Shaken!
side and, after adjusting the SV markers down to
8, Rhett draws the required 1 Blue Event chit
which couldn’t be much worse, Artillery barrage
vs. Area 6 (right on top of Garnett’s Brigade!). As
it turns out, Kemper’s Brigade is also in Area 6,
so both Garnett’s and Kemper’s Brigades suffer 2
Hits each. Rhett adjust their SV markers (cursing
his luck).
Angry at this new situation,
Rhett cries, “We paid for that
Obstacle space and I’m fixin’
to take it! Who’s with me,
men?” But there is no
answer. Sobered by the
reality of the situation as he
slowly surveys Garnett’s
Brigade (gasping suddenly at
only 6 SV), Rhett finally
chooses the better part of
valor (discretion) and uses
Garnett’s Activation to
Regroup and consolidate
their position. He advances
Garnett’s Rally marker to the
Brigade’s currently-occupied
space (as shown here) and
flips it over to its Done side.
During Garnett’s Sighting
Phase, since this Brigade is
in the Yellow Zone, one Fire!
chit on the Union Brigade
opposite is revealed to be a 1
Hit result. Rhett gladly
reduces that Union Brigade’s
strength from 5 to 4 SV. He
ends Garnett’s turn by
flipping the Advancing Brigade
marker from its Shaken!
side and, deciding to just continue on down his
line, pushes it behind Armistead’s 8 SV Brigade
which currently resides in its second Green space.
“To glory, boys! <strong>The</strong>y haven’t got the stomach!”
Rhett eventually completes his turn after each of
his Brigades has had its chance to Activate.
During his Housekeeping Phase, Rhett flips over
his General markers back to their front sides
(leaving them in their current spaces for now),
then flips each Brigade’s Done marker back to its
Rally side, removes any temporary Fire! chits
from their Union Positions, and finally advances
the Game Turn marker to the 3 space on the
Game Turn Track. Time marches on!
During Game Turn 3’s Union Activity Phase,
Rhett must pull two Blue Event chits, but neither
had any effect. “<strong>The</strong>ir fire has slackened, boys!”
During the Follow Me! Phase, he attaches the
Trimble General marker to Fry’s Brigade, leaves
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Pickett with Garnett (planning a major push in
this sector of the battlefield), and takes a moment
to reflect on the fall of poor Pettigrew.
It is now the Brigade Activation Phase and
Rhett chooses Fry’s Brigade to Activate first.
Following some amazing die rolling – “<strong>The</strong> Lord
hails from Dixie!” – Fry goes on to capture the
Union Position in his Brigade Column and now
resides there with 7 SV and Trimble permanently
attached (Generals cannot be attached to or
detached from a Brigade in a Union Position).
Rhett, sensing a critical moment in the game has
been reached, Activates Garnett (6 SV) next. His
first task is to get past that intrusive Emmitsburg
Road obstacle. He chooses a Move action and
rolls a 3 and a 5, which has no effect (an
Advance result is not good enough to enter the
Obstacle space). He chooses to Move again, and
this time rolls a 1 and a 6, an Against the
Wind result! Rhett has a tough choice here –
either take the two Hits and advance into the
Obstacle space, or use up Pickett’s Leadership
Effect for this turn to re-roll the dice. With his main
concern being to get through that obstacle,
Rhett’s men take the two Hits. “Forward!”
Rhett advances Garnett into the Obstacle space,
reduces the Brigade to 4 SV, and then needs to
draw two Event chits, first a Blue one and then a
Gray one. <strong>The</strong> Blue Event chit is God is a
Southerner. How prophetic! Now Rhett draws
two Gray Event chits. <strong>The</strong> first chit is Division
Support, so he can choose any of his three
Divisions and increase their Brigades by a total of
3 SVs (because it is Game Turn 3). “Ah,
Longstreet has sent us some reinforcements!”
Rhett decides to add all 3 SVs to Garnett, thus
bringing him back up to 7 SVs. Garnett is now
ready to make a final push across the Red Zone
against the 4 SV Union Position opposite him. <strong>The</strong>
second Gray Event chit drawn is Smoke Cover,
which Rhett places in front of Lane’s Brigade.
Rhett chooses another Move action and rolls a
5 and a 5 for a Determined Advance.
Garnett’s Brigade moves two spaces forward! He
rolls again and gets a 2 and a 4 for an
Advance, thus moving Garnett’s Brigade
adjacent to the Union Position. <strong>The</strong> next Move
action next roll is into an Obstacle space (the
Union Position), and Rhett grimly shakes the dice.
A Southern miracle occurs as a 6 and a 6
appear (“On to Washington!”). Rhett moves
Garnett into the Union Position space, but before
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any Bayonet Combat occurs, he must first resolve
the Gray Event chit from his dice roll. He draws
Artillery Support – 1 Fire!; he then randomly
picks one Fire! chit and decides to place it on the
Union Position Garnett is about to fight in hopes
to soften it up a bit more.
And now the Rebels are at ‘em! Bayonet Combat
is resolved by first dealing with the just-placed
Fire! chit; it is revealed to be an Unsteady result,
so the Union Position’s SV is halved this turn in
Bayonet Combat! <strong>The</strong> two sides’ strength
calculations begin with Garnett’s value as follows:
7 SV; +2 by “using” Pickett (flipping his marker
over to its “USED” side); +4 for Fry’s support (half
of Fry’s 7 SV because General Trimble is with
Fry) = 13. Deduct the Union Position’s situation
from this total: -2 SV (half of the Union Position’s 4
SV due to being Unsteady from Confederate fire);
-1 for the other adjacent Union Position space
(Armistead has not yet captured it); -1 for the
initial attack across a non-Stone Wall border = -4.
<strong>The</strong> net modifier to the Bayonet Combat die roll
will therefore be +9, a virtually guaranteed victory!
Rhett confidently rolls two dice, but to his horror
he rolls a 1 and a 1! <strong>The</strong> net combat total is 11
(i.e., 9 + 2), which yields an Upper Hand result.
Rhett rolls one die for a 3 and applies that many
hits to the Union Position, reducing it to 1 SV.
Unbelievably, the Union troops have held the
position (!) and a continuing melee situation exits.
After Rhett is done cursing his infernal luck, he
advances Garnett’s Rally marker to the Red Zone
space next to the Union Position space and flips it
to its Done side. Now it will take at least one more
turn to seize this space and Rhett’s plan of
opening a breach in the Union lines is temporarily
thwarted.
[19.0] THE 2-PLAYER GAME
In the two-player scenario, the Union Player
applies the results of certain Blue Event chits
and can alter the targeting of others by giving
a future advantage to the Confederate
Player.

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[19.1] Union Event Alterations: <strong>The</strong> Union
Player can alter the following events with the
changes to their effects listed below.
If the Union Player elects to alter an event,
the Event chit is not returned to the Chit
bowl, but is given to the Confederate Player
instead (see 19.2).
Artillery Barrage vs.: <strong>The</strong> Union Player can alter
this event by selecting a different target Area in
either the Green (•) or Yellow (•) Zone. If the
new Area is in the same color Zone as that
indicated on the Event chit, the Confederate
Player can ignore any 1 Hit caused by this
altered event. If the new Area is in the other
color Zone, each affected Confederate
Brigade suffers one fewer (-1) Hit.
Canister Fire vs.: <strong>The</strong> Union Player can alter this
event by selecting a different target Division. If
he does, each affected Confederate Brigade
suffers one fewer (-1) Hit.
Changing Circumstances: <strong>The</strong> Union Player
selects which green-titled Confederate chit to
return to the bowl, if there is a choice.
Obstacle: <strong>The</strong> Union Player chooses the space
in the designated Zone (if available) to place
this Obstacle in, if there is a choice. <strong>The</strong> Union
Player cannot alter this event by selecting a
different Zone!
Stragglers & Disorder: <strong>The</strong> Union Player
chooses which Brigade in each affected
Division suffers the 1 Hit penalty, if there is a
choice.
<strong>The</strong> General is Hit!: <strong>The</strong> Union Player cannot
alter this event by selecting a different
Divisional Column!
Union Reserves Added vs.: <strong>The</strong> Union Player
can alter this event by ignoring the target
Division and instead Replacing only 1 Strength
Value or removing 1 unrevealed Fire! chit from
any of the other Union Position spaces. If not
enough can be Replaced or removed, add
Strength Value instead to make up the
difference.
Volley Fire vs.: <strong>The</strong> Union Player can alter this
event by selecting a different target Division. If
he does, each affected Confederate Brigade
suffers one fewer (-1) Hit.
[19.2] Confederate Event Options: When
the Confederate Player receives a Gray
Event chit draw, he adds that chit to those
Event chits acquired from Union Player
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alterations (see 19.1) since the last Gray
Event chit draw. Those previously acquired
Event chits are flipped to all show their
Gray side and, from this pool of acquired
chits, plus the newly drawn Gray Event chit,
the Confederate Player can play (or actively
hold, in the case of Longstreet’s
Experience) up to half of those chits when
the new one is drawn. <strong>The</strong>se chits are
selected and played in whatever order the
Confederate Player desires. Afterward all of
the remaining unused chits are returned to the
Chit bowl.
[19.3] Winning the Two-Player Game: At
the end of Game Turn 5, check the status of
each of the nine Union Position spaces. Each
will be either captured (see 13.2) by the
Confederates, controlled by the Union (with
only a surviving Union Brigade of any SV in
that space, ignoring any Fire! chits), or
contested (either by being completely empty
of troops, or those present ended the game in
a continuing melee, as per 13.3).
If the Union controls more Union Position
spaces than the Confederates have captured,
the Union Player wins. If the Confederates
have captured more Union Position spaces
than the Union controls, the Confederate
Player wins.
<strong>The</strong> degree that a player wins by is
determined by subtracting the number of
loser’s spaces from the winner’s. If both
players are equal, the game is a Draw.
Winning by 1 more space than your opponent
is a Marginal Victory; winning by 2 or 3
spaces is a Major Victory; and winning by 4
or more spaces is a Decisive Victory. A
victory beyond that level (see below) is a
Crushing Victory.
Adjust the above victory level by one in the
Union’s favor if there are no Confederate
Division General markers () on the map.
Adjust the above victory level by one in the
Confederates’ favor if 4 or 5 consecutive
Union Position spaces are captured (i.e., if a
“breach” is achieved), and by two levels if 6
or more consecutive Union Position spaces
are captured (i.e., a “breakthrough” is
achieved).

16 In Magnificent Style Rules v1.0
[20.0] DESIGNER’S NOTES
In Magnificent Style
is the first in the Death or Glory! series of
games which attempts to depict those
infamous “forlorn hope” attacks of history.
At first, you might think that these battles
would make for pretty boring games. After
all, leading a near-suicidal attack is
probably not most people’s idea of a good
time.
But it occurred to me that recreating these
dramatic situations using a “push-yourluck”
solitaire game system could be really
quite entertaining (in addition to being a
neat way to simulate the “against the odds”
desperation of these attacks). While putting
this new system together, I stumbled upon
some unique interactive mechanics.
In Magnificent Style
is, essentially, a dice-driven game evolved
from a game my German grandmother
taught me when I was young, called
Schwein (“Pig”). By enhancing the dice
mechanic from Schwein, the Death or
Glory! system generates enemy activity
during a unit’s move and keeps the player
involved.
<strong>The</strong> addition of Event chits enhances the
narrative and produces additional
opportunities and pitfalls for the player.
Between the dice rolls and the Event chits,
the game’s narrative is written, punctuated
by important player decisions, with the end
result that you achieve a feeling of leading
your men forward, pressing them on
through a hail of enemy fire as you strain
to reach an improbable goal. I believe that
this game engine creates the right degree
of battlefield “chaos management,”
important decisions, and the element of
chance inherent in battle.
With the help of VPG’s grand fromage,
Alan Emrich, we agreed that it would be
best to kick this new series off with
arguably the most famous forlorn assault in
history - Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg.
History offered us many such desperate
attacks to choose from, and future games
will cover such topics as <strong>The</strong> Charge of the
Development by Alan Emrich
Light Brigade at Balaclava, the advance of
Napoleon’s Old Guard at Waterloo, the
Somme offensive, and the Americans
coming ashore at Bloody Omaha Beach on
D-Day, 6 June 1944.
This game was not designed to be a
detailed historical study of this battle. We
have tried to drape the game in plenty of
history, and historical events can certainly
unfold during play, but the Death or
Glory! system is designed to be a fun,
quick-playing “gambling” style game
system, where the history is there to lend
context to the risks the player is taking.
Playtester Paul Fish noted that playing this
game compelled him do further research
Pickett’s Charge, to learn about it in more
detail, and this is certainly a constructive
residual effect that we hope all players
pursue. <strong>The</strong> fun of playing games based on
history is gaining an interest in learning
more about the subject just gamed.
Onward to glory! – Hermann Luttmann
Here are a few tips and reminders for
playing In Magnificent
Style:
<strong>The</strong> Heavy Fire, Determined Advance
and On To Washington! results each
have two resolution options – choose
wisely!
After the first Heavy Fire result, a unit
becomes Shaken. That means that it
must Retreat if it receives a second
Heavy Fire result that turn, so know that
you’re really pushing your luck at that
point!
<strong>The</strong>re are only three occasions in which
you move a unit’s Rally marker: 1)
When a unit Regroups and ends its turn;
2) When it enjoys an On To
Washington! result; and 3) When it
enters Bayonet Combat and a continuing
melee ensues.
Union Position spaces are also
Obstacles, so a unit must achieve a
successful result to allow entry into
them! (Think of this is as a pre-melee
“morale check,” if you will).