The detail of the game board and counters look fantastic! The counters feature pictures of ACW miniatures. Great idea!
An overview of the game board for Shiloh Dawn
Shlioh Dawn – a sneak peak of John Hill’s new American Civil War boardgame.
This is exciting news for ACW boardgamers and miniatures players alike! John Hill and Todd Davis have crafted a great looking game covering the battle of Shiloh that will work wonderfully as a stand alone boardgame, but could also be used with miniatures. It is set for publication next spring from Pacific Rim Publishing.
In Shiloh Dawn each hex represents approximately 200 yards and each counter represents one regiment. The counters are approximately one each by one-half inch and each regiment has its own roster card. I am planning to buy and play the game “as is”, but have considered gluing 2mm or 6mm figures to the counters for a more 3D look.
The game was set up at the Comsimworld show in Tempe, AZ this May. Thanks to Jack Beckman for taking the pictures.
The battle of Shiloh in progress at the Comsimworld expo. Look at the detail of this game! Thanks to Jack Beckman for all the pictures from the expo.
Another view of Shiloh Dawn. I hope to see more games in this series from John and Todd.
3 responses to ““Shiloh Dawn” – a sneak peak of John Hill’s new boardgame”
Thanks for the preview! Any idea on complexity and playing time?
Thanks,
Steve
Thanks for the interest Steve!
The two smaller scenarios – “The East Flank” takes about 3 hours and “Sherman’s Fight” I’d say about 5 hours. For the whole April 6th fighting – maybe 50 hours? Maybe an even 100 hours for the two days of battle??
The game has half-hour turns and there are a LOT of units. The complexity level is not too high I don’t think….if you can play JRIII, you’ll have no troubles with Shiloh Dawn. It is easier than MMP’s “Line of Battle” regimental ACW series for sure!
I’d say next summer is the earliest it could be out – by next Christmas is the most likely scenario.
From John Hill – The complexity of SD is slightly less than that of Johnny Reb, from which much of the modeling of the capabilities of the different regimental formations was drawn. Time play depends on the scenario selected, with the complete April 6 or April 7 battle scenarios taking almost a whole day of gaming. That said, there are a number of scenarios that will give you a nice afternoon of fighting. And all of the scenarios will be very convertible to miniatures. For example, the “Shiloh – East Flank” scenario in “Charge!” #37 is a straight adaptation of one of the Shiloh Dawn scenarios for a Johnny Reb III miniatures battle.