Secession 1861 (2025): Buy or sell now
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 13 and up. You can play with 1 to 1 players.
Playtime is roughly
90 - 150 Minutes.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Chit-Pull System, Dice Rolling, Events, Simulation und Solo / Solitaire Game
The game is published by: Fortress Games
And was developed by: Robert Phaneuf
Alternative names
Secession 1861 is a solitaire effort to parry Abraham Lincoln and the powerful Union military and political efforts to subdue and conquer the Confederacy. You command the military, political and industrial forces of the South as you try to become the Confederate States of America, from Secession in 1861 to Appomattox Court House (or a different outcome?).
You have a variety of tools at your disposal, including ironclads to challenge Union supremacy at sea, a qualitatively superior army (at least initially), and opportunities to flex some political and industrial potential. And Secession 1861's unique tactical battle system gives you an opportunity to let out a Rebel Yell and whip those Yankees!
The main action plays out on the 28" x 22" game board, where Union armies advance into the south, and various tracks tally Northern home front morale, abolition sentiment, the naval blockade, southern industrialization, ironclads and more. Battles are fought out on a separate 8.5" x 11" "Battle Board".
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