Objective Shreveport!

Game design: John Theissen Map Art: Jose R. Faura Hex Number: 19 Duration: 90 to 120 minutes Players: 2 Solitaire Suitability: High Theme: American Civil War MSRP: $45.00 Designer John Theissen has another compact operational sandbox for ACW gamers to play around in. While the game has some similarities to his MORE AGGRESSIVE ATTITUDES, important differences in scale and emphasis result in a unique experience that's specific to the factors that doomed the Union's 1864 Red River Campaign. Each side has three Leaders whose presence is generally required to launch an attack, but there the similarities end. The Union army is larger but also more cumbersome, being dependent on slow-moving and vulnerable supply trains. A rigid leadership structure makes coordination difficult, and one of those leaders is going to sit on his hands in Alexandria for the first third of the game instead of advancing toward the Union objective: Shreveport. The Confederates have less strength points to throw aroun