Module:Gettysburg: 125th Anniversary Edition

Publisher	Avalon Hill	Era	Gunpowder
Year	1988	Topic	American Civil War
Players	1 to 2	Scale	Operational
Length	Medium	Series	American History

Files

Filename	Filetype	Size	Date	Compatibility	Developer	Other Contributors
WGA 3.x
G88v33b10.vmod	Module (3.3.10)	2.7 MB	2013-04-16	3.1.20	Bill Thomson(wga)	jw62, swampwallaby
G88v33b11.vmod	Module (3.3.11)	2.71 MB	2016-07-17	3.1.20	Bill Thomson(wga)	jw62, swampwallaby
G88v34.vmod	Module (3.4)	2.91 MB	2021-04-11	3.1.27	Bill Thomson(wga)	jw62, swampwallaby
Campaign-130405.vsav	Save	8 KB	2013-04-02	3.1.20
CH 1.x
GettysburgSmithsonian-1.0.vmod	Module	11.73 MB	2023-07-15	3.6	Christian Holm Christensen
GettysburgSmithsonian-1.1.vmod	Module	11.78 MB	2023-08-06	3.6	Christian Holm Christensen
GettysburgSmithsonian-1.2.vmod	Module	11.66 MB	2024-02-05	3.6	Christian Holm Christensen

Comments

Period	Gunpowder
Theatre	American Civil War
Level	Operational
Hex scale	640m (700 yards)
Unit scale	Division (xx)
Turn scale	2 hours
# turns	8, 16, or 24
Unit density	Medium
Complexity	1 of 10
Solitaire	8 of 10

This is an implementation of Gettysburg (125th anniversary edition). This game is also known as Gettysburg - Smithsonian Edition, or Gettysburg '88.

It simulates the battle between the Union Potomac army under General Meade and the Confederate North Virginia army under General Lee in the first three days of July 1863. It was an attempt by the Confederate army to reach Washington D.C. from the north.

Here is module of Avalon Hill Game Company's hex'n'counter wargame Gettysburg - Smithsonian Edition, developed in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institute for their American History series (VASSAL modules). It is derived from AHGC's first historical game Gettysburg (1958) (VASSAL module) and Gettysburg (1977) (VASSAL module).

Versions

This module exists in two versions

Wargame Academy (WGA) version
- This uses the original graphics, with a few modifications
- Automatic victory point calculations
- OOB windows
- Uses (outdated) custom code
- Counters for custom optional rules
CH version
- This is based on a Print'n'Play version of the game.
- Includes the rules in the Help menu
- Automatic battle markers
- Automatic odds calculations
- Automatic battle resolution
- Automatic reinforcements
- Automatic elimination
- Automatic victory point calculations
- Automatic victory condition calculations
- Separate OOB for each start date (1st, 2nd, and 3rd of July, 1863)
- Optional rules
- Symbolic dice
- Separate layers for units and markers
- Line-of-sight thread
- Tutorial (based on replay in The General, Vol.25 #5, pages 6-14
- Solution from The General, Vol.25 #6, page 59 to contest # 147

WGA version

Full version history also available from Help menu.

Version 3.4 [Joe Harkins, Vince Meconi, Bill Thomson] 04/10/2021

Paul Blankenship's PBU Look At feature capability assimilated (original java code credited to David Sullivan). Similar to that in the Virtual Advanced Squad Leader [VASL] module from which the code was extracted. Ctrl-Right Click generates a temporary large circle around the mouse location. This is used to draw the opponent's attention to the location being acted upon. This circle will appear both in server play and any logfile.

Updated Hot Keys help file to explain Look At activation and modify Function ## keys. Note F# function keys do not apply to Macintosh as such keys have general computer functions [i.e. F1 & F2 are display brightness, F10, F11, F12 are sound controls, etc].

Added optional Meade+1, Hancock+1, 2-7 Gamble, 2-7 Devin, and Union Wing Commanders (Reynolds, Slocum, Sedge) citing divisions in the wing.

2-7 Gamble and 2-7 Devin optional counters value updated such as reports as 2 VP when destroyed when VP Summary button is triggered.

Updated images for optional extra Union generals Newton and Birney with updated turn of entry on counter.

All optional counters are located in the optional display accessed by green/yellow Optional Units button. Optional units have a yellow field behind the unit name. If to be used, put the standard counter into the optional display and pull the optional unit onto the map or OOB.

Union Wing Commander display added to charts.

Added G88 Combat Odds [percentage of outcome] chart. This file is credited to Vince Meconi BPA tournament handouts.

Flipping of Initiative Chit now reported to log.

The Delete trait was removed from the Initiative Chit.

Units on Graveyard and Optional Units are no longer marked moved when units moved on these displays. A 2.0 zoom level has been added on both of these displays.

All five scenarios updated to include the all optional units into the optional units display.

Deleted all obsolete Help and Scenario files [reducing module size from 3.2 to 3.9 MB]

Version History, Optional Units, and PBEM Rules Conventions help files updated.

CH version

This is based on a Print'n'Play version of the game, available from GitLab and BoardGameGeek. On the GitLab page you will also find

The (LaTeX) sources of the Print'n'Play version
The (LaTeX & Python) sources of the VASSAL module
The most up-to-date Print'n'Play PDF
- Including various print (A4 & Letter, booklets) options
The most up-to-date VASSAL module

Changes

1.0: First upload
1.1:
- Units and markers on separate layers
- Line of sight thread
1.2:
- Faded drop-shadows on counters - makes the whole thing look a lot better
- Stricter enforcement of offensive indirect fire rules
- Optional "loaded dice" for less luck in combat resolution
- Illustrations in Help->More information to help with automatic battle resolutions