He's done it yet again! Only a month after he published DOMINION OF OTTO VON BISMARCK, Steve Parker has published yet another book in the 'Dominion of ...' series. This latest book is aimed at the American Civil War, and is entitled DOMINION OF THE BLUE AND GREY.
It follows the same format as the previous books in the series, so I will not repeat myself other than to state that is has American Civil War-appropriate rule changes. These are:
- Revised rally rules.
- Amended activation rules.
- Rules for generals influencing the battle.
As in previous books, there are scenarios for 24 historical battles. These include a brief background to the battle, relevant army lists, deployment details, and brief account of the actual battle. The battles covered are:
- First Bull Run (First Manassas) (1861)
- Wilson’s Creek (Oak Hills) (1861)
- Fort Donelson (1862)
- Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern) (1862)
- Shiloh (1862)
- Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) (1862)
- Gaines’s Mill (1862)
- Second Bull Run (Manassas) (1862)
- Antietam (Sharpsburg) (1862)
- Perryville (1862)
- Fredericksburg (1862)
- Stones River (Murfreesboro) (1863)
- Chancellorsville (1863)
- Vicksburg (1863)
- Brandy Station (1863)
- Gettysburg (1863)
- Chickamauga (1863)
- Missionary Ridge (Chattanooga) (1863)
- The Wilderness (1864)
- Kennesaw Mountain (1864)
- Atlanta (1864)
- Franklin (1864)
- Nashville (1864)
- Bentonville (1865).
I have already ordered my copy of the paperback from Lulu and hope to receive it within the next ten days.
He’s truly prolific, Bob! (I recently nabbed a pdf of Bismarck…but yet to give it a run through). Looking forward to your playtests, when your new shiny rule book arrives 👍🏼.
ReplyDeleteMartin S.,
DeleteSteve Parker certainly is a prodigious writer ... and I wonder where he will take these rules next!
At present I have several projects on the go that are going to take priority ... but I hope to play-test these rules as soon as I can.
All the best,
Bob
Hi Bob,
DeleteNext up is Dominion of the Red and White (Russian Civil War) and Dominion of the Back of Beyond. Both are progressing (but slowly) as I get my head around the complexity of the RCW! After that, maybe Dominion of the Trenches - WW1 including Africa, Middle East, Italy.
Steve
Steve,
DeleteI am going to mention this on my blog as I suspect quite a lot of my regular blog readers will be very interested in this news.
All the best,
Bob
Hi Bob,
DeleteJust a bit more detail then. The first book Dominion of the Red and White will be similar to my current books with 24 battles from the Russian Civil War, Baltic Wars of Independence and the Polish-Soviet War. There are a couple of amusing tweaks to the activation system and replacement of defeated units that hopefully model these chaotic battles better. Dominion of the Back of Beyond is of course set in the East during this period but set at a lower level with detailed descriptions of the different factions (18?). The lower level allows the different units to include Machine Guns, Tachankas, Armoured Cars, Chinese swordsmen etc. where in the bigger battles they are not really separate units.
Steve
Steve,
DeleteI've mentioned you new books in today's blog post ... and will add this additional information to that blog post.
All the best,
Bob