Good Question! The cards are used to Move troops, Build a Block or Step up a damaged block. There are 5 events in the deck as well. It is almost exactly like it was before but you play the cards like Hammer in that you both lay a card and the high card goes first. If you tie you roll off. If you both play an event at the same time neither event happens. You currently start with 6 cards and there is 5 years of play for a total of 30 turns.

Shiloh was a fascinating ACW battle fought in April 1862. A surprise Confederate attack, led by Albert Sydney Johnson, nearly swept encamped Union defenders into the Tennessee River. The next day, a reinforced Union army counter-attacked and drove the CSA line back in confusion and retreat. A CSA victory would have ruined the career of General Ulysses S. Grant. But the battle instead ended with a Union victory, the death of Albert Sydney Johnson, and the eventual demise of Confederate hopes in the West. Both days of Shiloh can be played separately or together.

2009 will be the year Slapshot is republished. We are now finalizing production decisions. We will definitely have the game back in print in time for the World Boardgaming Championships this summer.

Slapshot preorders will be closed soon.

Slapshot is a wheeling, dealing game for hockey nuts. Each player assumes the role of team manager. The object is to skillfully manage your team into the playoffs and then win the championship. During the regular season you can improve your team with drafts and trades, but injuries can upset the best of plans. Ultimately, your skill as manager determines if your team wins or loses.

Slapshot includes 49 zany hockey nuts like Slash Gordon, Puck Rogers, Ian Jury, Cheap Shot, Le Goon, and Jack the Tripper.

When, if, the game is published, it will consist primarily of Jackson's 1862 campaign. We will work on the 1864 campaign and submit it as an add on at a later date.
Getting the 1862 campaign refined and completed seems to be a job in itself.

We,ve put a hold on the design of this game for awhile. We're into playing more lately. Just felt like taking a break and get into some serious combat for a change. However, we'll take up the task again for SHENANDOAH and provide some AAR, etc.
My primary objective is to get the 3rd column done. The column on the right hand side of every page. I expect there'll be a lot of explanations and examples needed.
Stand by, you stalwarts of the Stonewall Brigade. We'll have AAR aplenty in a month or so.

Shenandoah covers the remarkable Valley Campaign of May/June 1862. Led by Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, a smaller Confederate army with audacious marching and fighting paralyzed and defeated three enveloping Union armies. Military students worldwide study Jackson's strategy and tactics to this day.

The CSA player has the advantage of central position, but must use it aggressively to prevent the Union armies from combining against him. The USA player has a clear advantage in numbers, but must cope with a command system that penalizes the wide separation of his three forces.