Paper Wars 87: Battle of Belmont

Paper Wars 87: Battle of Belmont is a Paper Wars magazine issue with an enclosed Civil War wargame covering the Battle of Belmont on November 7, 1861.

Players command Union and Confederate forces in Ulysses S. Grant’s first action of the war. The Union must strike the Confederate camp and withdraw under pressure, while the Confederates must recover from the initial blow and turn the fight back against Grant’s green troops.

With company-scale units and 225-yard hexes, the game focuses on the tactical flow of the battle while keeping the system manageable. It is a compact treatment of an early Civil War engagement where both sides could claim success, depending on what they chose to remember.

Contents include: Paper Wars magazine issue 87 with enclosed Battle of Belmont game components, including one map and one countersheet.