Santa Anna Tactical (SAT) is Buck Surdu’stactical system for larger battles. This volume contains orders of battle and background information on the Mexican-American War and the MaximillianAdventure. In addition, this volume includes scenarios for all the major battles of the Mexican American War, San Jacinto, and Puebla. Volume I includes several special mechanics to bring out the peculiarities of this locality and era. It is designed to accurately portray the feel of battlein the “Santa Anna era”with each player controlling a brigade. While warfare of this period is Napoleonic-like, the Mexican-American War and the War of Texas Independence are neither Napoleonic Wars nor like the American Civil War. Santa Anna Tactical Rules captures the aspects of these wars that are unique. In addition, this new reprinting of Santa Anna Tactical includes a supplement about the South American Wars of Liberation and a scenario for the battle of Maipuby Mark Ryan. Also available from LMW Works is Santa Anna Skirmish (SAS), Pete Panzeri’ssystem for skirmish wargames. SAS is a very versatile, popular system, representative of combat during Santa Anna’s era. And has been featured internationally in Old Glory convention demonstrations of the Alamo (1,500 individually mounted figures). Volume II focuses on the Alamo, with numerous scenarios and data for both the Texianand Mexican Wars of Independence, as well as the American and French conflicts. SAS is based on Pete's convention-proven Rules of Engagement System, with simplicity and tactical speed of play as key game factors. While inexperienced gamers can quickly grasp SAS, combat nuances give it excellent depth, and make it quite challenging for experienced gamers as well.
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