The Games
Battle of Honey Springs
Publisher: LPD Games
Type: Wargame
Status: Free
BGG entry:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/29441
Available from:
http://www.lpdgames.com/gamehsbacw.html
The Battle of Honey Springs is an LPD Games 'mini-game', modeling the largest Civil War battle in the Indian Nations. The battle is an interesting little contest which can be played in an hour, featuring a fascinating cast of characters, including major Indian forces on both sides, and the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers, the West's premier Black regiment. You'll get to meet colorful and eccentric generals like James Blunt (Union) and Confederate General & Indian Agent Dan Cooper.
The Battle of Honey Springs is also our introduction to the Battles of the American Civil War series, with which it shares core rules, plus a couple of extensions, like Unknown Unit Strengths for the Confederate Arkansas Conscripts who ALMOST arrived in time to save the day, and the effects of Rain on Indian gunpowder. Take Command, North or South, and fight the battle that sealed the fate of Oklahoma!