“Now YOU fight the Civil War Battle in this realistic Tournament GAME” No. 507, 1961, $4.95
Designed by Charles S. Roberts
Players 2 or more
Playing Time 1-3 hours
Period American Civil War
Scale Operational Turn not stated (hours)
Map not stated
Unit division, brigade

Chancellorsville was the third Tournament wargame from AH. It marked the introduction of hex-based maps to the hobby (contemporaneously with D-Day and Gettysburg ’61) (not by Rand?-ed). It also marked an unfortunate experiment in map graphics — instead of using illustrations to depict terrain features, the hexes were simply filled with a single color. The result was more mosaic than map.

After a couple of years, Chancellorsville was dropped from the AH line. In 1974, AH released Randall Reed’s revision of the game. However, by the mid 80’s Chancellorsville had vanished from the AH catalog.

The following component manifest applies to the 1961 edition.

Components

Map
Two 22”x14” mapsheets mounted on blue boards attached at adjoining longer edges by a strip of black tape, east mapsheet marked copyright 1961

Rules
1 8”x10” Instruction folder (4 pages) marked copyright 1961
2 8”x10” Reference Folder (4 pages) marked copyright 1961

Counters
7 1/4”x7-3/4” counter sheet, 143 1/2” counters: 60 pink, 52 blue, 20 white, 5 pink spares, 6 blue spares. All counters have green backs.

Charts, Pads, and Play-Aids
1 Slide-rule CRT
2 7”x5” two-sided Time Record Card
3 Yellow 8”x9” two-sided Historical Summary card

Inserts
1 Gray 11”x14” sheet with blue text describing the game
2 6”x3” AH catalog pamphlet (unfolds to 18”x6”) printed in blue
3 Yellow 5 1/2”x3 1/4” “To Help us... improve Chancellorsville” postpaid postcard addressed to “209 E. Fayette St.”

In Memoriam: Revisiting the Avalon Hill Classics, Part II Old Games Never Die, Their Counters Just Fade Away

Introduction
Gettysburg '58
Gettysburg Battlefield Edition
Tactics II
U-Boat
Chancellorsville
D-Day
Civil War
Waterloo
Bismarck
Stalingrad
Jutland
Conclusion