Blind Swords is a series that most all wargamers have heard of and played at least a few games that use the system. We have played several but until last fall, I had actually never played one of the many volumes in the series from Revolution Games until we played Shiloh at SDHistCon. Prelude to Vicksburg: Chickasaw Bayou is designed by Stephen Oliver and utilizes a chit-pull mechanic emphasizing the three “FOW’s” of military conflict: Fog of War, Friction of War, and Fortunes of War.

-Grant