Fredericksburg: The Union Repulsed is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1975 that simulates the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War. The game was originally part of the four-game collection Blue & Gray II, and was also released as a stand-alone "folio" game. Background In November 1862, Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside planned to cross the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia and make a lightning strike at the Confederate capital of Richmond before the Confederate army could intervene. However, the pontoon bridges Burnside needed to cross the river did not arrive until December, and by that time, Confederate general Robert E. Lee's army had dug into strong defensive positions overlooking the city. Burnside's forces were forced to cross the river under fire and then make frontal assaults against the entrenched Confederates. Description Fredericksburg is a two-player wargame where one player controls the Union forces and the other player controls the Confederate forces. With a small map and only 100 counters, the game has been characterized as "simple". Gameplay The game system, adapted from SPI's 1972 game Napoleon at War, uses an alternating "I Go, You Go" series of turns, where one player moves and attacks, followed by the other player. Each turn represents 1–2 hours of game time, and the battle lasts two days. To represent ambiguous orders from Union headquarters, the Union player can only move fifteen units per turn. In addition, all Union units on the eastern side of the Rappahannock cannot move until certain conditions are met. Units are surrounded by a zone of control — enemy units entering the zone of control can move no further, and cannot leave the zone of control except through combat. A new concept, "Attack Effectiveness", was introduced as an optional rule for the Blue & Gray battles: If an attacking unit receives an "Attacker Retreat" result during combat, then that unit cannot make any further attacks for the rest of that game day, although it may defend as normal. The game includes a set of rules, "The Grand Chancellorsville Option", that enables the players to combine this game with another game in the Blue & Gray II box, Hooker and Lee, the two battles being part of Hooker's Chancellorsville campaign. The game also includes a second scenario, involving a diversionary attack on Fredericksburg that happened in May 1863. Publication history In 1975, SPI published