Devil's Den (game)

Devil's Den, subtitled "Hood's Assault at Gettysburg", is a board game published by Operational Studies Group (OSG) in 1980 that simulates the fighting to control the key Devil's Den terrain feature during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

During the second day of the three-day battle of Gettysburg, Devil's Den, a strategic hill, proved to be a weak spot in the Union battle line, and was overrun by Confederate troops from Alabama, Texas and Arkansas after fierce fighting.

Leonard Millman and Dr. David Martin had previously produced the American Civil War wargame 20th Maine, published by OSG in 1979.

The next year, Millman and Martin designed Devil's Den using many of the same rules; it was also published by OSG.

It was then republished with artwork by Charles Kibler and George I. Parrish, Jr.[2] In Issue 54 of Moves, Steve List considered this a much more refined game than its predecessor, 20th Maine, but noted that "The game plays well, but slowly compared to 20th Maine because of the greater number of counters and markers in play.