Last Full Measure

Battles of the Civil War

The Last Full Measure – Battles of the Civil War rules, associated boardgame parts (map and counters), as well as a dozen battle scenarios are the beautiful and generous creative work of Mr. Gerald Todd. The rules, twelve scenarios and graphics are offered as “Print and Play” and are free of charge. Game parts and rules are freely downloadable from Uhlan games at http://todd.mainecav.org/lfm/lfm.htm.

This Vassal mod was created by Wim Oudshoorn and is presented on the Vassal community website with permission from Mr. Gerald Todd pending.

Artwork by Gerald Todd

Playtesting: Gerald Todd, Tim Smith, and the Annapolis-Area Gaming Club

Thanks to:

Tim Smith, Rick Barber, Jeff Capuano, & Tom Crispin for their input and contributions.

The following modifications to Mr. Todd’s work were made by Wim Oudshoorn April/May 2020.

1. Gettysburg map: Slightly increased the contrast between elevations to make it a little easier to discern elevations.

2. Unit counters: Redrawn to slightly increase resolution. Added colour codes to some counters (primarily confederate) and removed some of the text-based command levels, to make it easier to quickly discern commands.

3. Rules: Minor edits to help me personally more easily understand the command rules. Changed the sequence that the combat, retreat and advance rules are presented.

Alteration made to facilitate Vassal play:

1. A number of game markers which appear in Mr. Todd’s original as separate counters, are included in the Vassal mod as menu-driven ‘layers’.

2. Since Mr. Todd’s game is unusually ‘free’ to download and play, his rules are included in the module.

My gratitude to Mr. Gerald Todd’s great exhaustive and beautiful work.

Wim Oudshoorn