Eureka Stockade

"We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties"

In the early hours of Sunday, December 3rd 1854 elements drawn from all of the foreces under the Victorian colony's command stormed the makeshift stockade erected by disaffected goldminers on the Ballarat goldfields.

Although the miners were primarily protesting against often brutal policing efforts, several similar though smaller scal acts of defiance in recent years coupled with the general breakdown of the existing social hierarchy had all the colonial governments on edge.

Governor Hotham reported back to England: "If the battle was last at Ballarat then the colony of Victoria was lost to British Sovereignty"

PLayers will control either the government forces or those of the miners in three different scenarios ranging from the smallest (historical) forces tk the typical (balanced) miner's force at the stockade through to Hotham's Nightmare where a large fraction of the miners who had attended earlier protests are present.

Several optional rules are also provided to increase the historical and tactical feel of the battle.

Components

8 page rulebook

22x17 map

88 full color single sided 5/8 inch counters

1 reference chart

Complexity: Low

Solitaire Suitability: High

Playing Time: 1 Hour

Map Scale: 60 meters per hex

Unit Size: 10-20 men

Turn Length: 5 minutes