Deguello at Dawn (Limited Edition)

Please note that this is a DTP (Desk Top Publishing) game designed on a desktop computer and all components, including the counters which will have to be cut and mounted, are printed on paper. These are designed by some very well-known designers and are a low cost alternative to today's professionally produced games. On rare occasions, some of these games are reproduced by other companies with higher quality components including die-cut counters but most of them are not. If you believe this game to have a professionally produced version, please contact us with your inquiry and we will help you to locate it if it does indeed exist.

In the early morning hours of March 6, 1836, after a thirteen-day siege, the besieging Mexican army surrounding San Antonio, Texas, launched a surprise attack upon the presidio of the Alamo, which was defended by U.S., Texan and Tejano volunteer militia units. The cheering Mexican soldiers, along with the accompanying bugle call of the “Deguello”, soon betrayed the surprise attack. Within an hour and a half, the entire garrison of 182 to 225 volunteers had been “put to the sword,” and General Santa Anna had won his victory at the cost of some 311 of his brave officers and soldiers. Even more, he created an American myth that began with Deguello at Dawn. The game comes with one, 17” x 22” map, 36, 1” x ½” double-sided counters, 287, ½” x ½” double-sided counters, 108, game markers, 16-page rules book, game charts and player aids.