The players recreate the encounter between Major General T.J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson’s Confederate Valley Army and Brigadier General James Shield’s Division, part of the Union Army of the Potomac.

Weeks ago, military authorities at (the new) Fort Bent sent out a small party of six cavalry soldiers to punish raiders for stealing sheep, kidnapping women and children, and murdering men from American settlements. But it’s been too long, and the cavalry soldiers have not returned. It is your job to find them, or at least find out what happened to them.

In Smash Up players take two factions, such as pirates, ninja, robots, zombies, and more, and combine their decks into a force to be reckoned with!