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The Civil War is a board wargame with 960 double-sided counters and three large hex grid maps scaled at 15 miles (24 km) per hex covering the Eastern United States. The game comes with only one campaign scenario covering the entire war.
Civil War is a two-player wargame in which one player controls Union forces and the other controls Confederate forces. Like other wargames produced by Avalon Hill, Civil War uses a hex grid map and a Combat Results Table to adjudicate battles. But unlike other wargames, it uses plastic tokens rather than cardboard counters. [1]
Cover of Strategy & Tactics #43, which contained the pull-out game. The same artwork was used on the boxed set released later the same year. The American Civil War: 1861–1865 is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1974 that is a strategic simulation of the American Civil War.
Battle Cry was published as a cooperative effort between Milton Bradley and American Heritage to mark the 100th anniversary of the American Civil War. [3] It was one of a series of four collaborative games that the two companies published, the others being Hit the Beach (a Pacific Theater of World War II-based island hopping title), Broadside (a naval game set during the War of 1812), and ...
Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War (2006) The History Channel: Civil War - A Nation Divided (2006) History Civil War: Secret Missions (2008) Darkest of Days (2009) Scourge of War (2010) Viet-Afghan (2011, Arsenal of Democracy add-on published by FRVP) Ultimate General (2014, 2016) War of Rights (2014-Ongoing) Grand Tactician: The Civil ...
Palmer recommended the "extensive" suggested rules amendments in Moves magazine number 46, and credited the game with awakening his interest in the American Civil War. He concluded by giving the game an excellent Excitement Grade of 90%, saying, "Given sufficient space and time, serious players will find it a rewarding experience."
Created at the first Origins Game Convention in 1975, the awards were the brainchild of Canadian game store owner John Mansfield. [4] [5] Originally the awards were titled the "Origins Awards" but were informally known as the Charles Roberts Awards [6] and it was only in 1988 that Charles Roberts officially agreed to let his name be used. [7]
The Union player has the first player turn every turn. The first game turn is July 1861, and the game culminates in June 1865. The pieces represent infantry and cavalry units, each unit containing from 10,000 to 15,000 infantry or from 7,000 to 10,000 cavalry. Each game turn represents one or two months, depending on the time of year.