Tags: Turn-Based, Tactical, Strategy, 2D, IGOUGO, Brigade/Division It’s easy to connect with your army on a personal level, as you can name each unit in addition to being able to manage their training and outfitting. Seeing a unit you created during the first year of the war get utterly dissolved by enemy canister rounds is heartbreaking, but following an officer’s career path from lowly Captain to Major General brings pride I rarely get from playing games. The ability to follow individual brigades and their officers throughout the war is one I learned to miss after playing this game. The title brings Total War-style tactics (the lead on this game did make several mods for Total War games) to the well-known battlefields of Antietam and Gettysburg, as well as battles with less coverage in games, such as Gaines’ Mill and Chickamauga. Civil War puts the player in command of either Confederate or Union armies throughout the entirety of the war, allowing the player to build their army composition, from unit size to weaponry of individual units. Ultimate General: Civil War is a wonderful follow-up to Game-Labs LLC’s already wonderful Ultimate General: Gettysburg. Tags: Real-Time, Tactical, Brigade/Division/Corps/Army, American Civil War, 3D If you're interested in exploring one of the gold standards of digital ACW wargames, you'll want to check it out. We haven't listed them below, mainly because they are fairly old now and there's not any official support for them, but it's not hard to find a digital copy via Abandonware websites. Gettysburg! especially was considered one of the best strategy/war games of the time, and is a bench mark for many ACW and Gettysburg-themed games that have come out in the decades since. We've put this here though so that you're aware they also exist, and are considered pretty good ACW war games for what they are.Īs was pointed out below, we'd also be remiss not to mention Sid Meier's Gettysburg!& Antietam! games from the late 90's. We're looking into these now and as we evaluate them, we'll add them to the main list below. They're old-school hex-and-counter affairs, but they're currently being remastered by Wargame Design Studio with new graphics and engines updates. John Tiller Software did a series called Civil War Battles, which cover specific battles and campaigns during the American Civil War. There are plenty to choose from over the years, so here’s some of Wargamer’s favorite American Civil War digital strategy games to make your choice easier. ( Which is also why most WW2 games/films think the war started in 1944 -ED) It probably also helps that a lot of war game designers are American. Wargame developers love the American Civil War, with its romantic notions of “brother against brother” and the development of warfare from line battles to quasi-trench warfare slugfests.
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