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[22 Apr 2013 | 3 Comments | ]
Cedar Mountain (Video Game Review)

American Civil War battle of the same name. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson against political general Nathaniel Banks as a prelude to Bull Run, August 9, 1862. A meeting engagement, Banks launches a spoiling attack against a superior CSA force and then has to conduct a fighting withdrawal to survive.

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[15 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
The Civil War ( Video Review)

The Civil War depicts the nation and its leaders as no game has done before. Players re-create history on a map stretching from the Eastern shores through the untamed lands of New Mexico, maneuvering and engaging their armies according to the carefully drawn abilities of over 60 individually represented commanders, as ocean-going and riverine naval units battle for control of critical waterways.

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[9 Nov 2012 | No Comment | ]
Pleasant Hill: The Red River Campaign ( Video Review)

Battle of Pleasant Hill, fought in Louisiana in April, 1864. The Union Army was attempting to move up the Red River valley to Shreveport where it was overrun by a small Confederate force at Mansfield.

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[1 Nov 2012 | No Comment | ]
Pea Ridge (Video Review)

Decisive battle of the trans-Mississippi theater.

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[25 Oct 2012 | No Comment | ]
Wilson’s Creek (Video Review)

From Terrible Swift Sword, the GBACW series decended. This was the first game in the second (named) incarnation of that series.

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[5 Oct 2012 | No Comment | ]
For the People

CDG based upon the American Civil War.

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[23 Aug 2012 | One Comment | ]
A House Divided (Review & Play Through)

Classic ‘light wargame’ by GDW. Early Person Verses Person game.

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[6 Aug 2012 | One Comment | ]
Divided Republic  (Review & Play Through)

 
On the eve of the Civil War, the country’s fate lies in doubt as its leaders make their arguments and its people make their decision. Slavery, states’ rights, and the shadow of war are at stake as you seek to have your candidate win the Presidency and save the nation.
Divided Republic is a card driven two to four player game representing the last calm before the storm that was to become the American Civil War. Players represent the four
major parties (Constitutional Unionists, Northern Democrats, Republicans, and Southern Democrats) and attempt to …

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[21 Jun 2012 | No Comment | ]
Stonewall (Review & Play Through)

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.