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Great Battles of the American Civil War

24 October 20197

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About

Great Battles of the American Civil War is based on the ‘Great Battles of the American Civil War’ board games, which started with the classic game ‘Terrible Swift Sword’. This game recreates the significant battles of the American Civil War. Each scenario in this game is a grand tactical, regimental-level simulation of a single battle, enabling players to test their generalship under the same challenges faced by the Union and Confederate commanders.

Key Features:

- Historically accurate game play.
- Accurate Civil War units.
- Play as either the Union or Confederate side.
- 10 scenarios.
- 3 levels of difficulty.
- Five categories of unit quality.
- Different types of formations.
- Detailed combat analysis.
- In-depth reference charts.
- Advanced tactical features including:
- Map zoom.
- Strategic movement.
- Flank attacks.
- Low ammo.
- Unit disruption.

Scenarios:

- Wilson's Creek
- Pea Ridge
- Kernstown 'Historical' Scenario
- Kernstown 'Breakthrough' Scenario
- Shiloh
- Shiloh 'Confederate Attack' Scenario
- Shiloh ''The First Day' Scenario' Scenario
- Cedar Mountain 'Control' Scenario
- Cedar Mountain 'Offensive' Scenario
- Pleasant Hill
- Monocacy Junction 'Delayed Arrival' Scenario
- Monocacy Junction 'Prompt Arrival' Scenario

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Languages (1)

Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English

Also known as

gbotacw.exeWindows Executable

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Facts

Developer

HexWar Games

Publisher

Hunted Cow Games

Released

24 October 2019

Platforms

PCWindowsMac

Standing

Top 78% by 24hr peak players

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Tags

Diagonal-downFixed / flip-screenTurn-basedTurn-based strategy (TBS)Point and selectHistorical eventsNorth America