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Started by Syt, June 17, 2013, 12:39:56 PM

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Syt

June 17, 2013, 12:39:56 PM
http://www.slitherine.com/games/cw2_pc

QuoteCivil War 2 is the definitive grand strategy game of the period. It is a turn based regional game with an emphasis on playability and historical accuracy. It is built on the renowned AGE game engine, with a modern and intuitive interface that makes it easy to learn yet hard to master.

This  historical operational strategy game with a simultaneous turn-based engine (WEGO system) that places players at the head of the USA or CSA during the American Civil War (1861-1865).

Players take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead their nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. This is must have game for anyone interested in the period.

Features

Setting: the game covers all of the USA, from the Eastern seaboard to the Rockies, from 1861 to 1865. Mexico and the Northern Caribbean are also in

Game map is divided into more than 3,000 regions, with a variety of terrain, climates and development level.

Scenarios: 2 tutorial and 5 main scenarios from Shiloh all the way up to the Grand Campaign.

Historical leaders: Over 400 historical leaders each rated on their abilities and over 1,000 different types of units from sharpshooters to cavalry and artillery and even Ironclads!

Production: Control your nations spending on the military without worrying about micro managing the economy.

Regional Decision Cards: The game has an innovative card system that lets you trigger events such as Indian raids and partisans attacks, which used wisely can affect the flow of a campaign.

Detailed game model includes features such as Weather, Attrition, Supply and Fog of War

Historical Event are triggered throughout the game giving the player crucial decision points. These cover anything from local uprising to foreign intervention.

Battlefield Tactics allow the player to make decisions that can turn the tide of battle.

Sieges and Naval warfare are all covered in detail in the game.

Chain of Command allows units to be organized in to brigades, division, corps and armies and leaders put in command of them.

Navigable rivers which played a crucial role during the Civil War are represented.


Scenario list
Two Tutorials scenarios
1861  First Manassas (Battle of Bull Run)
1862  Shiloh
1862  Sibley (New Mexico Campaign)
1861-1865  Our Hearts were Touched with Fire April 1861 scenario (THE multi-theater Grand Campaign)
1861-1865  The Blue and the Gray July 1861 scenario (accelerated start campaign)

And you can sign up for beta:

http://www.slitherine.com/beta_test
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PDH

#1
June 17, 2013, 12:44:55 PM
As long as I can make 30k men Grand Divisions in 1862 and steamroll Tamas I will be happy.
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Razgovory

#2
June 17, 2013, 01:51:42 PM
Instead, why not just write a decent tutorial to the first game.
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Habbaku

#3
June 17, 2013, 02:05:41 PM
I have yet to be impressed by an AGEOD-engine game.  I'll wait for the $5 version.
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Ed Anger

#4
June 17, 2013, 05:51:16 PM
Pass. I was entertained by the first one but have no desire to chase partisan bands in Iowa again.
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Razgovory

#5
June 17, 2013, 05:57:37 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 17, 2013, 05:51:16 PM
Pass. I was entertained by the first one but have no desire to chase partisan bands in Iowa again.

I saw the entire Confederate Army up near Buffalo.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Ed Anger

#6
June 17, 2013, 06:02:00 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 17, 2013, 05:57:37 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 17, 2013, 05:51:16 PM
Pass. I was entertained by the first one but have no desire to chase partisan bands in Iowa again.

I saw the entire Confederate Army up near Buffalo.

One game, I caught Stonewall up in Cleveland.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Razgovory

#7
June 17, 2013, 07:18:49 PM
Poor bastards.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Viking

#8
June 17, 2013, 07:22:22 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 17, 2013, 06:02:00 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 17, 2013, 05:57:37 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 17, 2013, 05:51:16 PM
Pass. I was entertained by the first one but have no desire to chase partisan bands in Iowa again.

I saw the entire Confederate Army up near Buffalo.

One game, I caught Stonewall up in Cleveland.

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Ed Anger

#9
June 17, 2013, 07:36:13 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 17, 2013, 07:18:49 PM
Poor bastards.

They got locked in a basement.
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Razgovory

#10
June 17, 2013, 09:28:25 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 17, 2013, 07:36:13 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 17, 2013, 07:18:49 PM
Poor bastards.

They got locked in a basement.

Well that's not so bad.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Jaron

#11
June 17, 2013, 10:36:24 PM
They can make it, but I never agreed to play it. :P
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CountDeMoney

#12
June 17, 2013, 10:38:36 PM
American Civil War II: Now with more Timmay Spooge!

Tamas

#13
June 18, 2013, 02:04:36 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on June 17, 2013, 02:05:41 PM
I have yet to be impressed by an AGEOD-engine game.  I'll wait for the $5 version.

:yeahright:

Tamas

#14
June 18, 2013, 02:05:36 AM
Quote from: PDH on June 17, 2013, 12:44:55 PM
As long as I can make 30k men Grand Divisions in 1862 and steamroll Tamas I will be happy.

I should enter the beta just to have that asshatry stop  :mad:
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