This game of the whole American Civil War was made by Frank Hunter in 1996, which is when I originally bought it. Since then, there have been many updates over the years, but it remains basically an old game. Here I provide the game itself and my own introductory-level documentation for it, to supplement the official manual.
| Download | yes, it's free |
| How to play | essential information about the things you have to do every turn |
| Tips | additional information about miscellaneous things |
| All about supplies | which are very important in the game |
| All about leaders | which are quite important in the game |
| All about weapons | which are less important than they should be |
| Strategy tips | beginner level — I'm no expert |
| Manual errata | the ones I know about |
| Bugs | the ones I know about |
| Tournament | results |
If you have any comments or corrections, my e-mail address is here.
If you don't have the game already, it's a strategical-level turn-based game of the whole four-year war. You take the place of the president of the Union or the Confederacy and his top-level generals. What you see is a map of the USA in 1861 with counters representing armies, corps, and divisions. There are no fancy graphics and no fast action. This is a serious simulation, it's quite slow-paced, and it takes a long time to play.
Although it's basically a good game, hence my original interest in creating these pages, I no longer play it myself because it still contains some annoying bugs and undesirable features. But I know that other people are still playing it.
Frank has made some more modern games in recent years, of which some at least are available from Matrix Games.