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American Civil War: From Sumter to Appomattox

Windows 3.x - 1996

Alt name American Civil War: Von Sumter bis Appomattox
Year 1996
Platform Windows 3.x
Released in Germany, United States
Genre Simulation, Strategy
Theme Historical Battle (specific/exact), History
Publisher Interactive Magic, Inc.
Developer Adanac Command Systems
Perspective Top-Down
5 / 5 - 1 vote

Description of American Civil War: From Sumter to Appomattox

Arguably the best simulation of the American Civil War ever made, The American Civil War: From Sumter to Appomattox is the third incarnation in Frank Hunter?s Road from Sumter to Appomattox series that his company Adanac first published in 1993.

Fortunately, the idiom ?the third time is the charm? holds to this underdog. The game retains the excellent military, economic, and diplomatic models of the first two games, with a significant improvement in user interface (although it remains far from user-friendly) and graphics. The range of scenarios and options is probably the best ever seen in games about the Civil War, although the lack of tactical module is slightly disappointing. Interactive Magic, the original publisher, also added a lot of multimedia elements (pictures, etc.) to fill up the CD-ROM space, and these are quite nice although they don?t add much to the gameplay.

Overall, if you are a history buff with even a passing interest in the subject, this is a must-have. Veteran wargamers who prefer the tactical scope (e.g. Norm Koger?s or Gary Grigsby?s games) may want to try SSG?s Decisive Battles in American Civil War series and SSI?s Civil War games instead for their tactical fix. Shame about the cumbersome user interface, though.

Note: As of 2002, Adanac has released the game as freeware, along with an excellent tutorial and PDF manual. The download version lacks the multimedia pizzazz that I-Magic added, but those frills are no big loss. Three cheers for yet another developer who recognizes that some oldies whose commercial value have expired are better shared freely than forgotten :)

Review By HOTUD

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