No Greater Glory: The American Civil War

This is more like a grand strategy game than other genres. It still holds up really well despite being from 35 years ago, with a wide range of player choices: >multiple ways for the game to end, including the Union player avoiding the reconstruction era >you can feint the enemy, tricking the CPU into keeping one of their armies fixed in place. Generals like McClellan have a very low aggression rating, but you can use it beneficially >rudimentary but effective supply line gameplay: if you cut off the enemy's ability to resupply their troops, they will have to requisition them from local areas at a cost of money and "loyalty" >"loyalty" (its kind of a compromise term for what an administration's level of support and also what the public morale is like) can absolutely sink like a stone if you suffer defeat after defeat on the battlefield in just a single turn >attempting to pass reforms too fast (e.g. the budget, recruitment, emancipation) without sufficient support from the moderates also sinks "loyalty" >UK and France can intervene economically or even militarily >attrition based on low exp troops joining a high exp army (disease) or a large army with low morale (desertion) >"prestige" system forces realistic appointments of generals, at least in the first year or two of the conflict, for example you can't just appoint US Grant as your most important general right away The game was designed with education in mind, although it's much slower compared to Oregon Trail, but you can learn about the military and political considerations. For example, making sure you have a cabinet with all the regions represented made me think about how this was a factor for both Lincoln and Davis, each of whom were born in Kentucky (a vital border state in the war) and had experiences living and working in other states (north and south respectively). A thoroughly good game worth the time you're willing to give it.