Victory and Glory: The American Civil War

Totaly out of balance, reminds me of a c16 game. Dont be an idiot like me and give em money.

Not Good. Refunded immediately. Combat is Horrible.

Lejos de ser un sistema sencillo de manejar y entender como si lo es el victory and glory Napoleon. Es difícil mover unidades por el mapa, difícil el hecho de seleccionar unidades y elegir destino. El sistema de batalla tiene menos posibilidades, se vió empobrecido

Fun battles and clean design. Attack AI is a bit weak but it surprised me at times. I hope they will put continued effort into latter. Update: after quite a few more hours I am pleasantly surprised that AI and overall engine is giving me a run for my money as rebs. I have yet to win and I crushed the Napoleonic version. You must be accepting of RNG but for me the swings make it more fun. Hope the developers will continue this series. Luke

The is a Great Game if you like to play board games this system works the same way and is really and good board game simulator type of game.

I recommend this game with a few caveats. Although the interface is a bit clunky and the controls sometimes wonky, the game plays well and the AI seems to give a decent challenge (at least on the highest level). The map, although pretty is too garish for its purpose as the graphics of the map interfere a little with the planning sometimes from the overview. Too much "froufrou" there. For some sort of comparison, (although a board hex wargame) check out GMT games American Civil War and check out the map. Simple, functional but also quite well done. Font of the army size is too small on armies in the same space (especially cities) and sometimes its hard to select between 2 armies that are present (this usually happens after splitting an army). The split army function is very clunky, requiring a separate screen to process. The naval selection (blockade runners/ etc) screen also very clunky. But despite the quibbles it does work and is a decent game and fun in its own right. Worth playing.

Potentially fun game ruined by horridly random combat. All the careful planning and maneuvering seem inconsequential next to the random number generator. Ultimately, the outcome feels like a crap shoot.

If your look for a good Civil War experience do your sanity a favor and skip this game, everything you do is predicated on RNG and there is no skill or strategy involved at all. You can't develop your chosen side beyond railway's and card draws attacking cities is basically worthless as you can't hold enemy territory you move even temporarily, no no you want to hold any enemy at all your garrisoning it. artillery is basically useless and a waste of space, cavalry isn't much better and infantry is extremely inconsistent. If there was a modicum of skill or strategy involved it might be a fun game but putting your hands in faith in lady luck is no fun at all.

Beat the tar out them Yankees by mid 1863! 7 hours and done. Much shorter than I expected at moderate difficulty. There is some replayability here, however. $30 seems high for 7 hours to complete a playthrough. I still recommend because it is fun, though minimally in-depth mechanics take away from the overall feel.

Just a quick review. Plus sides: Nice art work fun mechanics Short to play through the entire war (2-4) hours Down Sides Poor history: The destructive power of the armies totally over rated to absurdly decisive battles are common Loses replay value once you get good at the game, it seems to boil down to whether you get good leader draws from the deck. If you do, you steam role the computer quickly. If you get poor ones, you eek out a win pretty quickly. If the computer gets good leader draws and you poor ones, you lose and there is nothing to do for it. It is a fun game, but will lose its replay value fairly quickly.