TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Category: Civil War Wargames

  • Matrix Games Announces Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States

    (Hat tip to Eddy Sterckx.)  In a move that will come as no surprise to regular readers of TOCWOC, Matrix Games late on Monday announced the imminent arrival of Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States. GGWBtS is a computer wargame about the American Civil War set at the grand strategic level. It is the third […]

  • Multiman Publishing is Shipping South Mountain to Preorders

    Multiman Publishing began shipping their new RSS series game South Mountain to those who pre-ordered on Saturday. I’m eagerly looking forward to my copy. As always happens with MMP during the pre-order shipment process, you will not be able to find the game online for a brief period of time. However, when the game is […]

  • Campaign Antietam Screen Shots: Groveton and Second Bull Run

    Several weeks ago, I showed readers some South Mountain screen shots of HPS‘ newly released Campaign Antietam. As I explained there, despite being given the name “Campaign Antietam”, the game actually covers quite a few more battlefields, including First Bull Run (including Blackburn’s Ford, Henry Hill, and Matthews Hill), Second Bull Run (including Cedar Mountain, […]

  • Reminder: TOCWOC After Action Report Gaming Contest

    Here’s just another reminder that TOCWOC is currently (until April 30) holding an After Action Report Contest for Civil War wargamers. The winner will receive a FREE copy of HPS Simulations’ Campaign Chickamauga. Details are on the dedicated contest web page! Wargamers, please spread the word. If this contest is a success, there will be […]

  • Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States Nearing Completion

    (Hat tip to Eddy Sterckx at the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical usenet group for the following.) A new 2by3Games developer’s journal entry was posted on March 31, 2008. On pages 2 and 3, Joel Billings discusses the new Civil War wargame entitled War Between The States (or WBTS for short) and a possible release date of some time […]

  • MMP Has Barren Victory II Available for Preorder

    I completely missed this one, but Multiman Publishing is now offering Barren Victory II (BVII) for preorder. BVII, which covers Chickamauga, is the latest entry in the Civil War Brigade Series (CWBS). The game looks a little pricey with an $82 preorder price, but Chickamauga is a larger battle, even at the brigade level. The […]

  • GMT Games Announces a New GBACW Game on Murfreesboro (Stones River)

    I received an interesting email from GMT Games last weekend offering a new game called Dead of Winter (DoW) in their “P500” program. Dead of Winter covers the late 1862 (and early 1863) battle of Murfreesboro (or Stones River). Designed by Dave Powell with an assist from Richard Berg, DoW is the newest game in […]