TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Category: Civil War Wargames

  • Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States

    I’m not sure how I managed to miss this, but Gary Grigsby’s new Civil War game has received a title: Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States. A new forum is now available at Matrix games for those of you interested in tracking its final stages of development. In addition, an AAR thread has been started […]

  • First Impressions of AGEOD’s American Civil War

    Note: This blog entry is based solely on the tutorials. My continuing thoughts on the game will be sure to follow in the weeks ahead. After reading Bill Trotter’s lengthy and profusely positive review at The Wargamer, I finally caved and bought AGEOD’s recent Civil War grand strategy game AGEOD’s American Civil War: The Blue […]

  • AGEOD’s ACW Patched to v1.07

    AGEOD’s American Civil War has been patched to version 1.07 according to a news release at the Wargamer web site. This thread at the AGEOD Forums discusses all the changes.

  • “The Mad Wargamer Checks In”

    I am Scott L. Mingus, Sr., a patented scientist, published Civil War author, blogger, and miniature wargamer currently living not far from the Gettysburg battlefield. Brett asked me to participate occasionally in this TOCWOC forum. Years ago, folks on a popular Civil War messageboard nicknamed me “the Mad Wargamer,” mixing my activities as a mad […]

  • Old Blog Posts From Brett Schulte’s Blog Added

    Just a quick note. From September 2005-February 2007, I ran the now defunct American Civil War Gaming & Reading blog. I figured out how to get the old blog entries imported into this blog, and I have done so for entries from September 2o05-June 2006. I unfortunately cannot find an archived importable file for posts […]

  • Beta Tester Starts New AAR for AGEOD’s Upcoming Civil War Game

    Many of you who read this site regularly will be familiar with AGEOD’s American Civil War, due out very soon. I went over various features being covered by lead developer “Pocus” in late December 2006. AGEOD beta tester “Barney” has started a new AAR for the game to give prospective buyers further insight into how the game works. “Barney’s” first post in the ongoing AAR is as follows:

  • FoF: jchastain’s “Long Live the Union!” AAR

    Note: Due to space constraints, I plan to include the first posts of various AARs from the Matrix Games forums and then provide a link to the rest of the story. This AAR and that of Gil R. are a combined PBEM AAR played by two members of the Forge of Freedom team to demonstrate what the game has to offer. jchastain writes: ———- Gil and I are firing up a new PBEM game, so we thought we would share it with everyone. PBEM games are strictly strategic games, so this will focus on the strategic elements of the game. As is often done on Matrix forums, we’ll have 2 separate threads – one for each side. We will not be reading the other’s thread, so while we welcome comments on our approaches and blunders please do not discuss what you read in the other thread. And with that brief intro, let’s proceed to the game…