Category: Civil War Wargames
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What is PFD and How Do You Find It?: Counting Heads In Civil War Regiments, Part 1
Note: Prior to reading this post, it will be a good idea to have the Consolidated Morning Report of the 91st Pennsylvania for September 26, 1863 open in another browser window. I’ve set up the link above to open in a new window for your convenience. Reader Mark Kucinic read my post Counting Heads: Civil […]
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Polemos American Civil War Miniatures Rules Now Available
The Polemos American Civil War 6mm miniatures ruleset, featuring two booklets, is now available according to The Miniatures Page. A partial excerpt of the news article is as follows: Although Baccus works exclusively in the wonderful 6mm scale, the basing scheme and mechanics will allow you to use larger and smaller figures. As with all […]
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Top 10 Amazon.com Civil War Bestsellers: July 2008
I thought it might be fun to take a monthly look at the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers and see how (if?) this list changes much over time. The first thing I noticed was the strange inclusion of several titles which have either little or no real connection to the Civil War. I’ve taken […]
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Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States Patched to Version 1.01
Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States was patched yesterday to version 1.01. Get the patch either on the Matrix Games web site for the game or on the Latest Patch page of The Macon Armory, my War Between the States (WBTS) mod hosting site.
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The Macon Armory: A Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States Modding Site
I just wanted to add a quick note that the first mods are now appearing for Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States, a new grand strategic level Civil War computer game designed by 2by3 games and distributed by Matrix Games. I’ve posted those mods at The Macon Armory, my mod hosting site for Gary Grigsby’s […]
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How To Read Three Gettysburg Books At Once
Sometimes books just go together well, doing in tandem what each individually is incapable of alone. This definitely applies to the three books I’ll be discussing today. Bradley Gottfried’s books The Maps of Gettysburg and Brigades of Gettysburg obviously can be used together. Throw in Larry Tagg’s The Generals of Gettysburg and you have a […]
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Interview With AGEod’s American Civil War Game Developer Pocus
I’m pleased to present a short interview with the lead programmer for Birth of America and AGEod’s American Civil War Philippe Malacher, well known as Pocus on the AGEod forums. Pocus was gracious enough to take some time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions about the game and the company. I […]