AGEOD's American Civil War: 1861-1865 - The Blue and the Gray

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7.5

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Score Breakdown Based on 97 ratings

1. 10 (23)
2. 9 (25)
3. 8 (21)
4. 7 (8)
5. 6 (4)
6. 5 (4)
7. 4 (2)
8. 3 (2)
9. 2 (0)
10. 1 (8)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

• Rating:9.4

  One of the best Civil War games ever made.

  By Grotius | Review Date: Jul 09, 2007 | PC

  AGEOD's "American Civil War: the Blue and the Gray" is one of the best serious treatments of the Civil War ever made, for any platform -- PC or boardgame. But it's pitched to the grognard, not the casual gamer... Read Full Review

  11 of 12 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about AGEOD's American Civil War: 1861-1865 - The Blue and the Gray

• Rating:8

  AACW is a classic strategy game taking great advantage from AGEod simultanous turn resolution engine.

  By jastaV | Review Date: Jan 05, 2009 | PC

  AACW is a turn based Grand-strategy game using the AGEod property engine. Turn resolution is simultaneous for opponents, AI or human player. The graphic is a bit obsolete but its style adds the flavour of old maps an... Read Full Review

  0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  The best Civil War strategy game to ever appear on computer- bar none. If you like the subject, this is a must buy.

  By Pdubya | Review Date: May 17, 2008 | PC

  If you are at all into turn-based strategy games and even remotely interested in the American Civil War, run, don't walk to your computer store and buy it. Best Buy stocks the CDV version now. You are essentially eith... Read Full Review

  4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.5

  The BEST ACW video title ever created and a rival even for legendary titles like Europa Universalis....don't doubt me!

  By CooperDJ | Review Date: Jan 11, 2008 | PC

  Alright...so I can fully admit it, I've been a American Civil War nut ever since I was a kid. I've studied it casually for almost my entire adolescent and adult life. Needless to say, when I see a game about the Americ... Read Full Review

  4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  Fantastic!

  By t3176jk | Review Date: Nov 04, 2007 | PC

  Great follow-up to Birth of America. The game system (Weplan/Wego) is turn based but plays out simultaneously. This simulates very well how operational orders had to be formulated based on a current knowledge set and t... Read Full Review

  2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:5.8

  A wargaming enthusiast's dream, a casual wargamer's nightmare.

  By AlexChec | Review Date: Jul 08, 2007 | PC

  Before World War II was the object of affection for game developers, the Civil War reigned supreme. After the resounding success of Sid Meier's Gettysburg, followed by Antietam, and the steadily increasing ability of th... Read Full Review

  7 of 14 users found the following review helpful