Decisive Battles of the American Civil War Volume 1: Bull Run to Chancellorsville | |
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Developer(s) | Strategic Studies Group |
Designer(s) | Ian Trout |
Programmer(s) | Roger Keating |
Platform(s) | Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS |
Release | 1988: Apple II, C64 1990: MS-DOS |
Genre(s) | Wargame |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War Volume 1: Bull Run to Chancellorsville is a computer wargame developed by Roger Keating and Ian Trout. It was published by Strategic Studies Group in 1988 for the Commodore 64 and Apple II, then in 1990 for MS-DOS. Two further games in the series were released: Volume 2: Gaines Mill to Chattanooga and Volume 3: Wilderness to Nashville .
Bull Run to Chancellorsville is a tactical wargame in which the player takes command in the first American Civil War battles. Volume I includes six battles from the Civil War, in which two players may manage the Confederate and Union armies, or a single player can play against the computer managing the other army with the option of selecting from three handicap levels to add to each side. [1]
Bull Run to Chancellorsville is fully menu-driven, with its game mechanics broken down into command subsets. The game includes two Game and Design Menus as well as full-color battlefield maps. It also comes with the Warpaint and Warplan programs which the player can use to design tactical wargames. [1]
Roger Keating and Ian Trout of Strategic Studies Group developed Bull Run to Chancellorsville as the first game released for their Decisive Battles series. [1]
The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #135 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars. [1] Regan Carey and Mike Salata reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "Decisive Battles of the Civil War is a step up the ladder in the evolution of SSG game systems. Features like Warplan and Warpaint set it apart from most competitors." [2]
In 1990 Computer Gaming World gave the game three-plus out of five stars, [3] and in 1993 three stars. [4]
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