Mosby's Confederacy (video game)

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Mosby's Confederacy
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Developer(s) Tilted Mill Entertainment
Publisher(s) Tilted Mill Entertainment
Designer(s) Matt Zimmitti
Platform(s) Windows
ReleaseNovember 19, 2008
Genre(s) turn based strategy
real time tactics
Mode(s) Single player

Mosby's Confederacy is a 2008 turn based strategy and real time tactics video game by Tilted Mill Entertainment.

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Overview

In Mosby’s Confederacy the player plays as John S. Mosby and commands small bands of skirmishers, scouts and guerilla fighters on opportunistic missions to scout, ambush, steal supplies and harass larger and better armed forces of Union soldiers.

Development

Mosby's Confederacy was first announced for development on October 6, 2008, with a release date set tentatively for later in the fall. [1] Tilted Mill stated in an interview that the game would be downloadable in the same vein as their fantasy RPG-village building game Hinterland . [2]

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References

  1. Tilted Mill announces Mosby's Confederacy. Computergames.ro. Retrieved on November 11, 2008.
  2. Callaham, John (October 8, 2008). Interview: Tilted Mill talks about Mosby's Confederacy. GameDaily. Retrieved on November 11, 2008.