Civil War
A turn-based, strategic simulation of fourteen real battles of the American Civil War. In single player mode, you play as the Confederacy, while the computer controls the Union. Each turn you have to decide…
31 December 1968
Civil War is a strategy, released 31 December 1968 on HP 2100 and Microcomputer.
What Civil War is
Civil War was released in 1968. It was published by Creative Computing Software. It is available on HP 2100 and Microcomputer. It runs on BASIC.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A turn-based, strategic simulation of fourteen real battles of the American Civil War. In single player mode, you play as the Confederacy, while the computer controls the Union. Each turn you have to decide how to allocate your funds on food, ammunition and salaries and choose one out of eight strategies to use in battle (four offensive, four defensive). The sides with fewer casualties wins the battle, and whoever wins eight or more battles wins the war. The game was developed at Lexington High School by students L. Cram, L. Goodie, and D. Hibbard. In 1973, it was compiled and published on "101 BASIC Computer Games" by David H. Ahl, who credited G. Paul and R. Hess of "TIES" for adding a…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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When did Civil War come out?
Civil War was released on 31 December 1968 for HP 2100 and Microcomputer.
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