If you’ve ever played the retro game that the app is based on, then you’ve likely already got a pretty solid idea of how the app works. You pick either side of the American Civil Ware (Union or Confederacy) and from there you must direct your troops about the states to conquer and defeat your opponents. In true strategy board game style, this means moving individual troop units about the map, taking control of important rivers and stations—and all while fending off enemy attacks.
Vince from Awesome Games writes: 'There was quite a lot of American Civil War history in my house growing up. We weren’t an American family (Australian, in fact), but my father was rather fond of the PBS mini-series The Civil War, which relived the anguish – through letters and written accounts – by those that witnessed the four year-long battle of Union against the Confederacy. Being about ten years old at the time, the tea-stained black and white images and slow narration of The Civil War were no match for my NES in the basement, so I decided to relive the war in the best way I could. By taking control of the bluecoats and rebels myself.'
