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Civil War box art

Civil War

Players

2

Time

90-180

Age

10+

Weight

1.76

Rating

5.83

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.8

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a mix of direct confrontation and strategic depth.

Replay value

Civil War has a high variability gameboard, offering different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities and allows players to improve their strategies over time. The player interaction score is average. It scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. The game is moderately easy to learn, offering a good balance between depth and accessibility. Overall, Civil War has a strong replayability score of 7.9.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Civil War is 5.67, indicating a moderate influence of luck in the game. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. While players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning, the game still has a balanced mix of luck and strategy. Overall, luck plays a significant role in determining the game outcome, but player strategy and decisions also have a considerable influence.

Overview

A strategic level game covering the entire war from April 1861 through March 1865. Victory generally depends on the control of replacement centers located at the north and south ends of the mapboard. While Civil War was grouped with AH's "Family/Social" game line, it shared elements with their "Tournament" wargames of the time. The game was played on a hex map and a CRT was used to resolve combat. The primary distinction between Civil War and the Tournament series wargames is the use of pawns instead of counters. It appears that this was done in an effort to introduce casual gamers to the Tournament style games. Civil War was dropped from the AH lineup in 1963.

Category

4
American Civil War Civil War Post-Napoleonic Wargame

Mechanism

5
Dice Rolling Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Movement Points Ratio / Combat Results Table

Family

5
Components: Map (Continental / National scale) Country: USA Digital Implementations: VASSAL Players: Two Player Only Games Players: Wargames with Rules Supporting Only Twoâ?¦

Type

1
Wargames

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Credits

Designers

1
Charles S. Roberts

Publishers

1
The Avalon Hill Game Co

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