Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
English Civil War is a simple strategic level game of the English Civil War 1642-5, using area movement.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Majority
Compete to have the strongest presence in areas that award control or points.
Area Movement
Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
Movement Points
Spend a movement allowance across spaces with different costs.
Minimap Resolution
Resolve broader movement or conflict on a smaller linked representation of the map.
Simulation
Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
Read the full game description
English Civil War is a simple strategic level game of the English Civil War 1642-5, using area movement. There are 4 sheets of counters in the game: 1 small one called "Marker" includes 18 green counters (2 of them blank), 1 small one called "Scottish" includes 28 yellow counters (2 of them blank), 1 large sheet called "Parliamentary" includes 126 red counters (18 of them blank), 1 large sheet called "Royalist" includes 112 blue counters (15 of them blank).