Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War 1861-1865

As the leader of the Union or the Confederacy, you will be faced with historical decisions on the military, economic and diplomatic strategies to pursue. The diplomatic and economic systems have been streamlined and improved since Crown of Glory to be more user-friendly and also suited to the period. Rather than multiple minor nations, each state has its own Governor and they will make demands on you and shift their attitudes according to events. In addition, you will have to manage diplomacy with the European powers to try to sway them towards or against intervention. Over 1,000 historical generals are included along with an option to know their abilities ahead of time or have to find out the hard way, as happened historically. Railroads, rivers and cities all play important roles, as do elections which occur at both state and national levels. Every effort has been made to bring you as thorough a simulation of the American Civil War as is possible, from 1860 to 1865, from the skirmishes and raids in the West to the pitched battles in the East and the Naval blockade. The turn-based structure of Forge of Freedom moves the game at whatever pace the player decides. Forge of Freedom gives complete control over military and developmental policy making. The new engine and methods used for diplomatic, economic and social strategies make running a country fast and easy. While your armies march across a regional movement map, battles will allow you to play at a smaller scale as we saw in Crown of Glory. In the detailed battlefield map each side is trying to capture and achieve objectives, making forts and defensive outposts more critical and important.

• Complexity: Customizable, Simple to Advanced
• Field of Play: Campaigns and Battles
• Historical Period: U.S. Civil War
• Theater: United States, from Minnesota to south Florida
• Unit Scale: Brigades, Squadrons
• Turn Play: Fortnightly (strategic), 20 Minutes (tactical)
• Players: 1-2
• AI: Yes, either side
• TCP/IP: Yes
• PBEM: Yes
• Game Editor: No

System requirements:

• Windows 2000 / XP
• 500 MHz CPU
• 1GB RAM (512MB for low animation)
• 32 MB Video Card, DirectX 7 Compatible
• Sound Card (Windows XP Compatible)
• 1GB Hard Drive space
• CD-Rom
• DirectX 7+
• Adobe® Flash® Player 8+ (for intro screen only)

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