Review at The Wargamer: The nicest gift from France since the Statue of Liberty!

[Korrigan]

"Quelle surprise! From a relatively new French developer, AGEOD (...), comes a serious contender, in my opinion, for Strategy Game of the Year. And it may also be the best Grand Strategic simulation of the Civil War ever devised. It combines a blessedly intuitive – yet actually rather complex – interface, marvelous depth-of-play, a compelling sense of epic drama, and a handsome, distinctive look that is also cunningly designed to add to the “period” atmosphere (...)".
Bill Trotter

[Korrigan]

WARNING:

I've posted this review link after it was made public yesterday by a post in the AACW forum. However, it appears it has not yet received the Wargamer Editor approval.

I will re-set the link once it will have been officially published.

Thanks

Korrigan

[Primasprit]

[...] I will re-set the link once it will have been officially published.[...]

The review is now online on the frontpage of http://www.wargamer.com

[demarcroix]

The review is now online on the frontpage of http://www.wargamer.com

To sum up my reactions: this game creates the same habit-forming gestalt as that which emerges from the best Civil War literature. It offers enormous replay value as well as compelling turn-after-turn depth, and its designers have consistently approached their subject with understanding, even love.

Direct link: http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/ageod_civilwar/

[Hobbes]

Great review but no Wargamer excellence award! How does that work?

[Wilhammer]

I dunno, this line can't be too popular---

"Although many reviewers really wanted to embrace it, and invested large amounts of time trying to do so, the consensus about the most recent grand-scale Civil War title, Forge of Freedom, seems to have been just that; it was another "noble failure." "