Great stuff so far, I'm just embarking on my first full campaign as the Union against the AI and your report is giving me important clues as to what's attainable and what isn't and how you're supposed to pace yourself in the recruitment. This game is slighty terrifying but pretty thrilling. I've als...

So, er, apart from it being a Confederate camp and not Union, and in Georgia and not in Arizona, and being way bigger instead of a dinky little place, and being run with dangerous ineptness rather than the sadistic streak of Lee Van Cleef, I was entirely right, eh?

Oops, well - er. Yeah! Sure it was Andersonville! There were hundreds of thousands of extras packed into that scene, I don't know what you're talking about, honestly. And the geography, it all made sense. YEAH!

Great list there. Haven't seen North & South though I saw a fragment on it on TV at a friend's house only on Sunday. Jonathan Frakes! Patrick Swayze! Other guy! The 80's actors were lining up so fast I half expected to see Steve Guttenberg as Lincoln. It did look a bit, um, cheesy (it was a big verb...

I love this game, I only wish I hadn't gone and lost my serial key from my boxed copy. Had the itch to boot it up again and have the first game since I moved house only to be unable to find the box. Now I have to buy it again. *cries*

Oh well, extra beers for you guys I suppose.

Have you seen Ken Burns's documentary series "The Civil War"? (If not, you should) In it, there are some commentaries that echo your point exactly: the U.S. sees itself as the best country ever and therefore its Civil War must be the best Civil War ever! ;) Just wondering: Of European ACW enthusias...

Hullo all! First post here. I bought ACW a week ago and have been having much - partially baffled - fun with it. I can't answer for my fellow Europeans or Englishmen, but here's what interests me. I think it's the fact that its like the starter for the main course as regards the First World War. It'...