Armchair General (90%): a highly playable and highly addictive game
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:43 pm
"NCP focuses upon the ‘grand operational’ level of war, with players organizing and controlling units from regimental to army size across a two-dimensional map. Anyone even slightly familiar with traditional board wargaming will feel at home with the appearance and logical play of the game."
"Organization in NCP, much like AGEOD’s earlier American Civil War, is the key to success. The right commander is necessary to gain the most from the units, especially in NCP. AGEOD has focused on the complexity of warfare in the Napoleonic era, such as the issue of multi-national forces being commanded by men who did (or did not) have the talents for such."
"The result is a game much more focused on grand campaigns, ala the 18th century, rather than with the issues that shaped the Napoleonic era and the rest of the 19th century—the levee en masse was just as important, if not more so, than the ‘French’ method of winning battles, such as the maneoever sur les derrieres."
Bob Mackey
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/index.php?p=3760&page=1&cat=59
"Organization in NCP, much like AGEOD’s earlier American Civil War, is the key to success. The right commander is necessary to gain the most from the units, especially in NCP. AGEOD has focused on the complexity of warfare in the Napoleonic era, such as the issue of multi-national forces being commanded by men who did (or did not) have the talents for such."
"The result is a game much more focused on grand campaigns, ala the 18th century, rather than with the issues that shaped the Napoleonic era and the rest of the 19th century—the levee en masse was just as important, if not more so, than the ‘French’ method of winning battles, such as the maneoever sur les derrieres."
Bob Mackey
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/index.php?p=3760&page=1&cat=59
