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By the middle of 1862, the Southern Confederacy teetered on the brink of disaster on all fronts. Defeat after demoralizing defeat plagued Southern forces in the west. At the same time in the eastern theater, General George B. McClellan's Federal Army of the Potomac arrived at the outskirts of Richmond after a slow but steady 50-mile march up the rugged Virginia peninsula. On 31 May, the Confederate army, under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston, turned and attacked McClellan's army at Fair Oaks and Seven Pines. The two-day battle caught the Army of the Potomac in a vulnerable position astride the raging Chickahominy River. After initial success, the Confederate attack was blunted and both sides returned to their lines. Perhaps the most significant result of the battle was the wounding of Johnston and the elevation of Robert E. Lee to the command of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Civil War Battles Campaign Peninsula Reviews
Civil War Battles Campaign Peninsula Reviews
| 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful  John Tiller's best, By Dhampir (Cheeseheadlandistan, USA) - See all my reviews = Fun: This review is from: Civil War Battles Campaign Peninsula (CD-ROM) This game depicts the Peninsular Campaign in the spring of 1862. You can play it as a campaign (multiple battles with choices of strategy and losses carry over to the next battle) or as stand-alone battles (Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, each of the 7 Days and others).McClellan's Army of the Potomac is within sight of Richmond and you can end the war if you're good enough. It's a hex-based, turn-based Civil War wargame by John Tiller. Pros: An excellent set of battles, losses carry over, variety of historical scenarios and what-ifs. Cons: Large scenarios can become tedious. Because the losses carry over, you can't be as aggressive as you want. Overall: This is an epic game that is by far Tiller's best Civil War title. Civil War buffs and wargamers alike will love this game. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful  The big battle, By = Fun: This review is from: Civil War Battles Campaign Peninsula (CD-ROM) The HPS Civil War Campaign Windows games are the best games available for both the gamer and historian. Each game covers one campaign or area, providing a series of historical and hypothetical battles. The battles are played as single games or linked into a campaign with losses and advantages carried forward. In campaign mode, players have to consider "tomorrow" and cannot just attack everything in sight. In campaign mode, decision points determine the direction the campaign takes, while battles determine the decision points. This provides for almost unlimited replay ability as no one campaign will ever match the last one.Game scale is set to the pace and command abilities of the 19th Century. Each turns is twenty minutes during the day and one hour at night, about 120 yards per hex. Units are regiments, very large regiments can be two counters, artillery units are two gun sections, leaders and supply wagons. Formations are critical and leaders exist starting at... Read more |
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