Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)

Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865), developed by Oliver Keppelmüller and his small indie team, is an ambitious, richly detailed grand strategy game that attempts to simulate the full scope of the American Civil War. Blending large-scale strategic planning with real-time tactical battles, the game offers an intricate experience that few historical strategy titles dare to tackle at this level of complexity. Released on Steam after a long early access period, Grand Tactician is not a polished mainstream product, but rather a labor of love aimed squarely at history enthusiasts and strategy purists. Its steep learning curve, overwhelming scope, and occasional rough edges are all part of the experience, but so too are moments of incredible immersion and rewarding depth. The game is divided into two interlinked layers: a grand strategy campaign map and a real-time tactical battle system. On the strategic level, players choose to lead either the Union or the Confederacy through one o...

tried to fight my first battle in the game's own tutorial as the Union. Robert E Lee pops up and tells me shit about Ewell and to select Jackson and a dozen other things I can't do. Tells me to wait til 1900, I started this NON confederate battle at 0600 so its 20x while I walk across an empty map because the wait obj script refuses to let my enemy spawn. Finally get to the next day after ages of waiting and set my army up to repulse an attack, 25000 rebs walk in behind me while Robert E Lee tells me that "Thank god Ewells here" 10/10, dont bother in the slightest aom mod makes it slightly better but this game in general is just a massive bother to play

good idea that was sadly never finished.

Bugged tutorial...

I don't play the base game much, but the Whiskey and Lemons is good fun. Definitely watch some tutorials on YouTube and figure out how the basics work. I've enjoyed it more than I thought I would, once I figured it out. 8/10. Developers are working on a new game with updated physics and tweaks that should only make it better.

one of the greatest tactical games i have ever played

Good game. AI needs improvement, but best civil war game out there.

As others have said, Grand Tactician makes a really good effort here and with patience you will enjoy the game. Go to your web browser and type "Grand Tactician Civil War" and look at the publisher's webpage and then tell me you don't want to support them!

The general idea and design are great. But the battle interface and unit responsiveness is so unbelievably clunky and horrendous, that I can't recommend this game for purchase. Units literally refuse to do as they are ordered, especially when they're engaged and you're trying to pull them back. And this is with order delays off! The moment they redesign units' battle behaviour, the game will instantly be amazing.

fun