Game of the Week, April 14 - 20

This week we return to the 19th century and the American Civil War with Campaign Shiloh. This title will be on sale for 25% off normal pricing now through Sunday April 20th.

By the latter part of 1861, the divided nation was beginning to understand that this new war would be a long and bloody fight. In the east, the Union advance into Virginia was soundly defeated at Bull Run (a.k.a. Manassas). Washington was eager for some good news that would encourage the people to stay the course and reunite the nation, no matter what the cost. Soon, a little known general would give the North the encouragement it so badly needed. Ulysses S. Grant would be that general. First, he would lead 3,000 men to execute a small raid intended to disrupt the Confederates and cause confusion.

This first battle, near Belmont Missouri, would show the world that the North had a general willing to fight and make whatever sacrifice was necessary to achieve victory. Belmont would soon be followed by the stunning victories over two important Confederate fortifications. The first to fall would be Fort Henry, guarding the Tennessee River. The second and most important was the capture of Fort Donelson, along with it’s garrison of 12-15,000 remaining defenders. Not only did the South lose nearly a third of its entire army stationed in the western theater, but it also lost control of the Cumberland River and it first Confederate state capital, Nashville. These were loses the South could ill-afford.

In desperation, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston developed a plan to surprise and destroy Grant’s army camped around Pittsburg Landing on the western shore of the Tennessee River. A victory could reverse the defeats already inflicted upon the southern cause in the west. Campaign Shiloh aims to recreate these great battles and provide even more possibilities.

To get a bit more detail about the content in Campaign Shiloh you can check out the Design Notes. And the Getting Started tutorial document.

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This title includes 482 stand-alone scenarios(!) and an additional 198 are pulled for the Campaign system. It should be noted however that 50% of the stand alone scenarios are "Weather" variants, so the same base scenario just with historic weather effects added in.