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IX. Civil War Computer Games, Board Games, Card Games, Playing Cards, Trivia, Miniatures & Toys, and Puzzles
Computer Games
Shiloh. TalonSoft [Game #4 in TalonSoft's popular Battleground game series. (The link goes to Funagain Games.)]
Board Games
For the best assortment of board games, card games, etc., from the US, Canada, and Europe at a discount, please visit: Funagain Games. They do have a fair number of Civil War games.1863: Civil War Quad Game. GMT Games.
The Antietam Campaign. Decision Games.
Bloodiest Day: The Battle of Antietam. Spearhead Games [This is a clever Peter Perla design using area movement instead of hexes.]
Bobby Lee. Columbia Games [This game covers the Civil War in the eastern theater. It is the companion game to Sam Grant. It uses the block wood pieces instead of cardboard counters which aids in the fog-of-war and step reduction of units.
Campaigns of Robert E. Lee. Clash of Arms [A solid design by John Prados.]
Lee Takes Command: 7 Days Campaign. Clash of Arms
Sam Grant. Columbia Games [This game covers the Civil War in the western theater. It is the companion game to Bobby Lee. It uses block wood pieces instead of cardboard counters which aids in the fog-of-war and step reduction of units.
They Met at Gettysburg. Spearhead Games [Another Peter Perla design using area movement instead of hexes.]
Card Games
Playing Cards
Arms & Armaments of the Civil War cards. US Games Systems
Famous Battles of the Civil War cards. US Games Systems
Famous Generals of the Civil War cards. US Games Systems
1864 Poker Deck. US Games Systems
Civil War Union Emblems Playing Card Deck. U.S. Games Systems Inc. ["The U.S. Games Systems company has put together yet another beautiful and historically interesting set of playing cards. This time it's a deck printed with emblems from the Union during the Civil War. Printed on smooth, ivory card stock, the blue and red images of stars, flags, crests, and Civil War heroes are nicely rendered. The one thing that's missing is a historical description of each of the emblems, which would allow players to learn more about the emblems with which they're playing." -- Courtney Hudak, Amazon.com.]
Trivia
Sauers, Wendy. Lee and His Generals: The Ultimate Trivia Book. Burd Street Pr./White Mane Publ. 2000 [This book features more than 800 questions and answers about the generals in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Sauers organizes these questions in 28 different categories such as: Firsts, West Point, Nicknames, Rank, Health, Quirks, Books, Quotes, and eight different famous battles and campaigns. She rounds out the book with an appendix that gives the key details of the generals, and a bibliography.]
Miniatures & Toys
Elite Command Collector's Series Die-Cast Soldiers: General Ulysses S. Grant & Union Soldiers. Blue Box International.
Elite Command Collector's Series Die-Cast Soldiers: General Robert E. Lee & Confederate Soldiers. Blue Box International.
The American Civil War: Union Army and Confederate Army Die-Cast Figures. Blue Box International. [The set contains four Union and four Confederate die-cast figures. One of the figures is Grant, another is Lee. An image of the soldiers is avaliable via the link above.]
William Britain's Leaders in Blue & Gray: Ulysses S. Grant Figure. ERTL Co. [A picture of the figure is on the Amazon.com site.]
Puzzles
For other Civil War toys, use the Amazon.com Search box below:
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For an inexpensive subscription to a Civil War magazine, check out these links. If you are not familiar with either magazine, you can receive a free issue!
Civil War Times Illustrated
Magazine Description: Civil War Times Illustrated takes readers inside the strategies, tactics, skirmishes, and twists of fate that changed the course of events during the war. Articles cover the battles, the politics, and the key figures involved in American's Civil War. Each issue also features the diaries, letters, journals, maps, and fading photographs of the unsung people of the North and South. Finally, this magazine does feature book reviews.
America's Civil War
Magazine Description: American's Civil War delivers information about the Civil War's most famous leaders and battles. Each issue features historic photographs, front-line drawings, battle maps, and eye-witness accounts. Readers will also find details about the strategy, tactics, battles, people, and families involved in this war. And don't forget the book reviews.
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