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1974 · 2-2 players · 480min · weight 2.68 · 148 ratings
v2 —v3 —v4 wide —v4 deep —
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ID
10946
Name
The American Civil War
Year
1974
Rank
18223
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
480
Min playtime
240
Max playtime
480
Avg weight
2.6818
Num weights
22
Bayes avg
5.52356
Average
5.98007
Users rated
148
Num owned
614
Wanting
4
Wishing
39
Num comments
158
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:37:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (7)
Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridMovement PointsScenario / Mission / Campaign GameSimulationZone of Control
Categories (4)
American Civil WarCivil WarPost-NapoleonicWargame
Description (432 chars)
"The American Civil War: 1861-1865" is a strategic simulation from June 1861 to June 1865. Combat units are generic ground forces on 1, 2, 4 or 6 strength counters. Also included are single strength permanent garrisons, leaders with variable (0-3) Leadership Ratings (3-USA, 4-CSA), a special Union naval leader (Farragut), Forts, Railroad Junction and Railroad Repair, Unsupplied, Riverine and Naval units. 200 counters in total.
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).
LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)
Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).
LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)
Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.