Category: Matrix Games
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First Impressions of AGEOD’s American Civil War
Note: This blog entry is based solely on the tutorials. My continuing thoughts on the game will be sure to follow in the weeks ahead. After reading Bill Trotter’s lengthy and profusely positive review at The Wargamer, I finally caved and bought AGEOD’s recent Civil War grand strategy game AGEOD’s American Civil War: The Blue […]
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Welcome to the Tredegar Iron Works
For the past decade, Civil War Strategy games have been pretty much non-existent. This all changed in November 2006 with the release of Forge of Freedom by Matrix Games and Western Civilization. At the same time, AGEOD, a French company created by Philippe Thibaut (inventor of historical videogames Europa Universalis™, Pax Romana™ and Great Invasions™), […]
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Matrix Games Says Forge of Freedom is Close…
Gil R., one of the minds behind Matrix Games’ new Civil War computer game Forge of Freedom, had this to say late this week on the Matrix Games Forums: Its release is going to be in the very near future. Right now, all programming is done, except for one pesky issue that Eric is working […]
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Gamezone Interview with Forge of Freedom Game Developer
Eric Babe, the lead developer of the new Civil War strategic level game Forge of Freedom, was recently interviewed by Gamezone. Check out the full interview at: http://pc.gamezone.com/news/08_07_06_08_02AM.htm This one is looking better and better…
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More Forge of Freedom News
Forge of Freedom, the new grand strategy Civil War game from Matrix Games, continues to show up in wargaming news. It’s due out “later this summer”. First, check out this news release at the Wargamer: Matrix Games and Western Civilization Software have announced a few details and a tentative release time for a new American […]
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More Info on Gary Grigsby’s New Civil War Game
There is another page long update on the progress of Gary Grigsby’s new Civil War game based on the World At War game engine on page 4 of the latest developer’s journal entry for 2by3 Games. Here’s an excerpt of their progress: Civil War Progress and Delays (CW) Progress on Civil War moved along nicely during the […]
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Matrix Games Planning Four Civil War Titles
I somehow missed this thread at Matrix Games discussing their upcoming Civil War output. Here is the latest list of games Civil War gamers should expect to see from Matrix in the near future, courtesy of Erik Rutins of the Matrix staff: 1. Forge Of Freedom from Western Civilization Software (Grand Strategy, based on a […]