THE
CIVIL WAR
(1861-1865)
A REAL TIME
CIVIL WAR STRATEGY GAME
To be released in Early Access on Steam on the 21st of August.
Extra! Read the latest Grand Tactician news here, as told by our correspondents in the field!
Southern states declare
secession from U.S.!
What with authentic reports, theories, and most absurd rumors, every day furnishes food for conversation and fills the whole world apprehension.
The question on everyone's lips is, will there be war?
Engineer Corps
Readying For War!
RELEASE DATE SET!
Early Access Release on August 21!
Soundtrack Made Available!
21st JULY, 2020.
Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) will be released in Early Access on Steam on August 21, 2020. The Early Access version will cost 39,99 (USD/EUR), 10% less than the final release that is planned for approximately the end of the year. Including only thematic songs of the period and performed by Wasel and the Weasel, the game's Soundtrack will also be made available upon release, for the price of 9,99 for those who wish to listen to the songs outside the game and to support the volunteer musicians.
Add to Your Wishlist:
Grand Tactician's Steam Page.
NEW GAME-PLAY VIDEO!
Grand Tactician Reached Beta-Phase.
The Battle of Gettysburg.
4th JULY, 2020.
During the campaign season of 2020, the upcoming grand strategy game Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) has reached Beta-phase, and is steaming towards the summer release. To celebrate reaching this milestone, the team has released a new game-play video, demonstrating the Historic Battles -feature!
Look no further than:
First Beta Game-Play Video.
THEATRICAL DIRECTION!
The Civil War Brought to Life.
Introducing LionHeart FilmWorks.
UPDATED 4th JULY 2020. To make the Civil War come to life, Grand Tactician has teamed up with LionHeart FilmWorks, LLC, a Richmond, VA based film production company. The high-quality, epic re-enactment footage is used in Grand Tactician's cutscene videos to deliver the story of the war in a way that is uncommon in video games. The in-game videos are produced using LionHeart's footage and historical potographs, colorized by artist Wasel Arar, by Video Producer & Editor Matti Veekamo.
Readers may read the story of LionHeart FilmWorks, and capture the grandeur of LionHeart's re-enactment footage by visiting:
LionHeart FilmWorks Story
www.lionheart-filmworks.com
www.reenactmentstockfootage.com
IN THEIR WORDS!
Learn Civil War History From The Words Of Those Who Lived It And Made It.
20th FEBRUARY 2019.
Grand Tactician has teamed up with war correspondent Jonathan R. Allen, author of the 501 Civil War Quotes and Notes!
Mr.Allen's most accurate notes allows all players to learn Civil War history from the spoken words and writings of the military commanders, political leaders, the Billy Yanks and Johnny Rebs who fought in the battles.
Readers can Learn Civil War History by visiting:
www.learncivilwarhistory.com/
And by purchasing the book.
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Grand Tactician
July 4, 2020
Introducing LionHeart FilmWorks.
Gen'l,
Let us introduce to you Kevin R. Hershberger of LionHeart FilmWorks, the Man behind the camera of the combat footage in Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)!
Read more…
Grand Tactician
July 4, 2020
Who are the Grand Tacticians?
Gen'l,
As Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) release is getting close, it is time to take a look behind the scenes of the development of the game, and to introduce the people behind the project.
Read more…
Adm'l. Milne
May 31, 2020
Intervention.
Gen'l,
During the mid-19th Century, the United States was a world power, challenging the status of the more traditional European empires of the time. But things have changed, with the Union dissolved, and a Civil War raging between the North and South.
Read more…
Gen'l Philippe Thibaut
May 19, 2020
A Guided Staff Ride.
Gen'l,
A Guest dev blog, where Philippe Thibaut, a game designer legend behind titles such as Europa Universalis and Ageod: Civil War II, had a look at the alpha-build of Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865), and shares his first impressions as a short preview.
Read more…
Grand Tactician:
The Civil War
(1861–1865)
A real time strategy game about the American Civil War, coming to PC on Steam!
Grand Tacticians Ready To Win The War!
Engineer Corps in preparation!
With the deterioration of relations between the southern and northern states, the Union seems to be heading towards a full blown civil war. On both sides, Grand Tacticians are soon needed to take command of the opposing armies and to lead them to victory.
If the worst should happen, be ready to prepare your nation for war, plan cunning maneuvers, defeat your enemies in the field of battle, and become one of the greatest Grand Tacticians in history!
The development of the game is in full speed by our small, but dedicated detachment of Engineers. Release date to be announced.
Features
Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) is a real time strategy game, where you will run your nation, muster, manage and support great armies, and maneuver them to defeat the enemy. Once the opposing armies meet, command your troops to victory in battles fought on historical battlefields.
- Choose your side in the American Civil War: Real-time campaign, spanning from Secession to the end of the war, with historical objectives for both sides.
- Change history: What if European superpowers intervened to end the war, or Lincoln lost the presidential election of 1864?
- Scott’s Great Snake: Lay siege, raid and blockade your enemy on land and sea or use blockade runners to keep the life-lines to Europe open.
- From Fort Sumter to Appomattox: Watch closely the morale of your citizens and troops. As the war drags on, fervour turns to fatigue, the treasury threatens to run dry, and measures like drafting will cause unrest.
- Keep the armies marching: Build and manage the flow of supplies to your armies. Utilize and expand railroad lines to supply and move armies for the first time in history!
- Pivotal battles: Fight battles lasting multiple days on historical battlefields. Use engineers to build pontoons and dig trenches, see reinforcements change the tide and commit your reserves to defeat the enemy.
- Grant vs. Lee: Manage hundreds of historical commanders with personal attributes and specialization. Famous commanders inspire soldiers and citizens alike and loss of reputation can be irreparable.
- Command Great Armies: Huge armies of infantry, cavalry and artillery, with realistic command structures and historical Order of Battle.
- Bring the Civil War to life: Amazing Civil War re-enactment and combat footage from LionHeart FilmWorks, and an original soundtrack of old time music and drum and fife band.
Get Your Photographs Here!
Finest Likeness Gallery In The World
FROM
Grand Tactician’s
BATTLEFIELD ARTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS.
Advantages of latest technology in Photography are yours by visiting our battlefield Artists and Camp Photographers. Tintype metal image and Ambrotype printed on glass now allows us mass production of small photographs!
Special attention given to enlarging (by clicking)!
*The images are from pre-alpha version of Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865), and everything shown is subject to change during the development.
”We fights mit Keppelmüller!”
The engineers behind Grand Tactician.
“Ultimately, despite their incredibly low numbers throughout the war, Army Engineers played a pivotal role in the eastern theater. The Engineer Brigade carried the Army of the Potomac across rivers and streams from the Potomac to the James, laid siege to Confederate fortifications, and designed earthworks that protected the Army during prolonged engagements. To a lesser extent, the engineers developed and deployed reconnaissance measures like hydrogen balloons, from which they could map and survey battlefields. And, when necessary, they served as skirmishers and guarded their bridges in the face of enemy assaults. Around Washington, D.C., engineer officers surveyed, designed, and managed the massive system of defenses to protect Washington from enemy attack. By design, the strong defenses effectively freed up Union forces for offensive maneuvers by rendering unnecessary a massive troop presence around the capital. Those engineers officers not involved with the Defenses of Washington were generally on fortification duty elsewhere, ensuring that America’s borders were well-protected in the event of invasion from Confederate-sympathizing European nations. Finally, other officers took leave from the agency to serve as engineer aids to field armies or to lead troops themselves. Famous names like George Meade, George McClellan, Andrew Humphreys, Robert E. Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard, and Gouverneur Warren were Army Engineers for most of their adult lives. Trained at West Point in engineering and the art of war, they had a tremendous impact on how the American Civil War unfolded.”
— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the American Civil War
Gen'l. Oliver Keppelmüller
Chief of Engineers,
Chief Decipherer,
Assistant Chief Designer,
Engineer Corps Paymaster.
"If one doesn't have it in the brain, he will have to have it in the feet!"
Maj. Gen'l. Ilja Varha
Chief Designer,
Inspector General,
Chief Topographer,
Chief Communications Liaison, &c.
“Ilja Varha's our designer,
He takes his whiskey strong.”
Brig. Gen'l. Peter Lebek
Chief War Artist,
Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks,
Provost Marshal General.
"A collision at sea can ruin your whole day."
Brevet Brig. Gen'l. Wasel Arar
Chief Cartographer,
Chief Communications Designer,
Tintype Coloring Artist,
Chief of Musicians,
Drum Major, &c.
Volunteer Engineers and Mechanics.
Civil War Re-enactment Combat Footage.
www.lionheart-filmworks.com
www.reenactmentstockfootage.com
Brevet Brig. Gen’l.
Kevin R. Hershberger
LionHeart FilmWorks, LLC.
Civil War History and a wealth of quotes.
www.learncivilwarhistory.com
War Correspondent
Jonathan R. Allen
Learn Civil War History.
