Just as Fort Sumter tempts players to spread themselves thin, it itself is in danger of doing the same thing. In trying hard to be an accessible historical strategy game, it doesn't fully satisfy in any one area. It does, however, succeed in partly checking every box. This smooth adaptation is a great and convenient way to experience it. If you're willing to accept it on its own terms, all three aspects add up to an engaging, exciting and, above all, innovative whole.
Fort Sumter: The Secession Crisis
Playdemic · May 21, 2019
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Can you drive the Secessionist into the Fort Sumter trap that gave Lincoln his historic victory? Can you successfully use the issue of States Rights to divide Northern opinion? Fort Sumter let’s you explore this seminal moment in American history in a fast-playing, easy-to-learn card driven game.
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- A fascinating setting and clever card play make Fort Sumter a worthy and far less intimidating alternative to Twilight Struggle.
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