.com From December 30, 1862, to January 1, 1863, the battle at Murfreesboro, fought over a three-day period along the Stones River near Nashville, was one of the costliest engagements of the American Civil War. In the end, William Rosecrans's Army of the Cubmberland overpowered Braxton Bragg's Confederates, forcing them to retreat ingloriously toward Chattanooga. During the following summer (September 19-20, 1863), Rosecrans's high-spirited Federals continued pushing back the ragtag Rebel army beyond Chattanooga, until they reached the wooded banks of Chickamauga Creek. There, Bragg's Confederates, now reinforced by James Longstreet's corps from the Army of Northern Virginia, surprised their now-outnumbered foe along the banks of this "River of Blood." The resulting two-day melee (Chickamauga) was one of the fiercest-fought and deadliest battles of the war, resulting in one of the few Confederate victories for Bragg's Army of the Tennessee. From the Manufacturer The great battles of the American Civil War will once again grace desktops around the world. Battleground 9: Chickamauga will take virtual generals to the border of Georgia and Tennessee near a little stream the Cherokees had called the River of Blood. As with any Battleground game, the entire battle is yours to fight from start to finish. You are not limited to just certain "highlights." Of course, if you want to focus only on the smaller skirmishes, feel free, it is all in there! Chickamauga will provide numerous historical and what-if scenarios detailing the struggle along the banks of Chickamauga Creek. Lavish attention to detail, gorgeous 3-D graphics, and full-color reenactment videos blend into an exciting extravaganza of true multimedia entertainment. Also included is the battle of Murfreesboro, a.k.a. Stones River. Features: * Tangle with a crafty computer opponent or play against your favorite human--modem to modem, using a null modem, by e-mail, or in a two-player hot-seat fog of war. * Live Internet play * All new scenarios * Variable Command Control: Command some or all your army--ideal for novices * New 32-bit engine to make your Battleground experience even better than before
W**O
Will not work on XP or higher operating system.
It will only work with Windows 95,98 or ME. Will not run on XP or higher operating system. I like the fact that it has an editor. If you operate Windows 95 or 98 this is a great game.
G**F
One Star
will not play on my computer- something about a program windows nt
P**H
Still a classic game!
A great hex-based game for the historical wargamer, even though it is several years old. Due to it's age (I bought mine used) I had to download a patch to make it work with Windows XP. I also have Battleground's Bull Run which was an earlier game in the series, but mine may be an updated edition since it ran fine first time on XP. I have to say that visually Bull Run is better and clearer. The fields and forests in Chickamauga look as though they are at the end of an extremely severe and long summer (brownish, rather than the lush green of Bull Run). My only gripe is that the A/I (the computer playing one side) in both games is rather weak and passive. It gets a little tedious getting huge Major Victories all the time. It is much better playing human opponents via email.
J**I
Better than Sid's RTS titles
I own all 5 civil war titles from Talonsoft, and I also own one of Sid's RTS titles. I can say without reservation that the turn-based talonsoft engine, however dated, plays far better and feels to me to be more realistic for the civil war battles. The detail in terms of commanders and units (quality, titles, placement, movement) is far better in the Talonsoft games of old. The best way to play the Talonsoft games is against another human player though, as the AI is only effective in the early stages of the games.I would also like to see some middle ground between these two types of game, I wonder if someone will ever publish an effective campaign-style civil war title.
A**M
Murfreesboro & Chicamauga. Ist Impressions
As this was the first of the Battleground series that I acquired, I was impressed with the ease at which you could enter into the ambience of the Civil War and move to the business end of the game. The videos and music were initially welcome and the graphics clean and quick to refresh. The toolbars are excellent and everything about the game made the length that I spent playing it most enjoyable. The only drawback is that Battleground 9 is so good it made 'Antietam' and 'Shiloh ' both very feeble is comparison. This is especially true for changing formations and artillery positions and the use of all enveloping red X's for visual targetting.
M**K
Best Civil War Games Extant
The Talonsoft games are, in my opinion, simply the best Civil War games available, despite sporting a six-year-old game engine. Every regiment and battery and every leader at brigade level and above is represented in the game. The terrain is accurately depicted and colorfully drawn, at about 125 yds per hexagon. The reason for four stars instead of five is the criteria; How much fun is this game? In quality it rates five stars, but in the longer scenarios, moving and firing all of those units can become a bit tedious. For a challenging game, you must have a human opponent, but there are clubs on the net where you can find opponents of every level of experience and ability, and the game plays well through email.
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