Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Low interaction
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Manage Confederate armies, logistics, politics, and a fragile wartime economy in a solitaire strategic simulation of the American Civil War.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Movement
Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Action / Event
Use Action / Event as a recurring structure for player decisions and resolution.
Events
Triggered events alter the shared state, rules, or available choices.
Read the full game description
Jeff Davis: The Confederacy at War casts one player as the Confederate president directing military and civil policy across the entire war. Armies and generals compete for scarce supplies, artillery, ironclads, and rail capacity while Union offensives emerge from an event-driven system. Cabinet members shore up agriculture, industry, and infrastructure, and blockade running finances many actions. The design asks when to fight, where to reinforce, and which political reforms justify their cost as the Confederacy attempts to survive long enough for foreign intervention.
