Great game so far. I'm playing as the confederates, just because, and have fought 3 battles so far (the battles usually take me 30-50 mins to complete). What I like: "Dynamical" outcome meaning that if I loose a battle I'll end up defending a position further back in the map against an Union attack with less men (minus the ones I lost in previous battles), if I win I can go on the offensive and attack them in other areas with more men but against stronger defensive positions or if the enemy chooses they can counter-attack. The cannons by themselves do little to no damage but put a bunch of them together and get close to use canister and you can route entire armies. Routing system is nice since units run to safer ground but not run all the way out of the map until they're really depleted. Slow moving units make for more time to think. Nice 2D maps and the topography really matters. Flanking matters. What I dislike: A bit wonky to issue move orders, especially trying to change the position the units are facing after moving (middle mouse button a bit wonky). That's about it. Overall it's a fun game and intensive, each battle can be long and the outcome can change a lot during the course of battle, a routed unit can come back to the fight and be a game changer if put into the right spot.
