Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) News

Since the Early Access release of Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) the game has been patched regularly, improving the game play experience. In addition to bug fixes, AI and performance improvements, new campaign scenarios and battle maps have been added.

The players have also had their say. The latest patch released includes a highly requested feature, allowing unlimited save games per campaign scenario. Also included is a new historic battle of Olustee. Work on further maps, tutorial videos and mid-battle saves is already underway.

As Wargamer.com put it, the game is shaping up to be the definitive American Civil War strategy game!

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A new patch has dropped for Grand Tactician, the American Civil War strategy game we've been waiting for since it was announced last year. It's had a decent, if shaky start to its early access journey.

While we still think it will (probably) evolve into the definitive ACW wargame, at the time we previewed it there were still plenty of creases to iron out. The developers have been working hard since release though to fix as much as they can, as fast as they can. Today sees the release of a new patch which provides further quality of life changes.

The main patchnotes post is here, though it is a tad confusing to parse. Many of the entries seem to be tagged for previous patches. I believe it's in chronological order however, which would make everything at the bottom of each section the most recent changes. 0.7707 is the latest patch version, at least, so everything marked with that number is new. The only points we're really not sure about is the unmarked lines.

With that in mind, the following has just been patched in to the game:

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A Very Special Dispatch, August 21, 2020.

Gen'l,

The highly anticipated real-time strategy game Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) is now released in Early Access on Steam, at the price of 39,99 (EUR/USD), some 10% less than the final release price (44,90 EUR/USD). Also the game's Soundtrack by Wasel and the Weasels is available on Steam - and you may purchase the game and the soundtrack as a bundle for discounted price.

Early Access means the game is not yet in its final, intended form. Instead, we want to improve it further before calling it “ready”. By purchasing the Early Access version (for a discounted price), the player can already play the game, but for a more complete and polished experience, it is recommended to wait for the full release. If you’re marching with us with the Early Access release, the going will not be smooth and there will be many hardships along the way. But, instead of turning back when facing adversity, the march will continue until the final victory – the full release of the game – is achieved!

[h2]First Impressions:[/h2]

"Grand Tactician: The Civil War is shaping up to be the definitive American Civil War strategy game."
- Wargamer.com

"Grand Tactician: The Civil War threatens to make all previous ACW wargames redundant."
- Rock Paper Shotgun

"Grand Tactician: The Civil War combines real-time tactical battles with a huge strategic and political layer, putting it in a league of its own in the historical strategy games genre."
- PCGamesN



[h2]The Road Map.[/h2]
The Early Access road map is shown above. It shows the major milestones from Early Access release to full release.

What is constantly ongoing in the background are bug fixes, optimization, battle AI fixes, and so on. The road map includes the larger additions to game content, that are currently still missing from the Early Access version.

For further information about the road map content, please see the latest developer's blog here:

THE EARLY ACCESS ROAD MAP



In case you want to know more about the development of Grand Tactician, join the conversation at the game's Steam Discussion forum.

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O. KEPPELMÜLLER, Gen'l. Engineer Corps.