What do computer games offer one? Despite of having a lots of fun and of putting your computer knowledge into practice, they most certainly have other teaching factors, such as they are educational.


A computer game such as computer games American civil war, will not be good just with providing you some strategy things and an insight into the gaming and what one can do to have more fun. It will as well provide you with the capacities of entering an important part into the United States history. For those that are not just into studying this will be rather useful.

The American Civil War took place between 1861 and 1865.  This was the bloodiest conflict from the history of the United States of America. It was brother against brother, North against South. There is not just a sole game that has developed in this theme, there are various, and to name just a few, one will see that there are Ageod’s American Civil War, Civil War Generals II, Battleground 2: Gettysburg, Battleground 4: Shiloh, Battleground 5: Antietam, Battleground 7: Bull Run, Battleground 9: Chickamauga, Civil War, Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War, Gods and Generals, Ironclads: American Civil War, North and South and as well Victoria II.

The computer games American Civil War such as Ironclads: American Civil War is a game that takes place on a squadron of warships between the years 1861-1865. It is a rather new game as it was released in October 2008. It uses the 3D graphics and the warships that it uses are based on real drawings from the United States archives. There are simulating features such as damage, flooding, fires, destruction and guns, one can play with.

The first one we have mentioned, Ageod’s American Civil War is a game that places players at the head of the United States back then and they therefore, choose to have either a political leader role or military leader role. Players must interpose themselves into the history, a little background knowledge about this war should be know, as they should come with a plan of  organizing their military forces and take actions on land, sea and rail. The game is played on one of the largest ever made map for this game theme. It is as well a rather new game, being released in November 2007.

The Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War – released in 2006 by the Matrix game publisher, is an award winning strategy game. It deals with two different parts – the Confederacy and the Union. The maps that were created for this game stretch from Minnesota to Texas and from Maine to Florida. In the game one will be able to see over 1000 USA generals. The game has as well an educative part, as some players have added biography to some of the generals that appear there.

The Battleground 2: Gettysburg, refers to the combat that took place in 1863 on the filed of Gettysburg, maps here are 3D and 2 D. what it is provided with are individual infantry, cavalry, regiments, artillery and commanders. One that plays this game, compete against any other player that may desire to play with him, or against the computer intelligence. Being released back in the days of 1995, it can be played just on Microsoft Windows platform.

Apart from the movie, the North and South, one has as well done the game North and South. It is a strategy and action game. It was one of the first games that were released on this topic, as it was released in 1989. The player has to choose to play either the North or the South part. Oen can as well choose the year one wants the game to take place in. it is a game that features some humorous moments like parodies of the national anthems. It can be played both single as two players.

Apart from the computer games American Civil War presented before, there are many to choose from, but they will nevertheless have to be chosen in accordance to your knowledge if the American history.