Un épisode de plus dans la prestigieuse série des Scourge of War, une série de wargame réaliste et authentique vous proposant de revivre les grandes batailles de la guerre de Sécession. Après Gettysburg, Antietam, Pipe Creek, voici Chancellorsville, la grande victoire des Confédérés commandés par Robert E. Lee assisté de "Stonewall" Jackson qui malheureusement pour lui y laissa la vie.

Cette bataille eut lieu du 27 avril au 6 mai 1863, et fut marquée par l'opposition d'une armée de l'union deux fois supérieurs en nombre que l'armée des Confédérés. La bataille mettait aux prises l'armée du Potomac commandée par le major général Joseph Hooker, qui comptait près de 130 000 hommes, et l'armée de Virginie du Nord du général Lee et ses 60 000 hommes.

Scourge of War : Chancellorsville est un stand alone et ne nécessite donc pas du jeu original. Vous pouvez l'acheter sur les sites des éditeurs Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) et Slitherine (www.slitherine.com) pour un minimu de 24.99 euros si vous comptez posséder la version digitale. Comptez dix euros de plus pour la version boîte.

    

    

À propos de Scourge of War : Chancellorsville

Scourge of War is the definitive American Civil War grand tactical wargame of this generation.  With impressive 3D graphics, an award-winning AI, pausable real-time play, historical battlefield terrain and orders of battle down to the regiment and battery level, Scourge of War captures the tactical challenges that faced the real Union and Confederate commanders more than 130 years ago.

Scourge of War: Chancellorsville is the sequel to Scourge of War: Gettysburg and the latest release in theScourge of War series and is a full stand-alone title! Touted as the definitive American Civil War tactical strategy game, Scourge of War: Chancellorsville, is a must-have for all American Civil War wargamers.  Scourge of War: Chancellorsville offers twenty historical or alternate history single player scenarios set in the midst of the bloody action of the Battle of Chancellorsville, in which the Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia defeated a Union army twice its size. With the Union Army of the Potomac under the command of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker heading towards Richmond to capture the Confederate capital, the Confederate Army must make a stand to turn the tide.  Players will take command of either the Union or Confederate forces from May 1st through May 6th, 1863 to either halt the Union advance or rout the Confederates.

Can you match Lee’s “Perfect Battle” or change the fortunes of the Union and march through the Confederates to Richmond?

• Covers the Battle of Chancellorsville
• Stand-alone release, can also be installed as an expansion for Scourge of War: Gettysburg
• Twenty single player scenarios set around the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1-May 4, 1863, including night action.
• Six Multiplayer scenarios.
• Three highly detailed and historically accurate overlapping 5 mile x 5 mile maps to cover all areas of combat in the Chancellorsville area
• One 5 mile x 5 mile map for the Second Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battles of Salem Church and Scotts Ford.
• Complete Order of Battle with extensively researched unit and leader ratings as well as unit strengths correct for each day of combat.
• Use the versatile Sandbox Battle feature to find endless variations of battles on these map.
• New Replay function to allow you to save, review and share your battles. Available in both single player and multiplayer.
• Realistic weather
• Courier system for dispatches
• Extensively researched historical order of battle for each day of the battle.
• Real time combat command of a brigade, division, or corps in one of the most intense battles of the Civil War.
• New Routing server for flawless multiplayer play
• Multiplayer online combat in several modes, including: Standard opposite sides, cooperative play versus the AI, and play embedded within historical battle scenarios.
• Random play mode to generate battles of brigade, division, or corps size on any of the included maps.
• Extensive option set to tailor the game experience to the players preference and to allow good game performance on a wide range of systems.
• Carefully modeled rifles, carbines, and muskets as well as smoothbore and rifled artillery.
• A full set of infantry and artillery tutorials to get you started.
• Sandbox mode with at least 2 maps to create your own battles
• Full modding support with new friendlier interface
• Each weapon of every regiment painstakingly researched and implemented
• Sounds and Smoke effects to bring the battles to life