I wish Pete would buy/play the civil war game and then talk to me about it.
Also, I feel like I am about to get in to another round of civ iv binging after I win the Civil War so if anyone wants to talk about that, that is cool too.
What's this civil war game?
It's pretty fun, but I have almost no idea what I am doing. I took and held the first little town.
I wish there were better instructions.
Yeah it wants to mess with you a bit with how to prepare and especially as the game goes on it will have twists and turns. It helps if you read a bit about the battles before hand to find out more about how they went, which is fun for me.
My strategy was basically like Grant's, I tried to maximize my army's size/skill and then overwhelm. I usually doubled up the Confederates toward the end of the game.