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Fort Sumter: The Secession Crisis

83% positive of 87 Steam reviews

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Released
2019
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Playdek, Inc..

About the game

Can you drive the Secessionist into the Fort Sumter trap that gave Lincoln his historic victory? Can you successfully use the issue of States Rights to divide Northern opinion? Fort Sumter let’s you explore this seminal moment in American history in a fast-playing, easy-to-learn card driven game.

Tagged by players

  • Diplomacy
  • Asynchronous Multiplayer
  • Board Game
  • Tabletop
  • Alternate History
  • Card Game
  • Turn-Based Strategy
  • Immersive
  • Historical
  • PvP
  • Wargame
  • War

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What players say

  • Recommended
    I wasn't sure how I felt about this game for a long time. I think fundamentally you need to understand what this game is trying to do, which IMO isn't made clear enough from the store page: it's trying to be a *very* quick-playing CDG. You can get through a game of this in just a few minutes. I'm not totally sure how I feel about CDGs, but this is the easiest entry-point to these kinds of games that I'm aware of. I…

    9.1 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Summary: A polished implementation of the board game. Unfortunately, the game mechanics themselves provide limited replayability, and a lacklustre narrative. Pros: - A thorough and clear tutorial, which has you grasping the key game mechanics in one easy play-through. - Apparently sound and faithful implementation of the board game - decent graphics and some quality period sound work, although you'll want to turn…

    1.2 h played when written. 18 found it helpful.

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