 | 153 years ago today...On July 4th 1863, General Grant formally accepted Pemberton's surrender at Vicksburg. It was a defining moment of the war, although a more complex event than celebratory newspaper headlines of the time suggested (Grant paroled all 30,000 rebel defenders under the errant assumption most would never fight again). If you haven't yet downloaded our free Vicksburg campaign, today would be a fitting day to do so! |
Poll Results are in!
Early this May, we opened voting on a poll to see what great Civil War campaign players would most like to fight. There are so many excellent choices, but we initially narrowed the finalists to six--three from the east, and three from the west. The democratic process is an inherently messy one, which means our players wrote in three more vote-earning candidates. In another great American tradition, quite a few voters attempted to cast multiple ballots, sometimes all during the same day, and sometimes cleverly spacing out their votes over the course of weeks. Although we are not fortunate enough to have sensible voter ID laws here at 6mmACW, we do have IP address screening technology, allowing us to weed out about 50 of the 250+ votes cast in this poll.
After the break, we'll reveal the results in detail!
After the break, we'll reveal the results in detail!
What does it all mean?
While the winner of the poll was not necessarily surprising, I was quite surprised none of the western theater campaigns cracked the top three. This poll confirms the east-coast bias remains strong with wargamers, though it's worth noting that this poll did not necessarily ask which campaigns players find most interesting to study--it was specifically a question of which campaign they'd most like to play in a game setting. I suspect some famous but lopsided campaigns--like Atlanta or Antietam--may have suffered as a result, as wargamers assume these will be less "fair" or strategically interesting. Personally, I find the "unfair" campaigns to be the most interesting challenges as both a scenario designer and a player.
Does this poll mean the next campaign released for Altar of Freedom will absolutely be Gettysburg? Maybe. There are several campaigns in various stages of design and play-testing right now. I'll certainly use the results to inform the pace and order of future projects, but in another great tradition of the American Republic, I reserve the right to ignore the will of the people when it suits me. On that note, Happy 4th everyone!
--GRW
Does this poll mean the next campaign released for Altar of Freedom will absolutely be Gettysburg? Maybe. There are several campaigns in various stages of design and play-testing right now. I'll certainly use the results to inform the pace and order of future projects, but in another great tradition of the American Republic, I reserve the right to ignore the will of the people when it suits me. On that note, Happy 4th everyone!
--GRW
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