GCACW Series

The Great Campaigns of the American Civil War series, commonly abbreviated as GCACW, is a highly-regarded, operational-level series of war games covering famous battles of the American Civil War. The series was started by Avalon Hill in 1992 with its first entry, Stonewall Jackson's Way, designed by Joseph M. Balkoski. Avalon Hill went on to add 5 more games to the series.

While Joseph M. Balkoski was solely responsible for designing the first 4 games in the series, Ed Beach designed Stonewall's Last Battle and the two collaborated together on On to Richmond!. After Avalon Hill closed down in 1998, MMP picked up the license and published an additional game in 2001 (with more to come). Ed Beach has been taking the lead on the series since its move to MMP.

Here is a complete list of games in the series:

• Avalon Hill
  • Stonewall Jackson's Way, 1992
  • Here Come the Rebels, 1993
  • Roads to Gettysburg, 1993
  • Stonewall in the Valley, 1995
  • Stonewall's Last Battle, 1996
  • On to Richmond!, 1998

• Multi-Man Publishing
  • Grant Takes Command, 2001
  • Battle Above the Clouds, 2009
  • Stonewall Jackson's Way II, to be published

Additionally, MMP released a magazine to support the series called The Skirmisher. They've published 2 issues.

The Skirmisher #1

The Skirmisher #2

• Burnside Takes Command mini-module
• Rebels in the White House mini-module

Magazine References:

The GENERAL Index Article List:

• The GENERAL Vol.29,No.4
  • Great Campaigns of the American Civil War– “The flow of battle- Combat in the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War series” (Strategy) Robert Waters
  • Great Campaigns of the American Civil War– “Combat made simple - Combat Worksheet” (Insert) Charles Bahl
• The GENERAL Vol.29,No.5
  • Great Campaigns of the American Civil War– “The last full measure of devotion- Effective use of cavalry in the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War” (Strategy) Scott E. Schul
• The GENERAL Vol.30,No.3
  • Great Campaigns of the American Civil War– “Great campaigns: second impressions -A second look at the Civil War series ” (Strategy) John Bolash
  • Great Campaigns of the American Civil War– “Which way did they go?-Adding the 'Fog of War' to the Civil war series ” (Variant Discussion) Patrick Hirtle

The GENERAL Vol.29,No.4	The GENERAL Vol.29,No.5	The GENERAL Vol.30,No.3
The GENERAL Vol.31,No.1	The GENERAL Vol.31,No.4	The GENERAL Vol.31,No.5

Series Resources

• Series web site: http://www.gcacw.com
• GCACW Yahoo group: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/GCACW/
• Player Finder: http://www.frappr.com/?a=constellation_map&mapid=68719894725