Take Command
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Take Command is a series of real-time tactics
computer games by MadMinute Games. As of August 2006 the series consist of two games, Take Command: Bull Run (a.k.a The History Channel Civil War The Battle of Bull Run Take Command: 1861) (2004) and Take Command - 2nd Manassas (2006). The games are real-time wargames depicting some of the major battles of the American Civil War
. The developers describe the games as "real-time combat simulators". The first game was released under the Activision Value brand, which is Activision
's budget line. The second game is released through Paradox, a Swedish publisher that specializes in strategy games. A third game, based on the Battle of Shiloh
, was said to be in development according to the instruction manual for 2nd Manassas, but has likely been discontinued.
The Take Command Series were the first games to employ a real army chain of command.
Where you could play anywhere from brigade commander up to army commander. If you play as a division commander the rest of the army would be controlled by the AI.
Unlike other RTS games you don't control every unit in the game, but you give orders to the officers under you, and they execute the order to the best of their ability. Some commanders are better than others and will execute your orders better than others.
The games have an active modding community with several mods out and in the works, among others a Napoleonic Wars mod.
A total conversion mod called Horse & Musket has been released, that changes the time period of the game from American Civil war to time of the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic wars.
Real-time tactics
Real-time tactics or RTT is a subgenre of tactical wargames played in real-time simulating the considerations and circumstances of operational warfare and military tactics...
computer games by MadMinute Games. As of August 2006 the series consist of two games, Take Command: Bull Run (a.k.a The History Channel Civil War The Battle of Bull Run Take Command: 1861) (2004) and Take Command - 2nd Manassas (2006). The games are real-time wargames depicting some of the major battles of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. The developers describe the games as "real-time combat simulators". The first game was released under the Activision Value brand, which is Activision
Activision
Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...
's budget line. The second game is released through Paradox, a Swedish publisher that specializes in strategy games. A third game, based on the Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and...
, was said to be in development according to the instruction manual for 2nd Manassas, but has likely been discontinued.
The Take Command Series were the first games to employ a real army chain of command.
Where you could play anywhere from brigade commander up to army commander. If you play as a division commander the rest of the army would be controlled by the AI.
Unlike other RTS games you don't control every unit in the game, but you give orders to the officers under you, and they execute the order to the best of their ability. Some commanders are better than others and will execute your orders better than others.
The games have an active modding community with several mods out and in the works, among others a Napoleonic Wars mod.
A total conversion mod called Horse & Musket has been released, that changes the time period of the game from American Civil war to time of the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic wars.