my experience with ugg so far has been really positive, the game's focus on maneuver and terrain is complemented by really pretty aerial contour maps which i have now spent hours scrutinizing carefully. my relationship with my troops is shaky, they value their own survival far more than i do, they like standing in treelines on hilltops to avoid fire far more than making neat regimental squares, they have a lot of second thoughts about charging, all in all the experience of ordering about your army's soldiers feels a lot more like convincing them of what you need to do than simply telling them to go somewhere on the field and shoot stuff, it is a very absorbing task. what's more, the continuity between the different phases of the battle means that you simply can't throw your men's lives away to storm little roundtop without long term staffing consequences: a series of high loss victories can be game losing for the south.

this is a really fun strategy game, very immersive and rewarding of nuance.

my experience with ugg so far has been really positive, the game's focus on maneuver and terrain is complemented by really pretty aerial contour maps which i have now spent hours scrutinizing carefully. my relationship with my troops is shaky, they value their own survival far more than i do, they like standing in treelines on hilltops to avoid fire far more than making neat regimental squares, they have a lot of second thoughts about charging, all in all the experience of ordering about your army's soldiers feels a lot more like convincing them of what you need to do than simply telling them to go somewhere on the field and shoot stuff, it is a very absorbing task. what's more, the continuity between the different phases of the battle means that you simply can't throw your men's lives away to storm little roundtop without long term staffing consequences: a series of high loss victories can be game losing for the south. this is a really fun strategy game, very immersive and rewarding of nuance.