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Okay guys, holy shit. This game looks so amazing. If you're a history buff like me and are quite fond of the American Civil War, check this out.

So the game is called War of Rights, and, from what I've seen from the trailers, there are many things to do. They'll have tons of maps but as of now the trailers only show the Battle of Antietam. Anyway, here's an excerpt from the Kickstarter page. They're about half way funded as of now.

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Welcome everyone to the Kickstarter campaign for our production of War of Rights, the most historically accurate game about the American Civil War to date! We are Campfire Games, a studio born from the passion and inspiration of two developers from Denmark: Mads “Trustyjam” Larsen and Emil “Fancy Sweetroll” Hansen. Our love for the American Civil War lead us to a dream of creating a game where we could share their interest with the rest of the world in a fun, yet educational setting. After more than three years of hard work, astounding progress has been made, and a talented and equally passionate group has been brought together to bring this dream to the realm of reality.

To start off, this is a game focusing on the American Civil War, where bullets flew for the disparate causes of their participants. Those that fought for the rights of their states and purported livelihood clashed with those that fought for the rights of the enslaved... and the Federal government’s supremacy. Brothers, fathers, sons, cousins, and friends met in the bloody conflict that has recently been estimated to have taken upwards of 750,000 lives when all was over. But, rather than have newer generations be bored in their history classes with musty books (kids still use books, right?), we at Campfire Games want to engage them in a video game that allows them to learn a lot of important information in an interactive and fun way.

With War of Rights, we are focusing on creating a group-based game with real Napoleonic-era tactics combined with the deadly accuracy of the "newer" weapons available in the period of the Civil War. Uniforms, equipment, artillery, houses, fields, and the locales are all portrayed as faithful as possible to the period we're showcasing in the game. All of this is thanks to the marvel that is the system of the CRYENGINE®. Players will form companies and regiments and battle each other on the iconic locations of battlefields such as Antietam, South Mountain, and Harper’s Ferry, following the chain of command from the rank and file private all the way up to the Major General.

Now, while making a game that is fun for those playing is certainly a humongous part of our effort, another significant part of our attention is to provide useful and accurate information about the American Civil War. As many educators struggle to teach children who do not find relevance in history, they often find a way via games and other interactive methods that engage their interests and attention. War of Rights is about simultaneously having fun as well as teaching them why it is important that they learn about this conflict, information which they can then use in a classroom setting.

Here are some of the features listen on the page:

Historical authenticity: War of Rights aims to recreate the events of the Maryland campaign of 1862 during the American Civil War as best as possible.

Vast battlefields: Each battlefield has been carefully researched and recreated in CRYENGINE® close to a 1:1 scale. After all this work, roads, houses, fields and forests of the era will be placed as close as possible to where they existed back in the day.

Key locations: Historical key areas such as the Dunker Church or Burnside Bridge will play a vital part as objectives in both the smaller Skirmishes and in the huge historical battles for players to fight over.

Authentic reload: Reloading a percussion black powder rifle is a time consuming task that will present the player with the choice of continuing the reload or stop and try to win the day with the trusty bayonet when faced with a charging enemy. And as a last minute resort, you might be lucky enough to have a smaller gun on you with a single bullet to save your life.

Realistic ballistics: Rifle flip-up sights will be needed for making shots over greater distances, and players will require mastering the slower bullet speeds of the era.

Fouling: Firing a black powder weapon is a messy affair, and thus your weapon will start fouling as you continue to shoot. The more fouled the weapon becomes, the higher the chance of misfires or delayed fires, which in the battlefield means you won’t live to tell your tale.

Team play is king: War of Rights features regiments with distinct classes such as Private, Sergeant, Colonel and Flag Bearer as well as a regiment-specific tailored respawn system. Players will quickly learn the advantages of sticking together. And later on we’ll introduce two additional branches: Artillery and Cavalry to spice things up.

Chain of command system: The very first version of the chain of command system will be the relation between the officer and his regiment. Each regiment commander is able to issue direct orders such as: charge, fix bayonets, hold your ground and move to, with special buffs to the people obeying (think of it as a morale boost). Later on, we’ll be adding Generals to the field as well. These tactical masterminds will be able to coordinate their units to their fullest potential.

And I find it interesting that they plan to release the game in several stages. I'm not sure how this will turn out.

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Here's the link for the kickstarter.

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[jarz]

Looks interesting, bookmarking.

[Preditor]

I've known about this for a long time, I'm really excited for it. Maybe I can finally scream CHARGE without getting sprayed by an assault rifle.

[Toxic]

I've known about this for a long time, I'm really excited for it. Maybe I can finally scream CHARGE without getting sprayed by an assault rifle.

Instead it'll be a .58 caliber gatling gun that does you in.

[WinterOak]

I believe Mount and Blade Napoleonic Wars is like this game but graphics, reloading and other general stuff are pretty bad. This game has a much better mechanics system like the movement, reloading and graphics in general are much better than Mount and Blade. Another game I do know which is like that but is not first person or anything is:

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[Zzzzap]

I'm sold.

[Falcon]

I believe Mount and Blade Napoleonic Wars is like this game but graphics, reloading and other general stuff are pretty bad. This game has a much better mechanics system like the movement, reloading and graphics in general are much better than Mount and Blade. Another game I do know which is like that but is not first person or anything is:

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Empire: Total War is nothing like War of Rights. I mean I guess one could draw a few similarities from each game considering a general rank will be implemented, who sends orders to officers on the battlefield, but other than that, it's nothing like it. Except for the Napoleonic Warfare used during the civil war, but that was used mostly throughout the whole of Europe and the United States (Except for like the Continental Army using guerrilla tactics but hey, I'm sure that would happen in War of Rights as well, as it did happen during the American Civil War at some points).

[Preditor]

The U.S Civil war was very bloody, our bloodiest war because we fought it using traditional tactics with modern weaponry. Unlike 1815 or 1776 muskets were very accurate. I had ancestors fight on both sides and it's one of my favorite wars I like to learn about, that and I'm also a Virginian so Civil war stuff is everywhere around here

[Falcon]

The U.S Civil war was very bloody, our bloodiest war because we fought it using traditional tactics with modern weaponry. Unlike 1815 or 1776 muskets were very accurate. I had ancestors fight on both sides and it's one of my favorite wars I like to learn about, that and I'm also a Virginian so Civil war stuff is everywhere around here

I believe during the war of 1812 we used rifled muskets, but I may be mistaken. Nevertheless the war was extremely violent as we used weapons that could completely devastate a human (I mean a .58 caliber rifle could easily crown a soldier marching straight towards it) with Napoleonic tactics.

But anyway, I'm so in love with this game right now, I can't wait until they release it to kikcstarters.

[Toxic]

I think I remember the civil war being one of the messier because of the new kind of bullets being used with muskets, minie ball I think it was. Because of the different shape(more bullet than musket ball), it was more accurate than its predecessor,  and it caused bones to shatter upon impact, so severely in fact that it's directly responsible for the number of amputations seen throughout the war.

[Trident]

Being a Virginian i was grown up around the new streets that once where apart  of that History and it was all around me so i cant wait to see this game's release and finally see this time period alive and in action.