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Ironclads: American Civil War

Battle of the civil war ironclads. Take part in battles from USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia before battles between armored squadrons of steamships and other vessels. The flow of time is organized into rounds…

9 October 2008

Ironclads: American Civil War is a simulator developed by Totem Games, released 9 October 2008 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Ironclads: American Civil War is

Ironclads: American Civil War is a simulator game developed by Totem Games and released in 2008. It was published by Akella. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Battle of the civil war ironclads. Take part in battles from USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia before battles between armored squadrons of steamships and other vessels. The flow of time is organized into rounds. Within the limits of each round, the player and the computer opponent take turns executing all actions possible within five minutes of real time combat for each of their ships. At the moment when the selected active ship is carrying out an action, all other game units are motionless. Time for decision-making is not limited.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Ironclads: American Civil War launched on 9 October 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space and LittleBigPlanet.

Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space, LittleBigPlanet.

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When did Ironclads: American Civil War come out?
Ironclads: American Civil War was released on 9 October 2008 for Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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