Fort Sumter was about the build up to the American Civil War, ending with the Confederate siege of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbour. The first game was Fort Sumter, designed by Mark Herman and published in 2018. The answer is that yes, my initial experiences with it were very positive, read on to find out more!Īs I said, Red Flag Over Paris is the second game in the Final Crisis Series – and really the game that makes it a series at all.

If you were already a rabid fan of Paris Commune, then I presume you’ve already bought the game and are just wondering if I liked it. If, like me, you are largely ignorant of this period of history then Red Flag Over Paris may be a great place to start. I must confess that I haven’t taken very many steps to fix that – unless reading The Count of Monte Cristo counts – so I can’t blame my ignorance exclusively on the Virginia public school system.

French politics between 18 were not a focus of my teenage education. I did actually learn a bit about the Franco-Prussian War in school, but we focused more on Otto Von Bismarck and the theory of Realpolitik and basically ignored anything happening in France. I can’t shake the feeling that I’m joining a chorus of wargame commentator by saying that I knew basically nothing about the Paris Commune before playing Red Flag Over Paris, the second game in the Final Crisis Series published by GMT Games.

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