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Can you drive the Secessionist into the Fort Sumter trap that gave Lincoln his historic victory? Can you successfully use the issue of States Rights to divide Northern opinion? Fort Sumter let’s you explore this seminal moment in American history in a fast-playing, easy-to-learn card driven game.

Reviews: Very Positive — 84% — of 90 reviews
Released: 2019-05-21
Developer: Playdek, Inc.
Genres: Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    “ALEA JACTA EST” (The Die is Cast) is what Caesar said as he crossed the Rubicon River when he learned that the Senate had removed him from his command. Crossing that small Italian river was equivalent to disobeying Rome’s orders and entering into open rebellion in this historical turn-based strategy wargame .

    Why similar: Historical 33.5%, Strategy 33.3%, Simulation 26%, Multiplayer 4.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%

  58. #58 Vox Populi: Poland 2023
    65% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2023
    Dev: Velsin
    Windows

    Play as an existing or fully customisable political figure, and campaign for or many alternative Polish elections!! In "Vox Populi: Poland 2023", you and the characters around you must promote your ideas and your popularity throughout the country to claim victory!

    Why similar: Card Game 36.9%, Tabletop 26.4%, Historical 14.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 7.6%

  59. #59 Fate of the World
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 448 reviews2011
    Dev: Red RedemptionPub: Soothsayer Games
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    Fate of the World is a dramatic global strategy game that puts all our futures in your hands. The game features a dramatic set of scenarios based on the latest science covering the next two centuries. You must manage a balancing act of protecting the Earth’s resources and climate versus the needs of an ever-growing world population, who...

    Why similar: Political 52.7%, Card Game 14.6%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 13.8%, Casual 3.2%

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