NORTH VS. SOUTH

Hint:

You must use the map as a field of battle, not just as states. A battle line will form between north and south, which extends from the capitols. You must protect your capitol as well as your line of defense.

Blocks: 

A block is a capitol territory where fresh troops may be purchased and placed, and are touching each other. Unsupported territories and rivers in between these blocks make the dividing zones.

There are 9 of these sections.

• Southwestern block 24: KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE.

• If the north gains hold of Kentucky cavalry attacks will be in striking distance of Richmond. A horse in Tennessee can reach all but 2 southern state capitols and Richmond.                   

• Midwest block 48: OHIO, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN.  

• This is the center of the Union line. The river can be used to block by purchasing boats to make a blockade. You can hinder the southern advance by checking him in Perryville.                                         

• North Atlantic block 71: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, MARYLAND, AND   DELAWARE.                                                                  

• The most valuable of them all. The heart of the union war funds. At setup Annapolis Maryland has one southern regiment and control of that capitol. It is essential for the north to control these territories.

• Far West block 25: TEXAS, ARKANSAS, INDIAN TERRITORY, KANSAS,             AND MISSOURI                                                                                

• Again not the most expensive block but key to turning the union flank. Once Kansas falls the northern line falls back to Iowa, freeing a channel into Canada for deep penetration into the north. Although in many games Kansas falls, on the northern turn Delaware is taken for a trade of even points.

• New England block 40: MAINE, VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND, AND CONNECTICUT                                             

• A very wealthy section of land that is tucked away. The best threat is through Canada but even that threat can be blocked with a naval blockade in the St. Lawrence River.

• Northwestern block 11: MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, IOWA.                                   

• The least amount of money, but very important in holding the Union flank.

• Mississippi block 13: MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA                                                   

• A boat in Illinois can make it to Mississippi for naval assaults.

• Deep South 23: ALABAMA, GEORGIA, AND FLORIDA

• These territories like New England are isolated but the north can invade with naval assaults or invading cavalry.

• South Atlantic block 32* : VIRGINIA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA

• These states have an immediate threat of naval assaults but the Atlantic flank can be defended. *includes Virginia.

By about the second turn the confederates usually have taken block 1 and 4 and the North has established its hold on block 3. This leaves the South at 122 points and the North at 170 points, still an uphill climb for the South.

 

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