The Best of Creative Computing Volume 1 (published 1976)
Civil War (sample run)
SAMPLE RUN
DO YOU WANT DESCRIPTIONS? YES
THIS IS A CIVIL WAR SIMULATION.
TO PLAY, TYPE A RESPONSE WHEN THE COMPUTER ASKS.
REMEMBER THAT ALL FACTORS ARE INTERRELATED AND THAT YOUR
RESPONSES COULD CHANGE HISTORY. FACTS AND FIGURES USED ARE
BASED ON THE ACTUAL OCCURRENCE. MOST BATTLES TEND TO RESULT
AS THEY DID IN THE CIVIL WAR, BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU!!
THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO WIN AS MANY BATTLES AS POSSIBLE.
YOUR CHOICES FOR DEFENSIVE STRATEGY ARE:
(1) ARTILLERY ATTACK
(2) FORTIFICATION AGAINST FRONTAL ATTACK
(3) FORTIFICATION AGAINST FLANKING MANEUVERS
(4) FALLING BACK
YOUR CHOICES FOR OFFENSIVE STRATEGY ARE:
(1) ARTILLERY ATTACK
(2) FRONTAL ATTACK
(3) FLANKING MANEUVERS
(4) ENCIRCLEMENT
YOU MAY SURRENDER BY TYPING A '5' FOR YOUR STRATEGY.
YOU ARE THE CONFEDERACY. GOOD LUCK!
THIS IS THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN
JULY 21, 1861 GEN. BEAUREGARD COMMANDING THE SOUTH MET THE
UNION FORCES WITH GEN. MCDOWELL IN A PREMATURE BATTLE AT BULL
RUN. GEN. JACKSON HELPED PUSH BACK THE UNION ATTACK.
CONFEDERACY UNION
MEN 18000 18500
MONEY $81000. $83300.
INFLATION 25% 10%
HOW MUCH DO YOU WISH TO SPEND FOR
- FOOD ...............?25000
- SALARIES ...........?25000
- AMMUNITION .........?30000
(NOTE: Do not put commas in numbers.)
MORALE IS FAIR
YOU ARE ON THE DEFENSIVE
YOUR STRATEGY?4
CONFEDERACY UNION
CASUALTIES 1744 2596
DESERTIONS 10 46
YOUR CASUALTIES WERE 11% LESS THAN
THE ACTUAL CASUALTIES AT BULL RUN
YOU WIN BULL RUN
What would happen if you spent
more on ammunition and less
on food and salaries?
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Do you remember who actually won Bull Run?
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