Matrix Games and 2 by 3 Games have issued a new patch for Gary Grigsby's War Between the States, updating to v1.04 this turn-based grand strategy game set during the American Civil War. The update includes a number of important changes to gameplay, such as an accumulating time factor that influences leader initiative, lower initial amphibious transport capacity, reduced Confederate ironclad production and adjustments to supply costs for depots and forts, among others. It is strongly recommended that players read through and print out the Rules Addendum (added to the Documentation folder by this update) to see all the important changes with references to the relevant manual sections. The in-game tutorials have been updated to reflect the rule changes, but the video tutorials do not include any of the rules changes that have been included in the patches made since the initial game release in June 2008.

Gary Grigsby's War Between the States v1.040 Patch (4.37MB)