The Wargamer's Take Command - 2nd Manassas microsite is dedicated to MadMinute Games and Paradox Interactive's Take Command - 2nd Manassas, the PC real-time, tactical-level wargame released in April 2006. This microsite includes information about the game, historical articles, a game FAQ, strategy and tactics articles, and a variety of other features. The Wargamer's Take Command - 2nd Manassas microsite is sponsored by Paradox Interactive.
Take Command - 2nd Manassas explores the titular 1862 battle of the American Civil War, a pivotal engagement of the Northern Virginia Campaign. Players are invited to take on the most crucial battles of America's Civil War and use all their tactical know-how to shape the future of the United States. Play as the Unionists or the Confederates and lead as the historically significant leaders through the authentic environments and battles of the Manassas campaign.
Take Command - 2nd Manassas Review
by Jim Cobb
"Regardless of the need for a few tweaks, overall Take Command: 2nd Manassas is a worthy successor to the First Bull Run game. Improvements in graphics and cavalry commands are welcome but the really impressive features are the depth, scope and mix of the engagements. The entire sense of the war in the East is realistically represented here and Mad Minute Games has done an outstanding job in giving wargamers another excellent game."
Developer Feature: Our Indie Experiment
by Norb Timpko
MadMinute Games' co-founder Norb Timpko shares his experiences of running an independent, garage-game development company. Norb shares his thoughts on the trials of balancing work with family, the challenges of producing games in such an environment, and the rewards.
After Action Report: The Battle of Brawner's Farm - Confederate Side
by Craig Handler
Craig Handler recounts the battle of Brawner's Farm - the battle from the Take Command demo - as seen from the Confederate side.
Historical Article: Lee vs.
Pope, A Short History of the 2nd Manassas Campaign
by 6th Vermont and Wrangler
"The best description of the 2nd Manassas campaign is the book “Return to Bull Run” by John J. Hennessy. Much of the information here is extracted from that fine work. "
After Action Report: The Battle of Brawner's Farm
by Wrangler
"SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of my brigade during the action of the 28th of August: The division was marching on Centreville from Gainesville, my brigade following General Hatch's, on the Warrenton turnpike, in the following order: The Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers, Colonel Cutler; Second Wisconsin Volunteers, Colonel O'Connor; Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers. Colonel Robinson; Nineteenth Indiana Volunteers, Colonel Meredith, and Gibbon's battery, Fourth Artillery, Capt. J. B. Campbell.
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Biography - Thomas "Stonewall Jackson"
by Lloyd Sabin
"Stonewall Jackson is perhaps one of the greatest and best-remembered heroes of the Civil War, Union or Confederate. For Southerners, even today, he is second in honor only to Robert E. Lee, himself the epitome of what citizens of the Confederate States of America found respectful and honorable. There is no doubt that Stonewall Jackson is memorialized in the Southern mind as equally honored, but his character was nonetheless very different from Lee."
Take Command - 2nd Manassas Preview
by Sean Drummy
Grab the fastest steed and take a recon run past MadMinute’s latest gaming project, Take Command: 2nd Manassas. Sean Drummy reports on a beta build of this Civil War title.
Take Command - 2nd Manassas Interview
by Chris Abele & Sean Butler
The award-winning Take Command series will return this spring with a sequel to last winter's Civil War: Bull Run. Chris Abele and Sean Butler fired volley after volley of questions to learn about the new game and the lessons learned from the first.
Civil War - Battle of Bull Run Review
by Sean Butler
Read The Wargamer's original review of MadMinute's inaugural work, Civil War - Battle of Bull Run to find out how the Take Command series began with a bang.
