Take Command - at this price, you can't go wrong

Apologies for another forced gaming hiatus, this time due to a move. The good news though is that I came across a cracking little game I bought back in 2005, in amongst all the rubbish I had to shift. The History Channel: Civil War: The Battle of Bull Run: Take Command: 1861, to give it its full title, was a cheap 3D battle simulator created by MadMinute Games. The graphics aren't (and never were) exactly state of the art, but this really was a case of substance over style, providing a decent challenge and a lesson in battle simulation that The Creative Assembly could still learn from for their high production-value Total War series. I'm not sure if the game is still available, but its (very similar) successor Take Command: Second Manassas is, and for only about £6/$10 - a bargain, if ever there was one.