Amateurs to Arms

This is probably the best wargame (i.e., simulation of an entire war as opposed to a campaign, battle, or skirmish) I have ever played, with the most beautiful wargame map of all time! As a simulation, it is incredibly immersive. With most wargames, you try to figure out the best strategy, calculate the odds, and eventually prove which strategy is the best. Not so in AtA! NOTHING is guaranteed in this game, due to the card-driven mechanics, the exceedingly strong fog-of-war element....and the 10-sided dice! This is MUCH more realistic in representing events of War 1812 . I'm quite impressed! The horrible uncertainties of war (and the War of 1812 in particular) are an integral part of AtA. It seems impossible that any two games of AtA could be the same.