<s>
Civil	B-Application
War	I-Application
is	O
an	O
early	O
strategic	O
board	O
wargame	O
published	O
by	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
in	O
1961	O
that	O
simulates	O
the	O
American	O
Civil	B-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
games	O
produced	O
by	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
during	O
this	O
period	O
such	O
as	O
Gettysburg	O
,	O
Civil	B-Application
War	I-Application
did	O
not	O
sell	O
well	O
and	O
was	O
dropped	O
from	O
production	O
two	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Civil	B-Application
War	I-Application
is	O
a	O
two-player	O
wargame	O
in	O
which	O
one	O
player	O
controls	O
Union	O
forces	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
controls	O
Confederate	O
forces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
wargames	O
produced	O
by	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
,	O
Civil	B-Application
War	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
hex	O
grid	O
map	O
and	O
a	O
Combat	O
Results	O
Table	O
to	O
adjudicate	O
battles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
covers	O
the	O
entire	O
period	O
of	O
the	O
American	O
Civil	B-Application
War	I-Application
from	O
April	O
1861	O
to	O
March	O
1865	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1961	O
,	O
the	O
centenary	O
of	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
American	O
Civil	B-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
published	O
a	O
trio	O
of	O
Civil	B-Application
War	I-Application
games	O
designed	O
by	O
industry	O
pioneer	O
Charles	O
S	O
.	O
Roberts	O
:	O
a	O
reissue	O
of	O
Gettysburg	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
hex-grid	O
map	O
;	O
Chancellorsville	O
;	O
and	O
Civil	B-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
marketed	O
under	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
's	O
"	O
Tournament	O
"	O
line	O
of	O
wargames	O
,	O
Civil	B-Application
War	I-Application
was	O
grouped	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
Family/Social	O
"	O
game	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
in	O
the	O
inaugural	O
issue	O
of	O
The	O
General	O
,	O
Carl	O
Knabe	O
admitted	O
that	O
he	O
disliked	O
Civil	B-Application
War	I-Application
because	O
it	O
was	O
unbalanced	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
If	O
he	O
plays	O
his	O
cards	O
right	O
,	O
the	O
North	O
can	O
always	O
win.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
released	O
a	O
computer	O
version	O
of	O
Civil	B-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
