Not sure if this is the best place for this thread, but I couldn't find anywhere better to put it, so here we go. The other night I was thinking of possible future Total War titles, and an interesting idea popped into my head: American Civil War. It would fit the Total War brand better than any other previous title, because most historians agree that it was the first "total war." The awful diplomacy and alliance system of the Total War series wouldn't even need to be included in a Civil War Total War as there are only two sides, which would thus most accurately live up to the "Total War" brand name. The game would be entirely about building up your military infrastructure, waging war, and crushing your opponent.

Now, as the conflict lasted only four years in real life, the usual one turn equals six months turn system would need to be altered; one turn equaling one week would be a good plan in my mind. As for the character system, it would still retain the usual governors and generals, with generals able to become governors and vice versa, and each possessing unique traits as in all the past Total War games. Since the conflict lasted such a short time, we obviously would not be seeing children growing up to be generals, so new generals would be created through a promotion system similar to how captains are promoted to generals in other Total War games. However, despite not seeing children growing up to be generals, we could still see older generals die of old age or in battle of course.

The game would start just after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861 and each side would begin with the generals it had and the cities it controlled in real life at the beginning of the war. However, from there the game would of course be completely open-ended and anything could happen.

I know there are a lot of non-Americans on this board and I'm not sure how much of the Civil War is known to the rest of the world, but I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts on this crazy little idea of mine. I know it would be a bit of a departure from previous Total War titles, as there would only be two factions, which probably would be a turn-off to a lot of people who are used to battling over multiple continents with a dozen or more factions. However, it really fits the definition of "Total War," so I think it'd be an interesting concept.