Early-backers of General Staff: Black Powder are cordially invited to participate in Player versus Player testing on Steam. If you are an early backer of this project and want to participate in this beta test, please send an email to BetaTester@RiverviewAI.com.

On a personal note, I just want to add, that in the ‘old days’ we used to have to pay people to be beta-testers. I can’t believe you want to be beta-testers. But, it’s one of the perks of being an early-backer; so welcome aboard!

Primarily we’re going to be testing two things: first, any actual bugs in the code. That’s pretty obvious. But, we’re also going to be looking at the scenarios (the first four to be released are Quatre Bras, Ligny, Manassas Campaign and Antietam). Have we made any mistakes about unit placement? Strength? Problems with Leadership or Morale ratings? Did we get the historical accuracy right? Are our combat equations wrong? These are the things that we’ll need to hear back from you about.

Thank you all for being so patient. Now the fun begins!