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Posted on Nov 22, 2010 in Games PR

Commander: The Great War Dev Diary 3 Published

The Lordz Game Studios have released the third of their ongoing series of developer diaries about their upcoming game Commander: The Great War.  This diary takes a look at British and American troops, and gives special emphasis on landships and battleships, including how they were used in war and how the game makes use of them.  There is a discussion of the tech tree, and the cost/benefit of launching early model tanks versus more advanced late model ones.  There is also a discussion of air units, bombers, and cruisers. To read the diary, head on over to Slitherine’s...

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Posted on Nov 18, 2010 in Games PR

Strategic Command World War I Announced

Fury Software and Battlefront.com have announced Strategic Command World War I: The Great War 1914-1918, the latest grand strategy game in the series from award winning game designer Hubert Cater. Battlefront.com boasts that the game is more than just another addition to the Strategic Command series – it is an entire game engine. Set in a fully enhanced two-dimensional isometric environment, Strategic Command World War I: The Great War 1914-1918 combines the ease of play and accessibility of previous releases in the Strategic Command series, while adding a number of new features, including some based on suggestions submitted by players. Strategic Command World War I: The Great War 1914-1918 contains a number of major campaigns that span the period 1914-1918 including a monster campaign featuring the biggest map of Europe and the Atlantic yet, at over 39,168 tiles, or 384×102. Boasting new unit types and completely new features to cover trench warfare, aerial reconnaissance, shell supplies, national morale and more, the game engine has been redesigned so that it...

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Posted on Aug 6, 2010 in Boardgames

August 1914 – Boardgame Review

This reviewer found the August 1914 boardgame from Avalanche Press to be a solid entry in the World War I game field, reflecting the more mobile small-unit tactics of the opening months of the war in the East.

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