Cossacks: European Wars

Cossacks is a real time strategy game based on historical events that took place during the 16th - 18th century in Europe.

Experience grand, historic battles with up to 8,000 units on single player or multiplayer game maps.

Cossacks: European Wars includes a large encyclopedia of the wars, nations, technologies, and units of the time.

• 3D landscapes offer strategic advantages
• Ships are pre-rendered in a minimum of 64 directions, resulting in smooth 3D animations and turning
• Map and scenario editor
• 2 Technological Epochs: 17th and 18th century
• 16 rival nations, each with their own original graphics, unique economic and technological differences
• Military formations
• Original economic system with 6 resources: food, wood, stone, gold, coal and iron
• Dynamic Fog-of-war
• Civilians and their buildings can be conquered and become your colony
• 5 campaigns including 36 tutorial missions, 10 single missions, 12 historical battles
• Up to 7 players in Multiplayer more (Internet/LAN)

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Back of Keep Case - UK Release - Cossacks Anthology

COSSACKS -- THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA!

Experience grand, historic battles with up to 8,000 units on single player or multiplayer game maps.

Cossacks is a real time strategy game based on historical events that took place during the 16th - 18th centuries in Europe. It concentrates on a time when nations and states were created and demolished, gold was turned into vast armies and the never-ending stream of wars shed oceans of blood. Now's your chance to take charge of huge armies of up to 8,000 units and engage in battles that will truly test your skills as a Master Strategist. If you get into trouble, don't panic, mercenary Cossacks are just a few gold coins away!

FEATURES: * Marvel at the sight of up to 8,000 individual units incorporating a fully functional 3D landscape (Range of fire on hills is further).

• Ships are pre-rendered in a minimum of 64 direction, resulting in smooth 3D animation and turning.

• 16 rival nations, each with their own original graphics, unique economic and technological differences.

• Military formations; choose from a Line, Square, or box formation, complete with Officer and a Drummer.

• A huge hierarchy of more than 300 upgrades.

• Original economic system with 6 Resources: food, wood, stone, gold, coal and iron.

• 2 Technological Epochs: 17th and 18th Century.

• Civilians and their buildings can be conquered and become your colony.

• Over 85 missions and battles, including campaigns, tutorial missions, single missions, historical battles (including the Thirty Year War, the Seven Year War, and the Northern Wars) and a random map generator.

• Includes a large encyclopedia of the wars, units and technologies of the time.

• Up to 7 players in Multiplayer mode (Internet/LAN/Gamespy).

• A detailed and comprehensive 200 page manual.

“AUTHENTIC AND VISUALLY CAPTIVATING…” –Gamespot-

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Back of Box (US)

EINE NEUE ÄRE BEGINNT...

Erleben Sie grandiose, historische Schlachten mit bis zu 8.000 Einheiten auf einzelnen oder Netzwerk-Spielkarten. Das Spiel enthält u.a. eine große Enzyklopädie über Kriege, Schlachten, Nationen, Technologien, Armeen und Einheiten des Europas des XVI.-XVIII. Jahrhunderts.

• 3D-Landschaft mit echten taktischen Auswirkungen (Feuerreichweite etc)

• Landeinheiten sind in 16 Richtungen gerendert, Fahrzeuge (Schiffe) in 64 Richtungen: weiche Animation

• 16 Nationen: Algerien, Österreich, England, Frankreich, Preussen... Niederlande, Piemont, Venedig, Polen etc. mit jeweils eigenem Baustil

• Zwei technologische Epochen: 17. und 18. Jahrhundert

• Formationenbildung der Truppen

• 6 Ressourcen: Nahrung, Holz, Stein, Gold, Eisen, Kohle

• Dynamischer Fog-of-war

• Gegnerische Zivilisten und Zivilgebäude können erobert werden

• 5 Kampagnen inkl. Tutorial (zus. 36 Missionen), 10 Einzelmissionen, 12 historische Schlachten, dazu Kartenzufallsgenerator

• bis zu 8 Spieler im LAN od. Internet

Release: 30. Nov. 2000

Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie im Internet: www.cossacks.de

Bis zu 8000 Einheiten

16 historische Nationen

Über 300 Upgrades

Umfassende Enzyklopädie

Mehr als 40 Missionen

„Der erste Eindruck: fast überwältigend“

Computerbild Spiele (9/2000)

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