Sid Meier's Colonization

Description

Colonization puts you in the role of Viceroy of the New World. You are sent by your King and country to establish colonies in the newly-discovered Americas that lie to the west. You face many of the same challenges that faced colonial organizers of the time-competition from other Old World powers, strange native cultures, the problems of establishing profitable trade programs, and the problems of organizing an army from a rag-tag band of colonists.

The game begins with the European discovery of the Americas (1500) and continues until approximately the time of the American Revolution (1800). In the beginning of the game you are given a trading/exploration ship and a small group of colonists. You have no knowledge of what lies ahead of your ship, so you must explore until you find a suitable spot to lay down your first colony. As your colonies grow larger and larger, you inevitably encounter native populations and are confronted with competing imperial powers from the Old World. To be successful in Colonization, you must balance your need for military might with your need for essentials. You must decide early what your strategy is and pursue it relentlessly, but be flexible enough to adjust to a changing situation. It is very important to have a consistent policy with the natives, because your handling of those relationships are critical. Finally, you must build a colonial society that has the infrastructure to survive a test by fire-the War of Independence.

In Colonization, you have the chance to change history. As a colonial power, you decide the policies, you make the plans, you choose what is important and what is insignificant. Finally, you will be called upon to decide when to declare independence from your mother country.

Part of the Following Groups

• 4X games
• Merchant / Trade-oriented games
• Sid Meier's games

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User Reviews

Wish there were more games with this approach...	Windows	Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari (12561)
Addictive despite its flaws.	DOS	woods01 (156)
An excellent presentation of American colonization that gets bogged down in the later stages	Windows	James Hofmann (13)
Great variation on the Civ theme, more trade oriented, like Merchant Prince	DOS	Adrian Pascaso (5)
This game brings back memories	DOS	igor balotsky (5)
Colonize the New World	DOS	David Ledgard (4)
Great game. Kept me up well after midnight a lot of times.	DOS	MajorDad (485)
A damn fine Sid Meier classic.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4491)
Colonial History made easy and FUN! Students, this is YOUR GAME!	Windows	P Ray (8)

The Press Says

Amiga Format	Amiga	Aug, 1995	95 out of 100	95
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Oct, 1994	93 out of 100	93
The One	Amiga	Jul, 1995	91 out of 100	91
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Aug, 1995	91 out of 100	91
Amiga Computing	Amiga	Sep, 1995	85 out of 100	85
Coming Soon Magazine	DOS	Oct, 1994	85 out of 100	85
Power Play	DOS	Oct, 1994	84 out of 100	84
The Good Old Days	DOS	Jun 25, 2006	5 out of 6	83
The Good Old Days	DOS	Dec 12, 2000	5 out of 6	83
High Score	Macintosh	Jan, 1996	4 out of 5	80

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Trivia

Because Colonization underwent many significant changes during playtesting, Sid Meier cites the game as proof that designers can (and perhaps should) continue to make changes and improvements up until the last possible minute.