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Announcement - Expansion pack for AACW!

Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:28 am

Dear players,

[font="]AGEOD[/font][font="], makers of AGEOD’s American Civil War, and AGE-Studio are pleased to announce the publication of a standalone expansion pack for their award-winning game AGEOD's American Civil War.

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[/font] [font="]OVERVIEW[/font]
[font="]AGEOD’S War of the Worlds (AWOW) [/font][font="]is a science-fiction 'steampunk' operational strategy game with a simultaneous turn-based engine (WEGO system) that places players at the head of one of the major industrial power during the Victorian era (1861-1899) on the map of United States and Europe. Playlable nations are [/font][font="]USA, France, Great-Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, CSA. [/font]
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The Campaigns and scenarios feature the onslaught against Earth's industrial nations of extraterrestrial invaders from Mars, Venus or even beyond the Solar System. Starting dates include 1861, 1863, 1865 (with a what if USA-CSA stand-off, 1873, 1880, 1887), with either short scenarios or longuer campaigns.

[/font][font="]Players are military and political leaders trying to let their country endure the ordeal, leading the troops of their nations (armies and fleets) to victory or achieving mere survival.[/font]


[font="]KEY FEATURES[/font]

AWOW [font="]CAMPAIGNS USP[/font]
[font="]• The largest War map ever, with unequalled look and detail levels, including the original AACW map and all of Europe![/font]
[font="]• 8 playable nations, dozens of different troops, historical or not! (including the dreadful Martian Walkers, Venusian Spiders), hundreds of events, over 300 generals and heroes with unique abilities. [/font] [font="]
• [/font][font="]New technologies to uncover like Nautilus-like submarines, Steam-powered machines and even Aerial Ships.
[/font][font="]• The possibility to play one of the three Invaders, if the Campaign featuring them is beaten at the Hard Difficulty Level.[/font]
[font="]• Upgraded AACW engine with improved Military AI (massive improvement on the Invasion and Amphibious Landing system), a key feature of the game.[/font]
[font="]• The game is played in alternating phases of giving orders followed by simultaneous execution (known as WEGO system)[/font]
[font="]• Easy to play, hard to master, play a scenario over a few hour or a full X-turn Grand Campaign.
[/font][font="]• A large selection of Scenarios (11) and Campaigns (5), some over 10 years long.[/font]

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:33 am

Ap... <bzzzz crzzz ... Mind Control!>

bzz. I'm speechless. bzz.

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:35 am

:mdr:

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:47 am

:niark: :fleb:
Bah! everybody knows AGEOD's War of the Worlds it's going to be the first expansion pack of VGN not AACW!! (hint! hint! :sourcil: )

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:10 am

And when will it be launched ?. Maybe in April 1, 2009 ? :innocent:

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:16 am

I was about to said it..<grzz bzzz ... Mind Control!>

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:34 pm

Will there be a Martian localization of the game? :confused:
No quote - No bullshit!

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:27 pm

*starts singing*

The chances of anything coming from Mars, are......

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:38 pm

If the Martians can die from a cold virus will this be event driven or will it rather take the form of attrition to the invaders?

:siffle:

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:55 pm

Good one :niark:

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:34 pm

"Get there firstest with the Martians."

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:39 pm

Hobbes wrote:If the Martians can die from a cold virus will this be event driven or will it rather take the form of attrition to the invaders?

:siffle:


I believe it will be an option:

Effect of cold virus:
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  1. None
  2. Sniffles
  3. Stuffed head, can't sleep
  4. Laryngitis
  5. Chest cold, only good Bourbon helps
  6. Pneumonia
  7. Coma
  8. Death
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:55 pm

Trop beau pour être vrai... :p leure:

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:33 pm

Take me to your leader!!!!
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:49 pm

I;ll just put on a slim whitman album

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:07 pm

Hmm... good one, Pocus. :siffle:
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:20 pm

Will the martians be able to form armies or will they fight with 35% penalties ? :king: :sourcil:

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:05 pm

Belle annonce pour un premier avril :siffle:

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:27 pm

Fear the Martians ! Do you think they know about 1st of April ?
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:49 pm

APRIL,APRIL!!!Nice joke,that you make,did you??? :niark: :niark: :niark: :siffle:

heartly greetings

Hohenlohe :8o: :8o: :siffle: :nuts:
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:58 pm

I'm an idiot...I actually believed (and was excited about this)...

To demonstrate my outrage at being duped, Im going to boycott AGEOD until I feel they have learned their lesson
Rider....watch out for that droppppppp

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OK they have suffered enough...boycott over
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:59 pm

This is no joke.

Once you extract the expansion pack zip file, open an AACW campaign and press Alt+F4 to trigger the invasion.
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:25 pm

I think we must start ASAP discussing the effects of mud on the movement rate of the Martian walkers. I feel that this will be a contentious issue... :niark:

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:37 pm

Jabberwock wrote:This is no joke.

Once you extract the expansion pack zip file, open AACW and press Alt+F4 to play.


Wonderful!

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Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:34 pm

At last redeployment of alien leaders will seem perfectly realistic


( and yet if it wasn't a joke, I'm pretty sure such a game could be a commercial success...)
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the first expansion will be Space 1889 I presume. Release date? 2009?
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:39 pm

Jabberwock wrote:This is no joke.

Once you extract the expansion pack zip file, open an AACW campaign and press Alt+F4 to trigger the invasion.


Indeed. I'm sure Pocus & PT will soon post some of the concept art for the expansion, that has been floating around in the beta forum till now
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:59 pm

i ll order 99999 pieces of the Exp. Pack.
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:08 pm

Jabberwock wrote:This is no joke.

Once you extract the expansion pack zip file, open an AACW campaign and press Alt+F4 to trigger the invasion.


Mmmm... as i always suspected, martians are british :nuts:

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