For Liberty! has been released on Independence Day!
***PRESS RELEASE*** July 4th, 2006 In honor of the 230th
anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence,
we are pleased to announce that For Liberty! is now available
to order and can even be purchased and downloaded immediately.
That's right, you can begin re-fighting the revolutionary war
in this exciting new wargame in just a few minutes! Those that
wish the physical CD version will get their disks in about 4
weeks. For Liberty! is a turn based computer strategy game for
the PC, covering two independence wars - the North American
Independence war of 1775-1783 and the Rakoczi War of
Independence in Europe 1703-1711. A free demo will be made
available within a few days. Link: For Liberty! Game Page FOR
LIBERTY! WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - GAME FEATURES · Two theatres of
operation: East Coast of North America and the Carpatian Basin
in Central Europe. · Two large had-painted, then 3D rendered
maps with more than 3000 hexes each. · 20 minutes of music for
each map. · Turn based gameplay both on the strategic and
tactical level. · Management of 6 resources: recruits, horses,
muskets, cannons, money and supply. · Influence points can be
used to affect political decisions. · 400 historical leaders in
3 ranks. · Leaders can have up to 3 special abilities out of
16. · 16 types of units, eg: dragoon, infantry, riflemen,
militia, indians, hussars, etc. · All units are rendered in 3D
and have their own authentic uniforms. There are more than 2000
unit animations in the game! · 8 campaigns, 4 for each theater.
· 3 kind of multiplayer capability: hot-seat, PBEM and TCP/IP.
· 3 difficulty settings · 7 stances on the strategic map:
defense, attack, rest, siege, retreat, routed and training. · 4
kind of formations on the tactical map: skirmish, column, line
and routed. · Simple ruleset for new players and advanced
ruleset for veterans. · Realistic depiction of battles and
campaigns, units will not fight to the last man, you win
battles by routing the enemy army from the field. · Lots of
random events: pirates, epidemic, betrayal, fires and many
others. · Towns can be pillaged to gain supply but you lose
production for a few months. · Based on 1 full year of
historical research. · Campaign editor to create user campaigns
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communities. Battlefront's titles include the award-winning 3D
tactical WWII combat simulation series Combat Mission, the
innovative air combat strategy game Down in Flames, the grand
strategy classic Strategic Command, as well as the famous
TacOps 4 modern combat simulation, a commercial version of the
official tactical training tool used by the U.S. Army. New and
upcoming games include the tank combat simulation T72: Balkans
on Fire!, the "realistic" Sci-Fi tactical game DropTeam, and
the ultimative Napoleonics wargame HistWar. Find out more at
www.battlefront.com About Hussar Games Hussar Games was started
in 2004 with 4 people working full time and 3 working
part-time. One of the full time employees is a qualified
historian showing our focus on historical accuracy. We are
based in Herceghalom, Hungary near Budapest. Our first game,
1848, was funded by the Hungarian Ministry of Education and the
game is used as an educational tool in schools. The design
philosophy of Hussar Games is to create realistic, yet
easy-to-use wargames that appeal to a wide audience. This
means: no counters - only animated figures, large hexes and a
transparent, friendly interface. For more information about
Hussar Games, please visit: http://www.hussargames.com If you
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