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Birth of America Review
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Posted by Donster on: 2006-03-24 19:31:18 998
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By Leo Farrell @ The Wargamer
The American War for Independence is a war buff B-lister. It’s a step above the really obscure, like the War of Jenkins’ Ear or the Scanian War, but it lacks the box office draw of World War II or the rabid fan base of the American Civil War. This doesn’t mean the potential isn’t there for a star, it has all the makings of a great story: tragedy (the horrors of conflict against the backdrop of a smallpox epidemic), star power (Benedict Arnold, Baron von Steuben, and, of course, George Washington), and a happy ending (We win! USA! USA!).
The newly formed developer AGEOD has also seen the potential for this neglected subject and has made it the focus of their rookie effort, Birth of America. The turn-based strategic game presents a sweeping take on the conception of the United States of America: fourteen campaigns and scenarios from the French and Indian War’s start in 1755 up to the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781.
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