Suggestions for older PC wargames?

[Mithras]

Hi,<br>
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I'm not much of a wargamer, but I've been itching for years to have a go on the PC. There's no way I can run the cool looking Total War coming out, though!<br>
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I wondered if there were any older games out there for the PC (5 or 6 years?) which still provided pretty nice top down wargaming simulations? I don't care about graphics (in the the fewer the better). Its the results and level of tactical reality I'm after.<br>
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Can anyone suggest anything? <p>Paul Elliott<br>
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<strong>Heroes of Delphi</strong> - Classical Greece gone D20<br>
<strong>Zenobia</strong> - Fantasy RPG in the Eastern Roman Empire<br>
<strong>Warlords of Alexander</strong> - Kingdoms in conflict for the ruins of Alexander's Empire<br>
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www.geocities.com/mithrapolis/games.html</p><i></i>

[Anonymous]

Why not try Legion - it runs on anythign from a PII upwards in 800x600 resolution, so almost anyone can play it.<br>
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www.slitherine.co.uk/Legi...nIndex.htm<br>
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I am biased though <p></p><i></i>

[taira1180]

The best game i remember for research was a game from the 80's, the encyclopedia of anciant battles: you could fight from the beggining of the republic until the late empire with the correct names of units (hastati, velites, lanciari, clibanari, etc). <p></p><i></i>

[Anonymous]

Quote:</em></strong><hr>The best game i remember for research was a game from the 80's, the encyclopedia of anciant battles: you could fight from the beggining of the republic until the late empire with the correct names of units (hastati, velites, lanciari, clibanari, etc). <hr><br>
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Does the game called really "the encyclopedia of anciant battles" ?<br>
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And any idea, where I can get it ? <p></p><i></i>

[Rodicus]

BAck in the late 80's I had a game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (with a whopping 128k RAM, folks) that I'm sure was called Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles. Maybe its the same one Taira1180 is talking about. Absolutely fantastic for its time.

[taira1180]

It was indeed that game. A version in PC is available in this site of free games (so, it's not a "pirate" site).


http://www.freeoldies.com/