Lords of Conquest
Published: February 1, 2009 - Last update: December 11, 2011 - 783 downloads
- Year
- 1985
- Genre
- Strategy
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts, Inc.
- Developer
- Eon Software, Inc.
- Perspective
- Top-Down
6 votes
94 KiB
Description of Lords of Conquest
In 1985, Electronic Arts, Inc. publishes Lords of Conquest, a game for the DOS system. Offering strategy genre, it is now an abandonware.
A classic wargame, Lords of Conquest is an abstract simulation that is easy to learn and play. The game is based on a little-known board wargame of the same name, and fortunately is a big improvement over that version. Gameplay is similar Risk the boardgame, with more emphasis on resource management. Each player takes turn at the beginning of the game to choose territories, and once every territory has a ruler, the race to conquer the entire map begins. Waging war is limited to moving stockpiles and armies across the map, although careful planning is key to winning, since each territory has its own characteristics that can support vary amounts of army and stockpile. Planning when and where to move your resources are therefore crucial. The game's excellent computer AI and interface, combined with other features that round off the package, such as a very versatile map editor, multiplayer options, a good variety of pre-made maps, and varying difficulty level, make Lords of Conquest is a must have for all fans of turn-based abstract wargames, and one of the games dying for a facelift. Too bad later conversions to 16-bit systems were mediocre at best. Two thumbs up!
Review by HOTUD
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TabascoMaster added this comment :
This game is awesome, but I have trouble when I load up a map the text is unreadable. I don't understand what needs to be done because everything works until you're in a map. I have tried compatibility mode but it doesn't seem to help. I know if I have this problem it must be a common one but If there is a simple fix it would be nice to know.