{"id":479,"date":"2006-11-04T14:43:04","date_gmt":"2006-11-04T18:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/2006\/11\/04\/ageod-stays-in-america\/"},"modified":"2006-11-04T14:43:04","modified_gmt":"2006-11-04T18:43:04","slug":"ageod-stays-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/2006\/11\/04\/ageod-stays-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Ageod stays in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ageod, the developers of the excellent Birth of America<\/em>, have announced that they are working on a Civil War game<\/a>. It will allow players to recruit regiments as include political and economic elements that were absent from the earlier Revolutionary War title. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Our Hearts were touched with Fire<\/em> will obviously be a strategy game, not a wargame.<\/p>\n

The interesting thing here is Ageod choosing to remain in the Western Hemisphere. Philippe Thibaut’s past is all European.<\/p>\n

Is it the subject matter? Maybe. But I think it’s more a commercial impulse. Think about it. Though his board game Europa Universalis<\/em> was eventually made into a monster PC strategy hit, Thibaut’s Euro-games have been failures. Pax Romana<\/em> was ten great ideas that failed under publisher pressue and basic design confusion. Great Invasions<\/em> had one or two interesting concepts but was too bloated and confusing to really work.<\/p>\n

Then comes Birth of America<\/em>. Almost out of nowhere. This is a very, very good game, primarily because of its simplicity. It also scratches an itch because it covers 18th century warfare in a frontier environment. While it’s hard to tell how big a hit it has been, it was picked up by Strategy First after strong critical reception and great word of mouth. All of a sudden, Ageod and Thibaut have an American audience.<\/p>\n

And Americans love the Civil War. Brother versus brother, industrial might versus Southern “gentility”, freedom versus slavery. Most importantly, lots and lots of battles.<\/p>\n

No news on a release date or development schedule. When I interviewed Thibaut last year<\/a>, he said that he was working on a number of other games, but the only one that I knew about wasn’t a Civil War game. Has this been in development for a while? Will we see it soon?<\/p>\n

I’ll try to get some answers. But for now, I have something else to look forward to in the new year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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