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Colonial Conquest Invades Steam
Montreal, Canada (July 28, in the year of our Lord
2015) – Independent strategy game developer and
publisher Argonauts Interactive is excited to announce the
return of the premier conquest simulator, Colonial Conquest,
based on the classic turn-based strategy game of the same name.
After three decades, a new era of Colonial Conquest is now
available on Steam for Windows PC.
The original Colonial Conquest released in 1985 and was a
trailblazer for historically-based strategy wargames and still
maintains a passionate fanbase to this day. Colonial Conquest
has a long-standing legacy for being one of the first games of
its kind to allow players to battle for global supremacy and
alter history by taking control over the world's major
territories. Argonauts Interactive is honoring that legacy by
offering players the ability to return to the era of Golden
Warfare and gain global dominance through aggressive expansion
and annexation of Major Powers in order to shape the world as
they see fit. Argonauts Interactive embarked for Kickstarter to
crowdfund their successor to the original Colonial Conquest,
where they received an overwhelming amount of support and
exceeded their pledged goal.
Set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late
1800's and early 1900's, Colonial Conquest features six playable
countries - USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia and
Japan - and over 130 regions open to conquest. Players will
sail, ride and march across the globe as they manage their
empire's resources, categorically dismantle opposing empires
using cloak and dagger tactics such as subversion and espionage,
and build attack fleets to strategically position themselves as
the world's sole leading power.
Players prevail over their opponents when they earn the most
Victory Points or reach a region's VP threshold. Each region
includes their own variable income rates and earnable VP points,
all unknown until conquered or spied upon. Each region not owned
by a Major Power usually has an independent Minor country owning
and defending it. Throughout the game’s three turn-based phases
and three historical scenarios, players will build and
continually expand different aspects of their warring empire to
lead themselves to victory.
With such playable national leaders as Theodore Roosevelt, Queen
Victoria, Jules Ferry, Tsar Alexander III Romanov, Kaiser
Wilhelm II, Emperor Meiji, and Jules Ferry, players will manage
their empire’s resources, build their armies, and contest
against sophisticated AI or their friends via online multiplayer
as they fight for control over the world’s territories. It is
the end of the 19th century and the world is ripe for conquest.
Colonial Conquest is available for purchase on Steam for $9.99.