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Chariots of War

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There are nine different resources to collect (food, building materials, copper, tin, wood, gold, gems, incense, and horses), which are used to construct buildings and units. While trade and diplomacy do feature in the game, they are of lesser importance, as conquest is the only way to attain
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The battles themselves take place on a separate deployment screen. The player's forces are positioned across one third of the battlefield, and the player alters their formations and gives certain orders. As in
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There are 58 different civilizations to play, all divided into the following ethnic groups:
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combat. The game is similar to Slitherine's earlier wargame
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Developer(s)
Slitherine Software
Paradox Interactive
Publisher(s)
NA
Strategy First
UK
Koch Media
SWE
Producer(s)
Designer(s)
Programmer(s)
Artist(s)
Platform(s)
Windows
NA
UK
Genre(s)
Computer wargame
Single-player
isometric
computer wargame
Slitherine Software
Paradox Interactive
Strategy First
turn-based
Civilization
real-time tactical
Legion

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