Birth of America

The year 2005 marks the 250th anniversary of the start of the French & Indian Wars. Twenty years later, the America Revolutionary War erupted. These two events marked the real start of a new era in the Americas and the end of British Colonial rule.

In Birth of America, the player controls one of the major contenders of these 2 conflicts, trying to achieve military and political victory. It is a complete and detailed simulation of the two most important wars in Colonial America - from 1755 to 1783. The game covers all of North America, from Florida to Quebec and New England to Mississippi.

Control the military action of your nation. This includes such activities as drafting forces, building forts and depots, sieges and blockades, raiding enemy settlements and battles, both on land and at sea.

Naval units come in the form of warship squadrons and flotillas. You can also manage supply wagons, water transport, forts and depots. Wide diversity of troop types are implemented, including: light infantry; dragoons; siege artillery; rangers; Indian warriors; marines; militias; ships of the line; frigates and lake flotillas. There are more than ninety different models of units in all.

Features:

* 18th century North American Map that covers 700 provinces
* Diversity of terrain, climates and civilization levels
* Simple and intuitive handling
* Over 150 historical characters included
* 11 scenarios and 3 grand campaigns
* A very reactive AI
* Play by email option
* Dozens of unit models from the era

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software: Adaptive Game Engine,

display: raster

Minimum:
* Windows 2000 or XP
* 1.2 GHz Pentium III or Athlon CPU
* 384 MB RAM
* 64 MB VRAM
* 1 GB HD space

Recommended:
* 1.8 GHz Pentium IV CPU
* 768 MB RAM
* 128 MB VRAM
* 2 GB HD space

Sanguine # 2008-10-08 01:14:57