New: Austerlitz - The Rise of the Eagle (commercial, closed-ended, email, human, historical, gui, wargame, economic)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 07:13:05 +0000

Name:		Austerlitz - The Rise of the Eagle
Costs:		averages $4.25 / turn
URL:		http://Austerlitz.britwar.co.uk
Frequency:		2 weeks
Email:		Austerlitz_PBEM@mindspring.com
Type:		Historical Simulation
Last-Update:		2003May18
Keywords: commercial, closed-ended, email, human, historical, gui,
wargame, economic

Description:

Austerlitz PBEM, LLC presents the Computer Age version of Austerlitz: The
Rise of the Eagle, the epic play-by-mail Napoleonic wargame developed by
Quirxel Games and played in Europe.  This version of Austerlitz is played
solely by electronic mail and uses a special graphical user interface
(GUI)  for Microsoft Windows.  The main feature of the Austerlitz PBEM GUI
is the full color graphical map that combines all regional and political
map information complete with terrain, population, ownership, resource and
production site icons.	The software also allows for the input of all
orders and makes all calculations for the player.  Finally, the GUI writes
these orders to a file that is emailed to us.  Our Austerlitz game engine
uploads the file directly, thus avoiding any input errors.  Austerlitz is
a complex game (the rulebook is over 100 pages!); the GUI presents the
visual information much more efficiently, and makes giving orders easier.
This allows you to complete a turn more quickly than in the paper-based
version, as well as allowing you to spend as much time as you like,
examining the map's graphic details, plotting the movements of your
troops, and coordinating your Empire to perfection.

Austerlitz: The Rise of the Eagle is an epic historical simulation of the
Napoleonic Era that will challenge your skills in commerce, diplomacy, and
military affairs.  Players choose one of sixteen predominate countries of
the period: Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Ottoman Empire,
Russia, Italy, Kingdom of Naples, Austria-Hungary, France, Confederation
of the Rhine, Prussia, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and the Duchy of Warsaw.
Each country is unique in its blend of military strengths and weaknesses,
population, resources and economy.  To conquer Europe and the colonies, a
player must master all aspects of a nation.

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