Pike and Shot by Slitherine

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Description

In the age of Pike and Shot, mighty struggles erupted across Europe for causes religious, political or dynastic. In 1494 A.D. The first of the Italian Wars broke out, starting a long struggle for dominance in the region, involving many major belligerents such as France, the Holy Roman Empire and Spain. After years of fighting, the conflict was not resolved until 1559.
Then from 1618 until 1648, The Thirty Years War raged across Germany and beyond, leaving devastation in its wake, but saw the rise of great commanders such as Count Tilly, Wallenstein and King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, and rapid developments in battlefield tactics. The Thirty Years War saw the involvement of great empires such as the Spanish and the French empires, as well as the Swedes.

And starting at 1642, the English Civil War erupted, tearing the country apart between Royalists and Parliamentarians as the fought for control of the country. After many musket volleys and cavalry charges, it was the famous Olivier Cromwell who led the Parliamentarians to victory, ending the conflict in 1651.

All these wars were fought during the age of Pike and Shot, a time where musketeers gave fire in a duel to the death, pikemen held stolidly against enemy assaults, and cavalry charged to glory or defeat. Now you can march into the footsteps of the great leaders of these wars, as you can take command in the greatest historical battles of the Italian Wars, the Thirty Years War and the English Civil War. Fight stand-alone what-if scenarios, or design your own scenarios using the easy to use editor and claim glory in Pike & Shot!

FEATURES

Accurate simulation of battle in the 16th and 17th century Age of Pike and Shot.
10 full-sized historical battles in each campaign- The Thirty Years War, English Civil War and 16th century Italian Wars.
Stand-alone battle system allows unlimited what-if scenarios using historically realistic armies from carefully researched army lists, on realistic computer generated terrain maps.
Randomly generated stand-alone scenarios including open battle, attack on a defensive position, defence of a defensive position, awaiting reinforcements, enemy awaiting reinforcements, flank march.
In stand-alone games players can pick their armies from the army list or allow the computer to pick the army for them.
5 difficulty levels allow the challenge to increase as you develop your battlefield skills.
20 troop-types, 25 capabilities and numerous different unit organisations allow full representation of tactical differences and developments throughout the period.
Multiplayer mode allows historical scenarios and what-if scenarios to be played by two players using Slitherines easy to use PBEM server

Customer Reviews

Excellent port of the PC game (5 stars)
This is an excellent port of the PC game. Everything has been included and the game plays like it was made for the tablet. Another great thing is the cross platform support for multiplayer. You can start a game on the PC and pick it up later on the iPad. This one is a winner with me!!

Looks very good! (5 stars)
Based on just a few games, this looks like an excellent game. Will update review as needed.

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