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Matrix Games
Matrix Games is a publisher of PC games, specifically strategy games and wargames. It is based in Ohio, US, and Surrey, UK. Their focus is primarily but not exclusively on wargames and turn-based strategy. The product line-up also includes space sims ('' Starshatter: The Gathering Storm''), sports management sims ('' Maximum-Football''), and real-time strategy titles ('' Close Combat: Cross of Iron''). Matrix Games publishes games from a variety of developers, including SSG, 2by3 Games, Panther Games, Koios Works, Destroyer Studios, Western-Civilization and AGEOD. History Matrix Games was founded by David Heath, Erik Rutins, Patty Rutins and Paul Vebber in 1999 in Staten Island, New York City. As of January 2010, Matrix Games has published over 75 titles. Matrix has in-house artists, programmers, and producers which all take active roles in projects of smaller wargame developers who lack the resources to hire full-time staff otherwise. In May 2010, Matrix Games and Slit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metropolitan area had 814,049 residents and is the state's fourth-largest metropolitan area. Dayton is located within Ohio's Miami Valley region, north of Cincinnati and west-southwest of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. Dayton was founded in 1796 along the Great Miami River and named after Jonathan Dayton, a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who owned a significant amount of land in the area. It grew in the 19th century as a canal town and was home to many patents and inventors, most notably the Wright brothers, who developed the first successful motor-operated airplane. It later developed an industrialized economy and was home to the Dayton Project, a branch of the larger Manhattan Project, to develop polonium triggers used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staten Island
Staten Island ( ) is the southernmost of the boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York (state), New York. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With a population of 495,747 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, Staten Island is the least populated New York City borough but the third largest in land area at ; it is also the least densely populated and most suburban borough in the city. A home to the Lenape Native Americans, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island was City of Greater New York, consolidated with New York City in 1898. It was formerly known as the Borough of Richmond until 1975, when its name was changed to Borough of Staten Island. Staten Island has so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battles From The Bulge
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and the Battle of France, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Longest Day
The Longest Day may refer to: * The "D-day" invasion of Normandy during World War II Art, entertainment, and media * ''The Longest Day'' (book), 1959 book by Cornelius Ryan ** ''The Longest Day'' (film), a 1962 war film based on Ryan's book * ''Japan's Longest Day'', a Japanese 1967 war film on the surrender of Japan in World War II * ''The Longest Day'' (game), a 1980 wargame by Avalon Hill * "The Longest Day" (''Land of the Lost''), an episode of the 1974 series ''Land of the Lost'' * ''Longest Day'' (novel), a 1998 novel by Michael Collier set in the ''Doctor Who'' universe. * "The Longest Day", a song by Iron Maiden from '' A Matter of Life and Death'' (2006) * ''The Longest Day'' (album), 1984 album by the Del Fuegos * "Longest Day", a song by Soulsavers from ''The Light the Dead See'' (2012) Other uses * The Longest Day (race), a 24-hour sports and touring car endurance race * "The longest day", a 25-hour day that occurs once a year due to daylight saving time * The sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wacht Am Rhein
Wacht am Rhein (English: The watch/guard on the Rhine) may refer to: *"Die Wacht am Rhein", German patriotic song * ''Unternehmen: Wacht am Rhein'', German codeword for the operation known to the Allies as the Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive or Unternehmen Die Wacht am Rhein, Wacht am Rhein, was the last major German Offensive (military), offensive Military campaign, campaign on the Western Front (World War II), Western .... * ''Wacht am Rhein'' (game), a 1977 board wargame that simulates the Battle of the Bulge See also * Watch on the Rhine (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Tactics
Modern may refer to: History *Modern history ** Early Modern period ** Late Modern period *** 18th century *** 19th century *** 20th century ** Contemporary history * Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century Philosophy and sociology * Modernity, a loosely defined concept delineating a number of societal, economic and ideological features that contrast with "pre-modern" times or societies ** Late modernity Art * Modernism ** Modernist poetry * Modern art, a form of art * Modern dance, a dance form developed in the early 20th century * Modern architecture, a broad movement and period in architectural history ** Moderne, multiple architectural styles ** Modernisme a.k.a. Catalan Modernism * Modern music (other) Geography *Modra, a Slovak city, referred to in the German language as "Modern" Typography * Modern (typeface), a raster font packaged with Windows XP * Another name for the typeface classification known as Didone (typography) * Modern, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chariots Of War
''Chariots of War'' is an isometric 2D computer wargame, developed by Slitherine Software and Paradox Interactive, and published by Strategy First. It is set in the ancient Near East. Gameplay The strategic layer of ''Chariots of War'' is turn-based, though unlike ''Civilization'', the focus is almost entirely on real-time tactical combat. The game is similar to Slitherine's earlier wargame ''Legion'', and uses the same graphics engine. There are 58 different civilizations to play, all divided into the following ethnic groups: * Assyrian * Bedouin * Egyptian * Hittites * Mitanni * Nubian * Skythian (Scythian) * Summerian (Sumerian) * Syrian * Tribal 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 victory. The battles themselves tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carriers At War
''Carriers at War 1941-1945: Fleet Carrier Operations in the Pacific'' is a 1984 computer wargame by Strategic Studies Group for Apple II and Commodore 64. The game was designed by Roger Keating and Ian Trout. A remake, ''Carriers at War (1992 video game), Carriers at War'', was released for DOS in 1992. A sequel to the remake, '' Carriers at War II'', was released for DOS and Mac OS in 1993. A second remake was published by Matrix Games in 2007 for Microsoft Windows. Reception ''II Computing'' in 1985 called the Apple II version of ''Carriers at War'' "the best-playing simulation of naval warfare I have seen on either tabletop or video monitor" and favorably citing its historical accuracy. ''inCider'' was less positive, rating the Apple II version two stars in 1986. The reviewer stated that the game "is so difficult to master, it takes much of the joy out of playing it ... Carriers' big drawback is its complexity", adding that he preferred Gary Grigsby's SSI naval games as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birth Of America
''Birth of America'' is a wargame by SEP BOA, a development team at AGEOD. Gameplay In ''Birth of America'', the player controls one of the major contenders of the French and Indian War or the American War of Independence, trying to achieve military and political victory. The scope of the game covers all of North America, from Florida to Quebec and New England to Mississippi, from 1755 to 1783. The game map is divided into more than 700 provinces, with a great diversity of terrain, climates and civilization levels. There are two nations fighting each other in all of the game's ten scenarios. Game turns correspond to one month of historical time. Scenarios vary from a few months to almost 9 years. Players control mostly the military action of their 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. ''Birth of America'' has two wars, the French and Indian War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlefront (2007 Video Game)
''Battlefront'' is a wargame developed by Strategic Studies Group and published by Matrix Games for Microsoft Windows in 2007. The game is a turn-based strategy set in World War II. It is the namesake of an earlier game released by Strategic Studies Group in 1986. Gameplay ''Battlefront'' is a battalion-level simulation wargame and contains four scenarios that depict battles of World War II. The scenarios are based on Battle of Gazala, Operation Market Garden, Battle of Saipan, and Novorossiysk Defensive Operation. The player can control forces of either Axis or Allied powers. Parameters like fog of war, weather, supply and reinforcements can be changed for every scenario. Reception Larry Levandowski of ''Armchair General "Armchair general" is a derogatory term for a person who regards themselves as an expert on military matters, despite having little to no actual experience in the military. Alternatively, it can mean a military commander who does not participat ...'' p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armored Brigade (video Game)
''Armored Brigade'' is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. The first incarnation of the game was published in 2008 and the most recent version was released in January 2016; marking last freeware version to be published. A commercial version, including drastic gameplay improvements, new features and reworked unit and terrain graphics is being actively developed with scheduled completion during the fall of 2018. Players control individual tanks and vehicles from a top-down perspective, on a zoomable map. Infantry are mostly in squad/section sized units. The whole force under a player's control ranges from platoon level upwards, depending on battle options. The games are single player against the AI. Gameplay ''Armored Brigade'' simulates modern combined-arms combat from platoon to regiment/brigade level from a top-down perspective. Freeware version only represented a hypothetical World War III scenario in 1987, while commercial edition covers all yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armada 2526
''Armada 2526'' is a 4X science fiction computer strategy game developed by British studio Ntronium Games, released in North America on November 17, 2009. Armada 2526 is an example of the space opera genre, and is the spiritual successor of the game '' Armada 2525'', which was released by Interstel in 1991. Armada 2526 puts players in charge of a fledgling galactic empire, and they must attempt to explore the galaxy and expand their territory, while trying to destroy rival empires. The gameplay is a hybrid of turn-based and real-time time-keeping systems, and players can use military, diplomatic, economic and technological means to further their empires. The game received mixed reviews from critics. Ntronium also released an expansion pack for the game, titled ''Armada 2526: Supernova'', which enabled online multiplayer play. ''Supernova'' includes two new alien races, new hazards, an updated trade mechanic, and more researchable technologies. Gameplay The fundamental ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
