Illwinter Game Design is the name of a small
software company in
Sweden
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composed of Johan Karlsson and Kristoffer Osterman. The company was started in the 1990s under the name ''Bogus Game Design'', but later changed its name. Registered officially as Illwinter since September 18, 2001,
the team's product catalogue includes two long-running series of fantasy strategy games: ''Conquest of Elysium'' and ''Dominions''. Illwinter's games are characterized by large amount of content, depth, lasting playability, support for multiple platforms (
Linux,
Mac OS X,
Solaris
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and
Windows included), good multiplayer support and simple visual and sound effects. Labor division within the tiny team is simple: Kristoffer Osterman creates the units, spells and descriptions, while Johan Karlsson makes everything else work.
Both Johan Karlsson and Kristoffer Osterman have expressed their love for
role-playing games, especially
Ars Magica
''Ars Magica'' is a role-playing game set in 'Mythic Europe' – a historically grounded version of Europe and the Levant around AD 1200, with the added conceit that conceptions of the world prevalent in folklore and institutions of the High Mi ...
and
roguelikes. Kristoffer Osterman teaches religion, math and social sciences as a primary occupation.
Games by Illwinter
*''Conquest of Elysium'' (released in the 1990s for
Atari
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)
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Conquest of Elysium II
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''Conquest of Elysium II'' ("II" denotes the version 2.0, the first Windows compatible version) is the title of a computer game produced by the Illwinter Game Design. Conquest of Elysium is a fantasy turn-based str ...
'' (released in 1997)
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Dominions: Priests, Prophets and Pretenders'' (released in 2001)
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Dominions II: The Ascension Wars'' (released in the end of 2003)
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Dominions 3: The Awakening'' (released in October 2006)
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Conquest of Elysium 3
Conquest is the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms.
Military history provides many examples of conquest: the Roman conquest of Britain, the Mauryan conquest of Afghanistan and of vast areas of the Indian subcontinent ...
'' (released in February 2012)
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Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension'' (released in October 2013)
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Conquest of Elysium 4
Conquest is the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms.
Military history provides many examples of conquest: the Roman conquest of Britain, the Mauryan conquest of Afghanistan and of vast areas of the Indian subcontinent ...
'' (released in November 2015)
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Dominions 5: Warriors of the Faith'' (released in November 2017)
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Conquest of Elysium 5
Conquest is the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms.
Military history provides many examples of conquest: the Roman conquest of Britain, the Mauryan conquest of Afghanistan and of vast areas of the Indian subcontinent, t ...
'' (released in August 2021)
Community
''Dominions 5'' maintains a thrivin
online community
References
External links
Illwinter Game Design*
StrategyWiki entry about Illwinter
Video game development companies
Video game companies of Sweden
Video game companies established in 2001
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