But before the storyboard, just very quickly, here are the main directives of the game. You'll get a bit of information and at the same time a bit of atmosphere (hopefully). what I've done, to avoid boring everyone to death with annotations and graphs, is to devote most of the space on these three pages to a storyboard.

(b) If you're not familiar with Civilisation you may be thinking I should have done loads of annotated screen shots to explain what all the icons were for - but it would have made for pretty boring reading, and at the end of the day you still wouldn't have got the 'flavour' of the game. All you really need to know is that if you loved Civilisation, you'll love Colonization at least equally as much. although deeper and more complex and with a few extra bits, is still much the same as it was in Civilisation.

(a) If you're familiar with Civilisation then you'll already know roughly what to expect here: the game structure in Colonization.

Customize your games and choose your own level of difficulty so you never play the same game twice.This is going to be the shortest, least in-depth review of one of the most complex strategy games around - but I'm keeping things brief and concise for a reason.

Play either the French, English, Dutch, or Spanish colonial powers, each with distinct characteristics and political situations.

Plant a foothold in the New World and establish your independence in Sid Meier’s Colonization! Overseeing economic, military, and political growth, you strive to establish independence from the mother country while competing with other colonies for control of the New World. This New World can be the historically accurate Americas (North and South) or a randomly generated world with varying resources and challenges. Players control either English, French, Dutch, or Spanish colonists in the New World. Only then can you launch your revolution and declare your independence. You'll have to overcome your foes with superior military strategy and wily diplomacy. But beware of your enemies! Angry natives and rival powers can encroach upon your territory. The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise, and infinite possibility: your colonists anxiously follow you to shore and the treasures of an entire continent await you. Discover the New World and fulfill your Manifest Destiny!

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