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Welcome to the Small Wars Newsletter
What is Small Wars?
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Small Wars is a new game engine, both on computer and board games, whose purpose is to simulate the petty wars and all kind of asymmetric conflicts.
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The ‘Small Wars’ series of video games and derivated boardgames presents this kind of asymmetric warfare in a fast-paced, turn-based strategic conflict. Each game is based on an historical conflict in which one side has regular forces with superior firepower and resources, but is vulnerable to the mobility, flexibility and speed of the irregular forces of its opponent.
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“You have the watches, but we have the time…”
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– Taliban Commander, to NATO leadership
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Small Wars games feature single player vs the AI, or two-player multiplayer, both locally and online. Each game has a simple, easy-to-use interface, and all games support game controllers for couch gaming on your monitor, TV or Steam Deck. Games normally take less than an hour to complete.
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Each game has a strategic level, where forces are deployed, territory conquered, and supply lines secured or disrupted. It also has a tactical level for resolving battles in varied terrain. Finally, it has a diplomatic element in which allies are recruited or lost, or one side gains advantages over the other.
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To win the game, the regular forces must secure a set of objectives by a certain date ; all the irregulars have to do to win is to stop them. The irregulars are much weaker, but time is on their side.
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The Small Wars game series will cover a number of historical conflicts, including the French and Indian War (the subject of the first game in the series, Small Wars: Mohicans), the Napoleon-era Peninsular War in Spain, the Philippine-American war, the Vietnam War, the Soviet-Afghanistan war, among others.
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Small Wars: Mohicans Demo
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A demo of Small Wars: Mohicans is now available on Steam. Just go to the Steam page of the game and download the free demo.
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With it, you can try all the elements of the game, but only until the end of 1755. So it’s essentially the first three turns and the winter phase. This demo is playable in Hotseat and with Steam deck. There will be an Internet multiplayer mode in the full version of the game.
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Small Wars: Mohicans on Kickstarter
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Since March 21st we have launched a Kickstarter campaign for the game Small Wars: Mohicans, which is now half-way to completion. It will last till April 4th.
It is a perfect place to support us, and also to pre-order the boardgame version of the game.
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