The simple play requires no reading, so the whole family can join in the fun! Qwirkle Connect adds unique bonus point opportunities and allows you to create longer connections and use the 24 random tiles placed on the modular board during setup. Qwirkle Select and Qwirkle Connect add a whole new dynamic to Qwirkle with expansion boards. Qwirkle Select adds a modular game board and powerful star tokens that offer new powerful strategies, such as removing tiles from the board and adding them to your hand.

.: November 12, 2001.: November 23, 2001Mode(s),Empire Earth is a developed by and released on November 23, 2001. It is the first game in the.The game requires players to collect resources to construct buildings, produce, and conquer opposing. Empire Earth spans 500,000 years of, which is divided into 14, beginning with the age, and ending with the age.An expansion pack was developed by called, which was released on September 17, 2002. It added new features such as a special power for each civilization, and a new 15th epoch, entitled the, which focuses on the colonization of space planets. Contents.Gameplay Empire Earth is a history-based game. Empire Earth uses 3D graphics.

The game itself contains many unique and innovative features, including a ' system, which directly affects individual units' statistics. It also incorporates a 'hero' system. These can be built at the town center or capital. There are two types of heroes, Strategist heroes who heal surrounding units and can demoralize enemy units while Warrior heroes give morale to surrounding units and have greater attack power. The player has the option of creating their own civilization with unique bonuses. Empire Earth has a map editor included.Epochs are the ages a player passes through in Empire Earth.

Empires: Dawn of the Modern World (Stainless Steel Studios/Activision) is now available on Steam. Save 10% when you buy before September 6. Empires: Dawn of the Modern World represents the only truly global historical RTS where you control unique civilizations across a timeline that spans from the Middle Ages to World War II. The Empires: Dawn of the Modern World 1.2 patch does not support the Japanese language version of the game; all other languages are supported. If you install the patch on a Japanese version of the game, it will not update your game to 1.2. A patch for the Japanese version of Empires: Dawn of the Modern World is not available at this time.

Each of these epochs represents an age within history. In Empire Earth, the last two ages (Digital and Nano Ages) are set into the moderate future (at the time of release in 2001).

In the Art of Conquest, a third future age, the Space Age, is available. It deals with space colonization. Each epoch brings new technologies and units.

Epoch advancement requires additional buildings to be built and the costs of advancing increases as more epochs are attained, although the ability to gather the required resources greatly increases as well. With new epochs, some new units are available at the cost of having to abandon the ability to produce old units, though any old units still alive are kept. The epochs in Empire Earth are the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the Atomic age, the Atomic Age, the, the, and the. An extra epoch, the, is available in Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest.Several different units are available in each epoch, each being produced in a different building. Some units such as are available in every epoch and can be created at the.

Other units such as are available from the Stone Age to the Renaissance and are created at archery ranges. Are available from the Copper Age to the Industrial Age and are created at. Siege weapons such as are produced at siege factories, they are available starting from the Bronze Age until the Dark Ages and are later substituted by the in the Middle Ages throughout the Imperial age, finally being replaced by in the Renaissance. In the -World War I epoch some new buildings are made available to the player, such as airports, tank factories, and naval yards where certain planes, and, etc. Can be produced. In the Digital age Factories and Laboratories are available and can produce many types of, referred to as 'Cybers'.Like many real-time strategy games, there are technologies available to improve a player's civilization.

Technologies to improve farming can be researched at the granary. Health-related technologies can be researched at a hospital. Technologies researched at the hospital improve the hit points, speed, and attack of a civilization's citizens, a hospital's healing rate and range, or the population capacity.

Education upgrades are found in the university, which can protect units from being converted. Economic upgrades are found in the town center or capitol. These upgrades will increase the rate at which resources are gathered.

After the, units such as naval units can be built. Shown here are; (left middle), (lower middle), (top), and (upper middle) which are the main ships until galleys are replaced by in the Atomic Age. Cruisers are available from the.Empire Earth has 21 civilizations, (with two additional ones in ).

Civilizations are predetermined in scenarios but chosen by the player shortly after the beginning of random map games. Each civilization has several bonuses such as increased speed or decreased cost for a type of unit. Any civilization can be played in any epoch but will only be powerful in ages that use units that it has bonuses for. In scenarios, the player receives 'civ points' for completing various tasks. The following are the available civilizations, grouped into their recommended epochs. With the exception of the futuristic Novaya Russia and Rebel Forces, all civilizations in Empire Earth are based upon history. From the Prehistoric to Dark Ages, the civilizations are, Empire, and the.

From the Middle Ages to the Industrial Age, the, and are available. From the Atomic Age to Modern times, and the are playable, and from Digital Age to Space Age, Novaya, and are playable.

And are added in the expansion and belong in the 'Digital Age to Space Age' group.Campaigns Like many other real-time strategy games, Empire Earth has single-player campaigns. However, unlike some games, each scenario has a story to tell and the player takes part in that story. Apart from the Russian campaign, the mission ' in the German campaign, and possibly the first four scenarios in the Greek campaign, all of the battles in the campaigns are based on true events.Learning campaign The first campaign in Empire Earth is the Learning campaign. This campaign is where players are taught how to play Empire Earth. This campaign is available in both the original game. This campaign is not required to be played in order and is divided into two parts.

The first part is about the rise of. The second part is about the rise of the.Greek campaign The first real campaign focuses on. The opening five scenarios (of eight scenarios total) focus on the rise of Greece. The story tells of the early people from Anatoly, the, the rise of by unifying, and the first years of the. There are some fictional elements as well (such as the being given to the by the gods). The sixth scenario of the campaign is about the life of. This part is about Alexander's ascension to the Macedonian throne and the establishment of the League of Corinth by crushing the revolt of, Athens.

The following scenario is about the, and the siege of. The final scenario is the, the capture of Babylon and the battle for the, a mountain pass beyond which lies, the ceremonial capital of the. The campaign ends when and his army enters Persepolis and Alexander manages to escape an assassination attempt while visiting the tomb of.English campaign The English campaign is about the struggles between and for superiority in Europe. The first three scenarios (of eight total) are about, his victory against the rebellion from the barons with the help of in 1047, and the in 1066.

The next three scenarios take place during the between England and France; and his raids in France are featured in the fourth and fifth scenarios. The sixth scenario is about 's story, some parts based on 's.

The first part is the internal unrest of while the second part sees the occupation of Harfleur and the. The final two scenarios are led by, who meets in battles at, and.German campaign In the German campaign, the first four scenarios—out of seven total—take place during and feature the, the Red Baron. The player follows Richthofen through his early days of flight and the development of his 'Flying Circus.' The first mission involves directing Richthofen and his pilot, Count Holck, to safety after their aircraft is shot down over in 1915, but in subsequent missions, Richthofen is a minor character. In the next three missions, the player protects shipments of war materials into Germany, directs German forces at the, and directs the at the.The second part, consisting of three scenarios, deals with and the first years of in Europe. The first scene introduces the, in which the player has to conquer, and before an - alliance makes it impossible. The next mission deals with the German and naval blockade of Great Britain and the, which features the surface fleet led by the battleship facing off against the British.

In the final scenario—the never-attempted —the player leads German forces in an invasion of Great Britain under the famous Field Marshal, ultimately annexing the United Kingdom to the Greater German Reich and thwarting a surprise attack by the U.S. (led by the carrier ) in the process.Russian campaign In the Russian campaign, the player leads Novaya Russia, a reconstruction of the. The game begins in 2018, with the Russian political dissident Grigor Stoyanovich heading up a full-sized civil war from, followed by a seizure of power in the in. The second scenario is about Europe's unsuccessful attempt to free Novaya Russia's oppressed population and Russia's conquest of the continent. In the third scenario the now-old Grigor appoints his robotic bodyguard as his successor, crushes a in Moscow with help from loyalist forces, and finally succumbs to heart problems. Under Grigor II, Novaya Russia continues its conquest of the world by invading and subjugating.

China had been building a, but the Russian forces destroy it, narrowly averting a. By this time, Novaya Russia has control over much of.In the penultimate scenario, during an attempted of the United States in 2098, General Sergei Molotov finally realizes that Grigor II became mad with power, and deserts instead of following orders to wipe out the entire population of Cuba. Cooperating with U.S. Agent Molly Ryan, he re-enacts the Chinese plan, building a time machine and returning to 2018 in order to set things right. They arrived just a few minutes late, as Grigor already left. In addition, Grigor II realized their plans and took the time machine, fortifying Volgograd with a sizeable detachment of cybernetic forces. A massive battle ensued, ending in the technologically horribly outmatched Molotov and Ryan destroying Grigor II and assassinating Grigor (who proved to be unreasonable due to the knowledge of Novaya Russia's military might).Development and release Empire Earth was announced by Stainless Steel Studios on March 31, 2000, with an intended release date of the early half of 2001.

When first interviewed about the game, and Stefan Arnold commented about the progress and layout of the game on December 12, 2000. They mentioned many aspects of the game, including the use of heroes, unit upgrades, the availability of civilizations, economic build-up, and polishing of the final product.On January 18, 2001, Stainless Steel Studios added Damon 'Stratus' Gauthier to work on the multiplayer aspect of the game. He was a veteran of several tournaments, and was meant to balance the multiplayer of the game. Empire Earth also made appearances at E3 2000 and E3 2001 about its progress, and a beta test and movie for it were released in early August 2001.Empire Earth was finally released on November 23, 2001.Empire Earth was re-released as Empire Earth Gold Edition on May 6, 2003. It contains both the original game and the expansion pack, and technology trees for both games, hotkey reference and the official strategy guide.Legacy Empire Earth spawned several sequels and eventually an expansion pack., the expansion for Empire Earth, was released in May 2002.was considered to be a 'spiritual sequel' to Empire Earth, since it was also made by and released between Empire Earth and Empire Earth II.

It was released in 2003.A sequel, was released in 2005., the expansion pack for Empire Earth II, was released in 2006. Empire Earth II was developed by and published by.A mobile version of Empire Earth, was released in 2005.Another sequel, was released November 6, 2007. It was developed by and published by.On Monday November 3, 2008, at 7pm GMT, the WON servers, dedicated to the Empire Earth and Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest online game-play system, were permanently shut down by Activision. Reception Sales Empire Earth sold over 1 million units globally by 2002. In the United States, it sold 390,000 copies and earned $16.7 million by August 2006.

It was the country's 41st best-selling computer game between January 2000 and August 2006. In the United States, combined sales of all Empire Earth games released between January 2000 and August 2006 had reached 870,000 units. Empire Earth received a 'Silver' sales award from the (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. In Spain, the offered it a 'Gold' prize, for 40,000 sales in the country during its first year. In France, the game sold 110,000 units by March 2005. Critical reviews.

Review scores PublicationScore8.5 of 1094 of 1007.9 of 1082%Empire Earth averaged an 82% according to, and earned 's 2001 'PC Game of the Year' award. It was rated 8.5/10 by, who commented 'Anyone who's familiar with Age of Empires is going to hit the ground running in Empire Earth. With a few additions and some small changes the economic model and interface is pretty much exactly like that in AoE2.'

Was not as impressed, giving it 7.9/10, saying ' Empire Earth is best reserved for hard-core real-time strategy players who won't mind the game's less-than-stellar graphics and sound but will instead relish the ability to relive 14 different epochs of human warfare.' Was disappointed and gave it a 6.25/10, saying ' Empire Earth couldn't walk the walk like it talked the talk. Although no one patch can fix either of the aforementioned items, the latter will certainly see some type of quick adjustment in the near future.'

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. Summary: From renowned game designer Rick Goodman and respected game developer Stainless Steel Studios comes a detailed RTS that lets you completely command unique, historically accurate civilizations?from China to Germany and the United States. From the Middle Ages to World War II, lead your nation From renowned game designer Rick Goodman and respected game developer Stainless Steel Studios comes a detailed RTS that lets you completely command unique, historically accurate civilizations?from China to Germany and the United States. From the Middle Ages to World War II, lead your nation to dominate the globe.

Each civilization's strengths and weaknesses affect the gameplay experience. Your ability to adapt to these differences is only one of the challenges you will face as a world leader. Activision Expand.