Wargame Construction Set III: Age of Rifles 1846-1905

Wargame Construction Set III: Age of Rifles 1846-1905 (or simply Age of Rifles) is a turn-based strategy game for MS-DOS, written by Norm Koger.[1] It was published in 1996 by Strategic Simulations.[2]

Wargame Construction Set III:
Age of Rifles 1846-1905
Developer(s)Strategic Simulations
Publisher(s)Strategic Simulations
Producer(s)John Eberhardt
Designer(s)Norm Koger
Steve Burke
Programmer(s)Norm Koger
Artist(s)Gennady Krakovsky
Platform(s)MS-DOS
Release
  • WW: 1996
Genre(s)Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Scope

Age of Rifles simulates battles throughout the era of percussion rifles, roughly comprising the second half of the 19th century. To this end, several dozen battle scenarios are provided in the game. Most of them are set during the American Civil War, but scenarios from the Crimean War, the Anglo-Zulu War, Afghan Wars, the Prusso-Austrian and the Franco-Prussian War, and the Russo-Japanese War are also included.[3]

Scenarios can be played individually or within the framework of a campaign, where the outcome of earlier battles influences the course of later battles. In addition, random scenarios are available as well.

There is also a scenario editor with which users can develop and share their own battles, and thereby extend the scope of the game. Scenarios as early as the Battle of Hastings have been generated this way.[4]

Gameplay

The game can be played with two human players, or with the computer taking over one or both sides. An option for playing out battles via e-Mail is also provided.

Current Status

There is still a small community of players who develop and publish new scenarios for AoR.

Depending on the individual PC configuration, AoR may work as-is under Windows XP and Windows 7, or may require DOSBox to run.

Reception
Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
PC GamesB[5]

The game was a finalist for Computer Gaming World's 1996 "Wargame of the Year" award,[6] which ultimately went to Battleground 4: Shiloh.[7]

gollark: It aged decently well because of being high-end at the time, but the thermal paste has never been changed so it overheats horribly...
gollark: One of my parents actually still uses a ~2009-era Toshiba Satellite laptop.
gollark: Oh™ dear™, how old IS this?
gollark: Did™ you try™ a VM?
gollark: That's probably configurable™ and partly™ dependent on your GTK theme settings.

References
  1. Norm Koger's website
  2. Entry at Moby Games
  3. Game review at Game Revolution
  4. Website with resources for AoR
  5. Morris, Daniel. "Age of Rifles". PC Games. Archived from the original on May 25, 1997.
  6. Staff (April 1997). "Best of the Bunch; Finalists Named for CGW Premier Awards". Computer Gaming World (153): 28, 32.
  7. Staff (May 1997). "The Computer Gaming World 1997 Premier Awards". Computer Gaming World (154): 68–70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80.


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