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Conquest of the New World

Conquest of the New World puts you in control of a native civilization or an expeditionary force from one of five European countries. Compete against other players in the hopes of establishing control of the New World during the sixteenth century. Not a game that simulates the actual discovery and colonization of the Americas, Conquest of the New World is generated at the beginning of each game and each New World (and game) is therefore unique. Your job is to explore the New World, establish thriving colonies, produce and trade goods and eliminate your enemies or defend your claims from your o

Release date
July 14, 2008
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Quicksilver Software
Publisher
Interplay
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Conquest of the New World puts you in control of a native civilization or an expeditionary force from one of five European countries. Compete against other players in the hopes of establishing control of the New World during the sixteenth century. Not a game that simulates the actual discovery and colonization of the Americas, Conquest of the New World is generated at the beginning of each game and each New World (and game) is therefore unique.

Your job is to explore the New World, establish thriving colonies, produce and trade goods and eliminate your enemies or defend your claims from your opponents. Each player sets his own objectives for each game. For some players, winning the game may primarily involve finding lots of new landmarks in the New World and establishing many colonies. The Deluxe Edition adds several new features to the game. Primarily it adds the option to create and play scenarios and customize the world.

In addition, nations now have different bonuses, several special resources and discoveries have been added and you can form trade alliances with other nations. Interesting gameplay featuring exploration, management and combatInfinite replayability on customizable, computer-generated worldsDiscovering the uncharted during the Age of Exploration era Interesting gameplay featuring exploration, management and combatInfinite replayability on customizable, computer-generated worldsDiscovering the uncharted during the Age of Exploration era

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★ 8.4/10GOG · 750 ratings
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Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
I remember getting the original CotNW (yes the non-Deluxe version) for Christmas one year and had immense fun with the game. Until a few days…
★ 5 / 5
Paid over $50.00 when this game first came out, but worth every penny. So sweet not having to run a Virtual PC just to play…
★ 4 / 5
It's Civilization, meets Colonization, meets Heroes of Might & Magic. And that's fine by me. I remember being quite excited about Conquest of the New…
★ 3 / 5
I played this game originally when it came out. It is a quite good game, and the start - expansion phase is very fun, getting…
★ 5 / 5
I played this when it first came out and this was the first game that had me physically craving to play it. Couldn't function correctly…
★ 5 / 5
It's difficult to write a review about Conquest of the New World Deluxe (CoNW) that doesn't come off as sounding like an advertising piece. That's…
★ 5 / 5
Unlike a lot of other commenters, I never played this game in it's heyday... too young back then. And, honestly, I've been wanting to try…
★ 3 / 5
Conquest was the first game I bought for my Mac PowerBook 1400 back in '97. It's engaging at first -- you start out having reached…

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★ 5 / 5
I love this game. I've played it ever since it came out way back in the days. It's very fun to play without being overly…
★ 5 / 5
English/Polish If you want a blood effect during combat, you need to change the value of EnhanceVideo to 225 in the CONQUEST.CFG file. The line…
★ 5 / 5
Loved it as a teenager back in the day, and loved it again as an adult.
★ 3 / 5
The combination of turns and free movement is a good idea, but the colony management bit is unengaging.
★ 4 / 5
and oldie but a goodie, you get the satisfaction of exploring with some city building and strategy. watch out though, AI raises armies fast.
★ 5 / 5
Played this game when I was but a child in the 90s and still love it. Has aged surprisingly well.
★ 4 / 5
This is a pretty fun point based game. Do what you can to build the best colonies and find independence.
★ 4 / 5
a real game of settling and conquest from my youth which was still fun playing, it has the just press the end turn syndrom too.…

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