Strategy Contents: -----Battleship Games -----Dice Games -----War Games -----Other =============== -----Battleship Games [BATGRID] Battle Grid 2.0 (Dolan, Bob; $10) is an interesting game of battleship for Windows. There are three modes: Human vs. Computer, Human vs. Human, and Computer vs. Computer. The first to find the others ships is the winner. [ICONWAR] IconWar 1.0 (Jarrett, Eric; $13) is a variation of the old Battleship game. You must hide your men on a 9x9 grid, and you and the computer take turns trying to hit each other's locations. When a hit is made you automatically get another turn. VBRUN is required. [SRCHDES] Search and Destroy 2.4 (Baron, Randy; $10) is a one-player game of Battleship for Windows. You and the computer alternate turns bombing locations around the grid, searching for hidden ships. It keeps a running tally of games won and lost, and a status section tells which ships have been sunk on either side. Other features include digitized speech and sound effects. [SSBATWIN] S.S. BattleShip for Windows 1.1 (SimoneSystems Software; $20) is a multi-featured variation on the classic game of Battle Ship. Special features include Islands, mines, minesweeping, submerged submarines, the ability to move your Spy Ship, a high score hall of fame, and more. Requires VGA and a mouse. [WARBOAT1] War Boats 1.0 (Jim Cunningham; $1) is a Windows version of the game Battleship. You can play against a computer or a friend. Other options include sound, comments, and more. Requires VBRUN200. -----Dice Games [TYAHOO] Triple Yahoo! 2.0F (Puraty, Dan; $10) is a Windows version of Triple Yahtzee for up to four players. After each roll the game automatically displays the available score, and you can choose the score that you decide is best for each column. Point values in the 2nd and 3rd columns are doubled and tripled. Other features include WAV sound file support, a high score list, amusing dice animation, and more. Requires WIN31 or Windows MME, and VBRUN200. [WINDICE] Windows Dice 1.0 (Boeck, Hans J.; $7) is a dice game similar to the TV game show "High Rollers". The object is to remove the numbers 1-9 by pulling off single or pairs of numbers that match the number you rolled on the dice. [WINYAH] WinYahtzee (Michael Rapier; $0) is a faithful adaptation of the classic dice game. Up to three columns may be played simultaneously. Requires VBRUN300. [WINZEE] Winzee 2.21 (Gifford, Scott; $5-$6) is a Windows version of Yahtzee for up to six players. [YACHT] Windows Yacht 2.21 (Bielsik, Frank; $10) is a really very well done version of Yahtzee for Windows. [YTZ] Yacht-Z 2.21 (Dolan, Bob; $10) is an excellent version of Yahtzee for Windows. You can save games as well as load previous games. Other features include high score handling and an Undo function. [ZILCH] Zilch! 1.0 (Pixel Perfect; $15) is an entertaining dice game for up to four players. Each player tries to build up their score using certain combinations of dice. If you happen to roll the dice without scoring, you lose your entire accumulated score. -----War Games [BDD150] Battles on Distant Deserts 1.5 (Glacier Edge Technology; $15-25) is a strategic war game for Windows that presents hypothetical battles which could have occurred during Operation Desert Storm. You can command M1A1 Tanks, M2 Bradleys, AH-64 Apaches, Infantry and other units against Saddam's T72s, T62s, T55 tanks, BMP IFVs, and Infantry in a variety of tactical situations. You can play against the computer or a friend, and choose to fight for the Coalition or Iraqi forces. [PFW] Panzerkrieg for Windows 3.01 (Blue Chip Computing, Inc.; $20) is a two-player World War II combat simulation. Several scenarios are provided that allow you to command units of varying types and capabilities. This game is best played between two machines using a communications link, but it can be played on a single computer. Average game time is 3 hours. [SIEGE] Siege! 1.1 (Strategic Solutions ASP; $20) is a game where you must try to capture more territory than your opponent. You can play against computer-controlled players or a friend connected via modem/comm port/network. Computer players can be "trained" using artificial intelligence techniques, and the history of each player is saved for future reference. [STLEMP10] Stellar Empires 1.0 (Tahuya Bay Software; $18) is a fast paced game of galactic conquest. A player begins an empire with a single star. Stars are added through colonization and annexation of stars held by other empires. The game is complete when there is only one empire left. The number of stars may vary from 50 to 1500 for short, medium or long games, and have from 2 to 12 players. -----Other [ATTAXX] Attaxx (Millennium Computer Corp; $15) is a move-and-capture board game you play against the computer. [BGFW] Brain Games for Windows 2.0 (WinWare; $20) contains a Battleship game set in outer space, a variation of peg solitaire, tic-tac-toe, and several others. [BOXEM] Boxem 1.0 (Flat Rabbit Software; $18) is a game of logic similar to "pen-the-pig" or "squares". The object of the game is to build more boxes on the game grid than your opponent. When a complete box is made, the box is removed to show a portion of a picture which lies under the playing board. When all the boxes are made, the complete picture becomes visible and a brief description of the picture appears. This game features beautiful 256-color pictures and high quality digitized sound clips. You can also add your own pictures, sounds, and descriptions to the game. Requires WIN31, 4meg RAM, VGA, mouse, and a hard disk. [BLOB] Blob (Murray, Kevin; $3) is a strategy-board game you can play against the computer or a human opponent. The object is to take more of the board than your opponent. When you replicate a piece on another square, any opposing men on adjoining squares change to your side. [CONFND] Confound 1.20 (Koziar, Pete; $15) is an excellent board/strategy game for Windows. You and the computer alternate turns trying to move your marble into your opponents's home square. Each turn consists of either moving your marble or placing a wall to block the other player. There are three difficulty levels, and even in the easy mode the computer is no slacker. To help speed play along, the cursor changes to help you place pieces. [EGGCRTN] Egg Carton 1.0a (PT WinWare; $6-$9) is an unusual strategy game played with an egg carton and marbles. The object of this two-player game is to be the first to clear all marbles from your side of the carton. [FENCES] Fences 1.0 (Blanding, Steve; $0) is a challenging game in which you must beat the computer or a human opponent in building a fence across the playing field. [GATORB] GatorBytes Game Pak (GatorBytes; $10 each) is a collection of three amusing games for Windows. In Frog Pond you must try to remove all the frogs from a lily pad playing board and leave one in the center. Connect It Up is a challenging game of Connect Four with three difficulty levels. Elimination is an unusual dice game that challenges you to beat the odds. [RHAPSODY] Rhapsody! A King Kong Battle 1.0 (Marken, Jeffrey R.; $10) is an interesting 2-player strategy game for Windows. You must maneuver your King Kong around the maze-like city to try to capture your opponent. Each player's turn consists of giving his Kong directions (North, South, East, or West) and the number of steps to take in that direction. Your turn is ended if you run into a building or fail to reach your opponent's location. [TRIPLET] Triplets 2.0 (Dean, Hal and Gamma; $0) is a skill game in which you alternate turns, trying to get three tokens in a row on a playing grid. You can have up to four players in any combination of Humanoid, Dumb Robot, Smart Android, or Genius Cyborg. The grid can be three different sizes from 9x9 to 39x24. This is an interesting game, and the Genius Cyborg is tough to beat! [WNDOMINO] WNDomino (Thompson, Bill J.; $10) is a game of Double-Six dominoes for Windows. Unlike the DOS-based dominoes game (DOMINO), this game only lets you see the last domino played in each direction. This makes it more difficult to visualize what has been played, although a chart on the side shows that info. The game seems to be a little flakey. Despite the "flaws", this is a fun game of dominoes for those who insist on running only Windows apps; the rest of you should get the DOS based game. VBRUN is required.