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I haven't seen this around in the forums for at all... But considering it's a strategy game that no one actually knows aside from around 3 community members, let me introduce to you the 2 Strategy Games made by the Japanese Video Game Creator KOEI (OF Dynasty Warriors Fame) . Actually I'm posting this because there are exciting things that they announced on the internet about the games launching in North America. The first game is called Nobunaga's Ambition. This is the very first grand strategy video game, and is the predecessor to Europa Universalis and the Total War Franchise. This game celebrated its 30 years of existence last year. I was able to play the latest one (Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou) and the very first Nobunaga no Yabou from 1983(!) (Which was included in the pack that I bought here [For $200 for a Collector's edition it was well worth it though], It's run through ASCII), which may predate all the Computer Strategy Games. First of all, here's some of the screenies for the first Nobunaga's Ambition (I didn't know what the heck I was doing since it was all in Kanji that I can't read) The kanji means "Nobunaga's Ambition" (From top right to bottom left = Nobu-naga-no-Ya-bou) Here's an Interesting Map: And here is the battle sequence, there's literally nothing that I could understand from here I don't think that would be released in the English Version because it's very BASIC indeed The next set of pictures is from the Latest Edition of the Game, Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou (Powerup kit). This one is a little easier to understand, although necessarily I don't know what the heck is going on between the political rivalry of this and that but it does give me some insight to the Sengoku Period. Have a look below: This is the map you used for the game. It looks rather tiny compared to EU, but the depth of gameplay is so deep that it might take you ages to occupy everything on Easy. Here are my chips right now for my saved game. As you can see I'm on my way to invade territories One of my castle towns Battle sequence This is what my closest advisers are saying. I don't know what they are talking about but they don't look happy at all Also, the game is known for its particularly detailed and accurate drawings of generals during the era, Check these below (this is page 1 of 5; there around 380 per page): http://www.nobuwiki.org/nobu_cg/souzou_01 Now here's the good news: Although the pictures that I posted above are in Japanese, I am letting you know that the game will be available in English as Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence, coming to Steam this 1st of September!. NOW RELEASED WORLDWIDE! Here is the official cover art: The second game that KOEI makes is Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The game already have 13 editions of it and is celebrating it's 30th year this year (2015). This game is set in the Chinese Mainland during the Three Kingdoms period, and it has a little more different style of gaming than Nobunaga's Ambition. This will be released only in Japan in 10 December 2015. Depending on the sales of the aforementioned game above, it may or may not be released to North America. Here's the one officer art from the upcoming game (Cao Cao): I know this is quite a lot of information for such a game but I hope you enjoy it
