Wargame Construction Set 3: Age of Rifles 1846: 1905 War Hex or tile-based
Rating: 8.58 (377 votes)
"A detailed examination of tactical warfare from the Mexican War (1846) to the Russo-Japanese War (1905), this allowed the gamer to 'dervishly' beat up on Fuzzy-Wuzzies to his heart's content. With a scenario editor that was relatively easy to use, a plethora of scenarios have become available over the Internet, covering the obscure and not-so-obscure battles of the 19th Century. Remember, a repeating rifle generally beats a bow and arrow, unless one grows too ambitious... My personal feeling is that the scenarios were in fact too generic, and I was never able to discern in game terms the basic advantage of the needle-gun in the Franco-Prussian War or why certain rifle advances occurred in certain times. But if the history was a little weak, the game value was pretty strong." [excerpt from M. Evan Brooks' Homepage]Reviewed by: Underdogs
Wargame Construction Set 3: Age of Rifles 1846: 1905 
