Cossacks European Wars is a real time strategy (RTS) wargame based in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Emphasis is placed on historical accuracy, and an excellent manual and on disc manual accompanies the game.

Using a fixed isometric view, you build towns and fortresses and deploy your troops and cavalry in the usual RTS manner. There is resource management in the form of chopping wood, fishing and mining.

Although entitled Cossacks... the game actually allows you to play under the flag of a wide range of European nations. Each having its own building designs, separate troops and specialist troops and weapons.

Naval battles are included as are invasions via ships across oceans and wide rivers.

There is a method of grouping and controlling your troops in the fixed formations common to the period depicted. Up to 8,000 individual units can be active on screen, so the scale of battles is immense.

Single player, set campaigns, random maps and Multiplayer supported.

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Alternate Titles

"哥萨克：欧洲战争" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
"Казаки: Европейские Войны" -- Russian Title
"Kozacy: Europejskie Boje" -- Polish title

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Part of the Following Group

Cossacks series

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Cossacks: European Wars
	Cossacks Emperor's Edition	Windows	$19.99
	Cossacks 2: Napoleonic Wars	Windows	$6.95
	Cossacks Anthology	Windows	$9.68
	Cossacks: Back To War	Windows	$2.50
	Cossacks: Art of War Expansion Pack	Windows	$13.50
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User Reviews

Almost real! Mass anarchy of battle clashes. A combination of Age of Empires and Shogun:Total War.	Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari (12559)
A rip-off of WarCraft, wargamers keep off, WarCraft players, keep off.	Jacques Guy (55)
A total misfire (boom boom)	Curlymcdom (40)
Best RTS since Age of Kings	Maw (828)	unrated

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The Press Says

Deaf Gamers	2001	9.5 out of 10	95
Game Chronicles	May 31, 2001	8.8 out of 10	88
Power Unlimited	Apr, 2001	84 out of 100	84
4Players.de	Dec 08, 2000	83 out of 100	83
IGN	Apr 17, 2001	7.5 out of 10	75
Jeuxvideo.com	Apr 04, 2001	15 out of 20	75
Svenska PC Gamer	May, 2001	75 out of 100	75
Fragland.net	Sep 18, 2002	74 out of 100	74
GameSpot	Apr 11, 2001	7.1 out of 10	71
Strategy Gaming Online	Jul 23, 2001	6.3 out of 10	63

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Trivia

In 2001, Cossacks: European Wars won the Gold-Award from the German VUD (Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland - Entertainment Software Association Germany) for selling more then 100,000 (but less then 200,000) units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Felix (138) on Sep 01, 2001.