The Wargamer's Readers Choice Awards are the premier awards for the commercial wargames industry. This year Panther Games won three awards.
"Wargame of the year voting was tight. 2006 was a good year for wargamers and a number of excellent titles were released. Taking the gold was an operational real-time wargame from Panther Games, Conquest of the Aegean. With exceptional AI, historical and hypothetical scenarios, and a sleek interface, wargamers favored it with the gold."
Full details at The Wargamer.
The War-Historical users group has awarded Conquest of the Aegean the Gold medal for Wargame of the Year 2006. In this year's annual poll COTA scooped over one third of all votes cast, making it a clear standout favourite.
Bill says "it is, in short, a towering achievement, and I commend it to wargamers with my highest endorsement"
"the game is a faithful, richly detailed, and utterly absorbing simulation that manages to replicate a myriad of complex and interconnected factors without ever lapsing into dogged pedantry. It is also, by thunder, a lot of fun! And this iteration significantly improves upon what was already one of the more brilliantly original game-designs in recent years."
Full review at The Wargamer
French magazine PC4WAR likes COTA!
PC Gamer UK is impressed!
Bovine Conspiracy is impressed!
“COTA Airborne Assault
Full review at Bovine Conspiracy
"A must buy" - the Armchair General!
"An outstanding game with much historical depth, mixed with ease of play and a wealth of scenarios. A must buy for anyone interested in the theater, or looking for the closest experience to an operational level commander outside of the military." - Lieutenant Colonel Bob Mackey, Ph.D., The Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Full review at Armchair General
The best operational level wargame just got better!
Panther Games is pleased to announce that Conquest of the Aegean is now officially Gold and will be available for purchase from Friday, June 9th 2006 onwards.
We at Panther Games have poured our hearts and souls into this game so you can enjoy the ultimate operational level game on this fascinating slice of WWII history. Can you stop the German Juggernaut at Thermopylae ? Or as the Axis player conduct the perfect Operation Hercules to capture the famed fortress island of Malta ? And was the Crete airborne operation really such a close call that could have gone either way ?
Conquest of the Aegean allows you to not only re-fight the battles that shaped the Mediterranean Front but also to explore the many alternatives and what-ifs that were available to both sides in a game that accurately models the choices the historical commanders had to make given the strengths and limitations of the actual forces involved.
Good Gaming !
Conquest of the Aegean enters final testing
After two years of development Conquest of the Aegean is in its final phase of testing.
Visit the COTA forums for all sorts of information on the game, including AAR's and detailed discussion of the new features.
The wait is almost over!
New Wargame From Panther Games and Matrix Games
Conquest of the Aegean covers the entire Greek Campaign, where German, Greek, Italian, British and Commonwealth forces fought to halt the oncoming blitzkrieg before the start of Operation Barbarossa. Also included is the follow-on airborne-led assault on Crete, which proved to be a gamble for the Germans, but a very successful one. This tough island campaign pulls no punches as both sides fight tooth and nail to achieve success by holding the critical airfields. Finally, the road not taken… Malta was a thorn in the Axis side in the Mediterranean for the entire war. Planes based on Malta proved crucial to protecting British supplies and hindering German and Italian supply routes. While plans were discussed to attack this bastion, they were never executed. Conquest of the Aegean gives you have the ability to give the green light to the attack on Malta and fight as either side to see how things might have turned out.
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