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The first installment, called Empires Ascendant, features civilizations between 500 B.C. and 1 B.C., and includes [[AncientGreece [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Athens, Sparta, Macedonia,]] Britannia, Gaul, Iberia, [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Carthage]], [[UsefulNotes/PersiansWithPistols Persia]], [[AncientRome Republican Rome]], [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Mauryan India]], [[UsefulNotes/MacedonianSuccessionWars Ptolemaic Egypt, the Seleucids]], and [[AncientAfrica the Kushites]] as playable factions. The planned second installment, Empires Besieged, will focus on the following five hundred years of history.
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The first installment, called Empires Ascendant, features civilizations between 500 B.C. and 1 B.C., and includes [[AncientGreece Athens, Sparta, Macedonia,]] Britannia, Gaul, Iberia, [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Carthage]], [[UsefulNotes/PersiansWithPistols Persia]], [[AncientRome Republican Rome]], [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Mauryan India]], [[UsefulNotes/MacedonianSuccessionWars Ptolemaic Egypt, the Seleucids, Seleucids]], and [[AncientAfrica the Kushites]] as playable factions. The planned second installment, Empires Besieged, will focus on the following five hundred years of history.
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The first installment, called Empires Ascendant, features civilizations between 500 B.C. and 1 B.C., and includes [[AncientGreece Athens, Sparta, Macedonia,]] Britannia, Gaul, Iberia, [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Carthage]], [[UsefulNotes/PersiansWithPistols Persia]], [[AncientRome Republican Rome]], [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Mauryan India]], and Ptolemaic Egypt Egypt, the Seleucids, and [[AncientAfrica the Kushites]] as playable factions, with the Seleucids planned to round out the roster in a future alpha release.factions. The planned second installment, Empires Besieged, will focus on the following five hundred years of history.
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The official site can be found [[http://play0ad.com/ here.]] The current release is [[http://play0ad.com/download/ Alpha 22 Venustas]].23 Ken Wood]]. Downloading and playing is, and always will be, completely free.
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The official site can be found [[http://play0ad.com/ here.]] The current release is [[http://play0ad.com/download/ Alpha 21 Ulysses]].22 Venustas]]. Downloading and playing is, and always will be, completely free.
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* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: It's possible to plant and harvest wheat during winter.
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* VeteranUnit: Not only will they improve their stats through combat experience, but also their looks.
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* WorkerUnit: Female citizens and Citizen Soldiers. The latter can build structures, gather resources and has decent fighting skills. However, the more they fight, the less effective they become with their domestic tasks.
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The official site can be found [[http://play0ad.com/ here.]] The current release is [[http://play0ad.com/download/ Alpha 16 Patañjali]]. Downloading and playing is and always will be completely free.
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The first installment, called Empires Ascendant, features civilizations between 500 B.C. and 1 B.C., and includes [[AncientGreece Athens, Sparta, Macedonia,]] Britannia, Gaul, Iberia, [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Carthage]], Persia, [[UsefulNotes/PersiansWithPistols Persia]], [[AncientRome Republican Rome]], [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Mauryan India]] India]], and Ptolemaic Egypt as playable factions, with the Seleucids planned to round out the roster in a future alpha release. The planned second installment, Empires Besieged, will focus on the following five hundred years of history.
The official site can be found [[http://play0ad.com/ here.]] The current release is [[http://play0ad.com/download/ Alpha16 Patañjali]].17 Quercus]]. Downloading and playing is and always will be completely free.
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* [[MolotovTruck Molotov Boat]]: The only 'warship' available to the Iberians is the Fireship, a fishing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ship on fire]].
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: all of the hero units, which includes the likes of Alexander the Great, Cyrus the Great, Hannibal, Scipio Africanus, Viriato, and Vercingetorix.
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The first installment, called Empires Ascendant, focuses on empires features civilizations between 500 B.C. and 1 B.C., and includes [[AncientGreece Athens, Sparta, Macedonia,]] Britannia, Gaul, Iberia, [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Carthage]], Persia, [[AncientRome Republican Rome]], [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Mauryan India]], India]] and Ptolemaic Egypt as playable factions, with the Seleucids planned to round out the roster in a future alpha release. The planned second installment, Empires Besieged, will focus on the following five hundred years of history.
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* AnachronismStew: A mild (and intentional) example in that each empire in the game is from somewhere in a 500-year period of time and is featured at the height of its power for the sake of fun gameplay.
* HeroUnit: Each empire has its own historical heroes to send into battle.
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** The Mauryan Maiden Guards.
** One of the Britonnic heroes is Boudicca.
* AnachronismStew:
** A mild (and intentional) example in that each empire in the game is from somewhere in a 500-year period of time and is featured at the height of its power for the sake of fun gameplay.
** The Iberian civilization's gameplay music is far too modern, dominated by guitars and trumpets. Of course no actual Ancient Iberian melodies have survived, and the few musical scenes represented in Iberian art show instruments common in the Ancient Mediterranean like lires and flutes. The Iberian units and buildings also used to have Spanish names in the first versions of the game before the programmers switched to Basque, which is at least a non-Latin derived language (the actual relationship between Basque and the poorly understood Ancient Iberian language(s) is debated; on the other hand, the game's Iberians are a stand-in for all peoples in the ancient Iberian Peninsula, including the Iberians but also Celts, Celtiberians, proto-Basque/Aquitanians, Lusitanians, Tartessians and Balearics).
* DecapitationPresentation: The Celtic civilizations (Britons and Gauls) decorate their military buildings with the heads of their enemies.
* EliteMooks: Each civilization has its unique elite soldiers that can't be put to work like the others but are better at fighting.
* GenderIsNoObject: Averted. Women gather resources faster and cannot build military buildings, only civilian ones. Male "Citizen Soldiers" can gather resources, build all structures and be called to arms. The professional soldiers that don't gather resources are nearly all male as well, with the Mauryan Maiden Guards being the only exception.
* HeroUnit: Each empire hasits own three specific historical heroes to send into battle.battle.
* [[ArrowsOnFire Javelins On Fire]]: The Iberians have access to mounted javelineers that throw flaming projectiles. Their extra anti-building damage compensate for the Iberians' lack of siege weapons.
* [[MolotovTruck Molotov Boat]]: The only 'warship' available to the Iberians is the Fireship, a fishing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ship on fire]].
** The Mauryan Maiden Guards.
** One of the Britonnic heroes is Boudicca.
* AnachronismStew:
** A mild (and intentional) example in that each empire in the game is from somewhere in a 500-year period of time and is featured at the height of its power for the sake of fun gameplay.
** The Iberian civilization's gameplay music is far too modern, dominated by guitars and trumpets. Of course no actual Ancient Iberian melodies have survived, and the few musical scenes represented in Iberian art show instruments common in the Ancient Mediterranean like lires and flutes. The Iberian units and buildings also used to have Spanish names in the first versions of the game before the programmers switched to Basque, which is at least a non-Latin derived language (the actual relationship between Basque and the poorly understood Ancient Iberian language(s) is debated; on the other hand, the game's Iberians are a stand-in for all peoples in the ancient Iberian Peninsula, including the Iberians but also Celts, Celtiberians, proto-Basque/Aquitanians, Lusitanians, Tartessians and Balearics).
* DecapitationPresentation: The Celtic civilizations (Britons and Gauls) decorate their military buildings with the heads of their enemies.
* EliteMooks: Each civilization has its unique elite soldiers that can't be put to work like the others but are better at fighting.
* GenderIsNoObject: Averted. Women gather resources faster and cannot build military buildings, only civilian ones. Male "Citizen Soldiers" can gather resources, build all structures and be called to arms. The professional soldiers that don't gather resources are nearly all male as well, with the Mauryan Maiden Guards being the only exception.
* HeroUnit: Each empire has
* [[ArrowsOnFire Javelins On Fire]]: The Iberians have access to mounted javelineers that throw flaming projectiles. Their extra anti-building damage compensate for the Iberians' lack of siege weapons.
* [[MolotovTruck Molotov Boat]]: The only 'warship' available to the Iberians is the Fireship, a fishing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ship on fire]].
* RightHandAttackDog: The Brittons train war dogs.
* SiegeEngines: Like all the units, these are specific to each civilization.
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* WarElephants: India has them.Available to Carthage, Egypt, Persia and India.
* YouAreTheTranslatedForeignWord: Rather than having generalized units (Archer, Swordsman, Spearman...) they have skins unique to each civilization with names in the local language.
* YouAreTheTranslatedForeignWord: Rather than having generalized units (Archer, Swordsman, Spearman...) they have skins unique to each civilization with names in the local language.
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''0 A.D.'' is a historical [[FreewareGames Open Source]] RealTimeStrategy game in the vein of VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires that is currently being developed for Windows, Linux, and Mac by Wildfire Games, "an independent game developer, made up of a community of volunteers from all over the world". The game strives for a balance of historical accuracy and interesting gameplay.
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''0 A.D.'' is a historical [[FreewareGames Open Source]] RealTimeStrategy game in the vein of VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' that is currently being developed for Windows, Linux, and Mac by Wildfire Games, "an independent game developer, made up of a community of volunteers from all over the world". The game strives for a balance of historical accuracy and interesting gameplay.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To the AgeOfEmpires series.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To the AgeOfEmpires ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' series.
* WarElephants: India hasthem.them.
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The first installment, called Empires Ascendant, focuses on empires between 500 B.C. and 1 B.C., and includes [[AncientGreece Athens, Sparta, Macedonia,]] Britannia, Gaul, Iberia, [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Carthage]], Persia, [[AncientRome Republican Rome]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Mauryan India]] as playable factions, with the Seleucids and Ptolemaic Egypt planned to round out the roster in future alpha releases. The planned second installment, Empires Besieged, will focus on the following five hundred years of history.
The official site can be found [[http://play0ad.com/ here.]] The current release is [[http://play0ad.com/download/ Alpha 14 Naukratis]]. Downloading and playing is and will always be completely free.
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The first installment, called Empires Ascendant, focuses on empires between 500 B.C. and 1 B.C., and includes [[AncientGreece Athens, Sparta, Macedonia,]] Britannia, Gaul, Iberia, [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Carthage]], Persia, [[AncientRome Republican Rome]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Mauryan India]] India]], and Ptolemaic Egypt as playable factions, with the Seleucids and Ptolemaic Egypt planned to round out the roster in a future alpha releases.release. The planned second installment, Empires Besieged, will focus on the following five hundred years of history.
The official site can be found [[http://play0ad.com/ here.]] The current release is [[http://play0ad.com/download/ Alpha14 Naukratis]]. 15 Osiris]]. Downloading and playing is and will always will be completely free.
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The first version, installment, called Empires Ascendant, focuses on empires between 500 B.C. and 1 B.C., and includes [[AncientGreece Athens, Sparta, Macedonia,]] Britannia, Gaul, Iberia, [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Carthage]], Persia, [[AncientRome Republican Rome]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Mauryan India]] as playable factions, with the Seleucids and Ptolemaic Egypt planned to round out the roster in future alpha releases. The planned second version, installment, Empires Besieged, will focus on the following five hundred years of history.
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The first version, called Empires Ascendant, focuses on empires between 500 B.C. and 1 B.C., and includes [[AncientGreece Athens, Sparta, Macedonia,]] Britannia, Gaul, Iberian, Iberia, [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Carthage]], Persia, [[AncientRome Republican Rome]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Mauryan India]] as playable factions, with the Seleucids and Ptolemaic Egypt planned to round out the roster in future alpha releases. The planned second version, Empires Besieged, will focus on the following five hundred years of history.
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--> "We're building ''0 A.D. – Empires Ascendant'' because we love strategy gaming and we think the current state of the strategy genre is abysmal. While there have been some great strategy games released recently, we feel like the essence of old-school Real-Time Strategy has been lost. We'd like to recapture that."
''0 A.D.'' is a historical [[FreewareGames Open Source]] RealTimeStrategy game in the vein of VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires that is currently being developed for Windows, Linux, and Mac by Wildfire Games, "an independent game developer, made up of a community of volunteers from all over the world". The game strives for a balance of historical accuracy and interesting gameplay.
The first version, called Empires Ascendant, focuses on empires between 500 B.C. and 1 B.C., and includes [[AncientGreece Athens, Sparta, Macedonia,]] Britannia, Gaul, Iberian, [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Carthage]], Persia, [[AncientRome Republican Rome]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Mauryan India]] as playable factions, with the Seleucids and Ptolemaic Egypt planned to round out the roster in future alpha releases. The planned second version, Empires Besieged, will focus on the following five hundred years of history.
The official site can be found [[http://play0ad.com/ here.]] The current release is [[http://play0ad.com/download/ Alpha 14 Naukratis]]. Downloading and playing is and will always be completely free.
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!!''0 A.D.'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnachronismStew: A mild (and intentional) example in that each empire in the game is from somewhere in a 500-year period of time and is featured at the height of its power for the sake of fun gameplay.
* HeroUnit: Each empire has its own historical heroes to send into battle.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each alpha release is named after an appropriate subject, with the first letters following an alphabetical order (Argonaut, Bellerophon, Cerberus...)
* SpiritualSuccessor: To the AgeOfEmpires series.
* WarElephants: India has them.
[[caption-width-right:325:''"This isn’t your daddy’s AgeOfEmpires."'']]
--> "We're building ''0 A.D. – Empires Ascendant'' because we love strategy gaming and we think the current state of the strategy genre is abysmal. While there have been some great strategy games released recently, we feel like the essence of old-school Real-Time Strategy has been lost. We'd like to recapture that."
''0 A.D.'' is a historical [[FreewareGames Open Source]] RealTimeStrategy game in the vein of VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires that is currently being developed for Windows, Linux, and Mac by Wildfire Games, "an independent game developer, made up of a community of volunteers from all over the world". The game strives for a balance of historical accuracy and interesting gameplay.
The first version, called Empires Ascendant, focuses on empires between 500 B.C. and 1 B.C., and includes [[AncientGreece Athens, Sparta, Macedonia,]] Britannia, Gaul, Iberian, [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Carthage]], Persia, [[AncientRome Republican Rome]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Mauryan India]] as playable factions, with the Seleucids and Ptolemaic Egypt planned to round out the roster in future alpha releases. The planned second version, Empires Besieged, will focus on the following five hundred years of history.
The official site can be found [[http://play0ad.com/ here.]] The current release is [[http://play0ad.com/download/ Alpha 14 Naukratis]]. Downloading and playing is and will always be completely free.
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!!''0 A.D.'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnachronismStew: A mild (and intentional) example in that each empire in the game is from somewhere in a 500-year period of time and is featured at the height of its power for the sake of fun gameplay.
* HeroUnit: Each empire has its own historical heroes to send into battle.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each alpha release is named after an appropriate subject, with the first letters following an alphabetical order (Argonaut, Bellerophon, Cerberus...)
* SpiritualSuccessor: To the AgeOfEmpires series.
* WarElephants: India has them.
