Libertad o Muerte!

Below is my "official" and abbreviated review for Agrippa's website. The bottom line for those not wanting to peruse the details is this: I have found the game generally "robotic" vs. the AI half way through the grand campaign, and bland overall. It is one of those games you can play inebriated and push through just fine. Meaning, there is not much deep thinking or strategy involved, per se. Multiplayer may be a different story, however. Graphics, UI and game design We suspect that owners of Wars Across the World and Winter War might naturally gravitate toward this game, as it holds a few things in common, in addition to it coming from the same publisher. Those players may also have to overlook a couple of things when first firing up this wargame. While LoD's graphics feature a period-feel of sorts, the resolution maxes out at 1900x1080, which results in a rather low-res look for the map, cutscenes, cards and unit counters compared with Avalon's previous releases. This is doubly so ...

Hailing from the English world, I knew pretty much nothing about this war which shaped the future of South American history. Once you get to grips with the game's interface, there's a 'gem' of a game waiting for you. I have only played as the Patriots so far, and scored a 38 Pt strategic victory in the 'Bolivar' campaign (where I managed to strangle the Royalist's campaign by using my large Patriot fleet to limit Spanish supplies from Cadiz) I highly recommend this game , and hope to see further South American conflicts (War of the Triple Alliance & The War of the Pacific) using this game engine from the developers in the future. Miguel at the developers has been great at resolving any early problems that I had with the game (I must admit that I'm a bit lazy in reading through a game manual thoroughly)

I've been playing only Bolivar scenario for many hours both sides. I finally learned mechanics and it is great enjoyment. I'll play grand gampaign and try pbem soon after. Map is similar to Ageod games and card system very nice. I didn't see any crash or bug. Highly recommend.

Short review but as things currently stand, no I can't recommend this game. There are bugs that break the game and the battle simulation is a step back from the one that works so well in Wars Across the World. I may well upgrade my score later if there are fixes but for now, I've got to down vote this

This is a likable game on a not oft gamed subject. It is a bit buggy and somewhat hard to learn/follow at the start. It is worth the effort alone due to the subject matter. Worth getting on sale, in any event.

Excellent game! Incredibly well researched historical data and fun to play.

Based on the quick and patient response from the game designer in trying to rectify the main issue (AI not paying maintenance) and his reasoned explanations for the other game choices I'll give it a tentative thumbs up hoping they can identify and fix the bug. Other than that issue a good game covering an interesting period. Appeals to my old style board and miniatures games tendencies with good historical chrome.

Gr8t reasearch