Wargame Construction Set is a video game builder series published in 1986 by Strategic Simulations, Inc.

Strategic Simulations, Inc.

Strategic Simulations, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher with over 100 titles to its credit since its founding in 1979. It was especially noted for its numerous wargames, its official computer game adaptations of Dungeons & Dragons, and for the groundbreaking Panzer General...

. It is also the name of the first application in the series. Developed by Roger Damon, it allows the user to construct, edit and play customizable wargame scenarios. It was released for several home computer

Home computer

Home computers were a class of microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming increasingly common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a single nontechnical user...

platforms of the era.

Overview

The application lets users design and play wargames: from simple to complex. Users start by drawing maps and placing geographical features and buildings in any arrangement and scale desired. There are several levels of combat: from man-to-man engagements to large scale strategic campaigns. Each unit can be given different attributes such as unit type, weapon type and firepower, movement and strength points.

Users are able to create scenarios from many periods of military history, ranging from spears and catapults to missiles and tanks. Users can create various genres of wargames including sword-and-sorcery fantasies or science-fiction battles.

The game comes with eight pre-made ready-to-play scenarios which can be modified or played as-is.

Sequels

Wargame Construction Set II: Tanks! was released in 1994. This entry in the series focuses on armored combat. Wargame Construction Set III: Age of Rifles 1846-1905 was released in 1996.

External links

• Wargame Construction Set entry from C64Sets.com