By Fire & Sword 1985
Developed by Microcomputer Games, Inc.
- Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Fantasy, Historical
Set in the 1600s, Fire and the Sword brings the medieval Mount and Blade games into an era of new technology and conflicts, while retaining its open world RPG gameplay.
StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)FantasyHistoricalmedievalDOS
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Character
Grave, plot-driven, cool and earnest.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- DOS
- Developer
- Microcomputer Games, Inc.
- Publisher
- The Avalon Hill Game Company
- Released
- December 31, 1985
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric, Text
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