...By Design has announced that their next game of historical tactical warfare, Austerlitz 1805 is now "gold," and their are accepting orders for this title. Austerlitz is a game based on the Waterloo Campaign Engine. This time around you play as Napoleon versus the Austrian and Russian Alliance. Here are more details:

By Design, Inc. proudly announces that we have completed a new Napoleonic
wargame only for the Apple Macintosh.

This new game is based on the Waterloo Campaign engine but covers the battle
between Napoleon and the Austrian/Russian alliance.

The game has the following exciting features:

o Battalion level conflict, command hundreds of units!

o Great new graphics, see hedge rows, streams, chateaux, and smoke clouds
hang over the battlefield.

o Skirmishers!

o All the commanders down to the Division level are present.

o Command your units as groups. You can move hundreds of units with a click
of the mouse.

o Capture enemies flags. Increase the pride of your troops when they carry
back enemy flags from a mélee.

o Move units in formation by simply clicking where you want them to move to.

o Multiple units per square.

o Play either side and even switch sides in the middle of a battle.

o The units are fully editable. Add or remove any unit from any battle.

Change the characteristics of any unit.

o Elegant, effortless interface. Lots of new interface features to help you
understand your army and how to win.

o Rich historical content.

o Outstanding sound, hear the charge, cannons roar, and cavalry pound past
your position.

System Requirements:

Mac OS 7.0 or better

68040 or PPC

8 MB memory

8 MB hard disk space

..By Design

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