Gallic Wars - Windows

Go back to the time of ancient Rome in Gallic Wars for Windows. In the 9 years of terrible bloodshed known as the Gallic Wars, Caesar led the victory to expand the Roman Republic and paved the way for him to be sole ruler of the Roman Empire. The time period (100-50BC) focused on is Caesar's war in Gaul, the major slave rebellion led by Spartacus and the Mithridatic Wars. You can be Caesar or Vercingetorix, the great Gallic commander who led the Gallic tribes to fight against Rome. The A.I. plays an aggressive strategy that requires you to use the best formations and tactics history has to offer in order to win the battle. You may also face off against an opponent in a balanced hypothetical match from the "table top series" of battles or join in a multi-player PBEM battle with hundreds of units.

Caltrops, stakes, pits and the famous Garden of Death at the battle of Alesia

Siege warfare with stone throwing engines, battering rams, wood towers and stone walls

52 scenarios (21 historical, 9 hypothetical & 22 from the Table Top Series) covering actions such as Alesia, Sambre, Vosges & Chaeronea

Create your own scenarios from scratch, Edit existing scenarios and also create your own Order of Battles

Detailed instructions on how to use the editors, calculate points for your army and modify the stock graphics, called "Paint your own army"

58 maps covering historical locations and random ones

Play against the Computer AI or via E-mail against one or more players

Battles can be viewed in 3D, 2D zoom-in (plan view) and 2D zoom-out (strategic view)

Siege warfare (stone and wood fortifications) with new units - assault tower, battering ram, stone throwing engine, civilians

Multi-player PBEM game option

System Requirements

1GHz Pentium

256 MB RAM

300 MB Hard Drive

Windows 2000/ME/XP/Vista

Win95 is no longer supported