MANIFEST DESTINY Name: Manifest Destiny Creators: R & J Cyberware Official Page: http://www.rjcyberware.com Type: CivII ++ Release Date: 2002 Pricing: Shareware Demo: Available (Demo v4; Pre-Alpha) (6.82MB, Release notes) Creators Description:'With Manifest Destiny, we hope to take the Civilization genre to the next level. We are accomplishing this by allowing you to make your civilization as customizable as possible. For one thing, no longer will you be limited to researching the "rifleman" (for instance). Instead, through research, you will discover a particular template (i.e. an infantry template) which will have certain slots. The slots are designated for specific types of items (the infantry template has a weapon slot and a miscellanious slot, for instance). Into these slots you will drag components (also discovered through research). Drag a sword and a shield component into this template, and you've created a swordsman. Drag a rifle and powder, and you have a rifleman. You can create as many different types of units from that template as you want, and more templates become available as you progress (tank, ship, mech, etc.). Using this system, the number of possible unit types is nearly infinite! Combat is more involved than in Civ, with the players assigning battle orders to groups of units. Experience, morale, and damage will all play a role in the fights. Battles will be shown to the participating civilizations through the "battle VCR", which gives a play by play account of the action.' Review page 1 Intro page and Creator's description