Libertad o Muerte!

I bought the game out of curiosity on the thematic and also because I know the quality of Miguel Santacruz designs. I was happily surprised by the wealth of information, events and action in the grand campaign (I always go for the big things). In 3 hours I did only a few turns and my expectations were fulfilled: lot to do, many cards and events to react to. All the more with the nice "oldie" graphical treatment of the game that reminds me of my first Ageod game "Birth of America" The game allows for a good moment of pleasure, a great deal of new knowledge to acquire, and some real strategic challenges (I played first with the Royolists, not easy at all...) Well done friend !

[quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6142328/][b]Like this Review? Follow The Cpt Froggy Club Curator Page for plenty more![/b][/url][/quote][list]Libertad o Muerte![/list][list]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[/list][list]Soon after Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion of Spain in 1807, the Spanish American Wars of Independence started. On one side, you had the Royalist camp who wanted to stay under the great Empire of Spain, while the Patriots were fighting for freedom and independence. Which side are you on? Will you lead the Patriots to victory and independence, or are you a fair dinkum Spanish royalist wanting to keep the Spanish American countries under Spain by crashing down the revolt? It is Libertad o Muerte![/list][list]Libertad o Muerte is a turn-based strategy game Developed by Headquarter S.L. and published by Avalon Digital on the 12th of June 2020 on Steam.[/list][list]The game consists of 5 scenarios from the early years of the conflict (1810 – 1815), the great campaign (1810 – 1825) and three scenarios based in specific areas within the conflict. The game can be played single-player against the AI, on a hotseat or PBEM mode.[/list] [list]In the single-player mode, you can choose to play in one of the 5 available scenarios straight away and you can select to play either the Royalist or the Patriots! The AI has three levels of difficulty, which are Basic, Voluntary and Expert. Interestingly, you are not able to pick which level of difficulty the AI will be before launching a scenario; you’ll have to pre-select the difficulty in the options tab, which I find a bit odd.[/list] [list]Whichever side you play, the aim in each scenario is to take control of as many regions as possible within a certain number of turns to win the game. For example, the great campaign has 31 turns in total. Each turn has 7 to 8 phases before any battles or sieges take place, depending on whether or not you have naval units in your army. If you do, each turn will have 8 phases before the battle and sieges.[/list] [list]The Summary will be the first phase where you can see where you stand in regards to your victory points, how many regions your army occupies, how many battles you won or lost the last turn, how many units you lost and how many cards you have in your deck cards. The card draw is the next phase; on the first turn of each scenario you’ll be able to pick up several cards, but each turn after that you’ll generally be able to pick up only one (sometimes more if you use a few cards from your previous turn). Then you’ll have the reinforcement followed by the income and maintenance phases. If you have enough resources left, you’ll be able to purchase additional units in the next phase. When you’ve done all of that, you’ll be able to move your naval units first then your land units.[/list] [list]If you move one or more units into an enemy region that is not defended with a unit, you’ll automatically take over the region. However, if that region has a city with one or more enemy units within the city, that city will still be held by the enemy force until you have one of your leaders in the region to activate a siege. On the other hand, if you attack a region which has enemy units in it, with or without a leader, you’ll activate a combat phase.[/list] [list]Talking about the combat phase, first the AI will draw the dice for the attacker and the defender. Whoever has the highest score will take the initiative (fire first) in the battle. If you have a battle card in your deck, you’ll have to use it before the battle starts. The battle will be decided after three rounds (sometimes fewer), and the camp that eliminates the most enemy units will win the battle. If the region has a city, then a siege will follow.[/list] [list]So far, I’ve played the Bolivar scenario entirely, which took me around 4 hours to complete, and I am currently playing the Great Campaign which I am halfway through.[/list] [list]I must say that it took me a bit of time to get my head around the game, as you don’t have a tutorial as such, but you do have a comprehensive written game manual which you can access in the rules tab. Bear in mind, it is about 50+ pages to read, but you’ll figure out how the game works a lot quicker than I did if you read it.[/list] [list]I do enjoy this type of strategy game which gives you a few historical facts and takes you a fair bit of time to complete a scenario. The graphics are ok, and the game runs well. I didn’t encounter any problems in my entire gameplay, which is good. The only thing I can complain about is that the AI is far too easy to beat, in my opinion.[/list] [list]Positives:[/list][list]~~~~~~~[/list] [list]+ Nice Graphics[/list] [list]+ 5 scenarios to play[/list] [list]+ Has Historical facts[/list] [list]+ Single-player, Hotseat and PBEM modes[/list] [list]+ Runs well[/list] [list]+ Thorough game manual[/list] [list]Negatives:[/list] [list]~~~~~~~~[/list] [list]- Doesn’t have achievements or trading cards as yet[/list] [list]- AI too easy to beat.[/list][list]Libertad o Muerte: Relive the glory of independence with the Patriots, or be faithful to Spain as a Royalist![/list] [list]7/10[/list] [list]Key provided by the developer/publisher for review purposes. 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Short review but as things currently stand, no I can't recommend this game. There are bugs that break the game and the battle simulation is a step back from the one that works so well in Wars Across the World. I may well upgrade my score later if there are fixes but for now, I've got to down vote this

Primero que nada: pulgares arriba por dedicarse a éste escenario y con éste periodo de tiempo. De hecho, ojalá en el futuro, agreguen más escenarios en éste continente. En cuanto a la reseña en si, es claramente positiva, con matices: Realmente no es un juego muy intuitivo ( es más bien para "grognards" viejos) y hay cosas para mejorar en la interface ( por ejemplo, ese "tic" que se queda en ocasiones después de sumar unidades del roster, no se como sacarlo y de hecho tuve que reiniciar el juego). Esas son cosas mejorables. Lo mismo la posibilidad de retirarse sin presentar batalla ( si es posible, dados de por medio) si el enemigo es superior, al menos si tenemos un comandante a cargo de nuestras tropas. Visualmente, es lo que uno esperaría que sea un juego de esta categoría y target, con el agregado de un estilo bien "colonial" a los mapas. Me gusta. Es cierto que a jugadores de un Total War ( o incluso de los juegos de Paradox) lo puede perder un poco. Puliría -de ser posible- eso último, preferentemente apuntando a la segunda opción de las mencionadas. En resumen, espero que le sigan metiendo pilas y mejorando: Acá ya se lo disfruta, y promete mucho. Un abrazo desde el Sur de Argentina.

A few years ago I read an excellent book on a much neglected subject, Liberators by Robert Harvey. Sadly, I could not find a single game on the subject, so when this title was announced I was rather excited. Like, I suspect, many of you, on release I messed about with it for a few minutes, then added it to my collection of unplayed games I would, at some point, get around to. One thing this dreadful lockdown has enabled me to do is finally play a few of these titles, this one included. I was already familiar with ‘War’s Across The World’,with which this game is bound to be compared as it shares a very similar game system. This enabled me to pick the game up very quickly. How I wish I had made more effort to play it earlier, as it is an absolute delight, and leaves me with that ‘just one more turn’ feeling when you have other things you need to do, like sleep. The complex political situation is handled nicely by the cards, leaving the player free to focus more on military matters. You do need to build up your forces, prior to embarking on any military campaigns, BUT, be careful not to build them up beyond your countries ability to maintain them. I speak from (unhappy) experience. The designer has managed to make a reasonably simple, playable, but accurate game out of what must be a difficult subject. Indeed, I’d have thought it impossible to make one game that tackled so much. If you have any interest in the subject matter, or the period, you should consider buying this game. I am certainly glad I did.

Ce jeu a été une bonne surprise ! Il y a plusieurs scénarios différents et la carte est très vaste. Les événements sont nombreux et il y a des explications sur ceux ci, ce qui est très pratique et immersif quand on ne connait pas bien la période.

RECOMIENDO CON TODO EL ÉNFASIS POSIBLE ÉSTE JUEGO, PERO TAMBIÉN TODOS LOS JUEGOS DE ÉSTE DESARROLLADOR...ADEMÁS, AVISO, QUE CUANDO TUVE UN PROBLEMA, EL DESARROLLADOR CON TODA SU PACIENCIA Y CORDIALIDAD ME LO SOLUCIONÓ...ESTE JUEGO ES ÚNICO EN EL MUNDO, EL TEMA QUE TOCA ES PARA NOSOTROS LOS LATINOAMERICANOS Y NO LO ENCONTRAREMOS EN OTRO LADO. TODOS LOS WARGAMES DE ESTE DESARROLLADOR SON COSA MUY SERIA Y MUY DISTINTA A TODO LO QUE HEMOS VISTO. RECOMENDABLE 100%

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This is a likable game on a not oft gamed subject. It is a bit buggy and somewhat hard to learn/follow at the start. It is worth the effort alone due to the subject matter. Worth getting on sale, in any event.

Excellent game! Incredibly well researched historical data and fun to play.