FreeCol is a 4X video game, a clone of Sid Meier’s Colonization. Released under the GNU General Public License, FreeCol is free and open source software.

FreeCol is mostly programmed in Java and should thus be platform-independent. In practice, it is known to run on Linux and Windows, as well as Mac OS X (with some limitations).

While remaining faithful to the original in terms of mechanics and gameplay, Freecol sports a new set of redesigned graphics. Moreover, in addition to the classical Colonization rules, it features an additional ruleset that incorporates ideas that didn’t make it to the final version of Meier’s game, requests by fans and original concepts like new European players with new national bonuses.

In FreeCol the player leads the colony of a European power in the New World, engaging in production, trade and warfare. The game is played by building settlements and moving units such as ships, workers and soldiers on a map. FreeCol starts in the year 1492 and can be won by either declaring independence and defeating an army from the motherland, or by defeating the colonies of all the competing European powers by the year 1600.

Another important factor are the numerous settlements of different Native American nations. Native settlements can be traded with to gain gold or they can be conquered for treasure. Native settlements can also teach the player’s colonists and turn them into specialist. Specialists are not necessary for anything, because in FreeCol any unit can be assigned any task, but specialist are considerably more productive when assigned in their trade. Most specialist can be trained for gold in Europe or come as settlers for free, but certain specialist, namely the “expert fur trapper”, the “master cotton planter”, the “master tobacco planter” and the “master sugar planter” can only be trained at certain native settlements.

The player may trade with Europe using various natural resources which are produced in settlements or acquired from trade with natives. In each settlement the player can also build up industrial buildings to convert raw materials into processed goods, which sell for more in Europe, providing a significant economic advance.

OS Supported: Windows, Mac, Linux
License Type: GNU General Public License
Site Link: http://www.freecol.org/
Download Page: http://www.freecol.org/download.html

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