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Game #3628
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  Pentagrama    View all Top Dogs in this genre
War   Miniature or squad

Rating: 8.31 (29 votes)

Pentagrama box cover

Pentagrama screenshot
Pentagrama is a fun beer-and-pretzel turn-based wargame that combines traditional turn-based strategy with boardgame elements in a very innovative way.

The best way to describe Pentagrama is probably to say it’s your average star-shaped, wooden peg solitaire game, except with animated soldiers instead of pegs. In this game, you are crowned King and commander of your race that occupies one vertex of a star-shaped world. Four other races occupy the other vertices, but only two of those are hostile to you – these are the ones that occupy the two opposite vertices of the star. Your objective is to kill the leaders of the two hostile races. The same objective applies to computer players as well. Whenever there's an encounter, the game zooms into the action, and you will watch the cartoony units fight it out in simple rock-paper-scissor style (replacing it with elements e.g. wind, fire, water, etc.) The 3D engine features excellent, crisp graphics, and the user interface is easy to learn. The game includes a full-fledged tutorial, and the ability to host and join LAN games to play against other human players.

Although the full game with five human players can take hours to finish (especially if your friends are as good as you are ;)), a normal game against computer opponents is considerably shorter. The unique shape of the battlefield makes for interesting strategies, although it would be nice if the actual close combat were more complex. As it stands, though, Pentagrama is a fun and accessible wargame that strategy gamers everywhere should enjoy. Two thumbs up!

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: Unknown
Developer: Toolworks
Publisher: Freeware
Year: 2001
Software Copyright: Toolworks
Theme: Unique
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System Requirements: Windows XP
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If you like this game, try: Liquid War, Theatre of War, Battle Bugs

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