Kohan for Linux Ships

kdgarris writes: "Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns, a real-time strategy game is now available for Linux from Loki. The announcement is not yet on their website, however. A demo was made available earlier this month."

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Another site to buy Kohan

[lmd]

Kohan is also available at Tux Games and its a little cheaper as well. Disclaimer: I don't work for them or have any affiliation with them. I just have their site bookmarked.

Re:Another site to buy Kohan

[Anonymous Coward]

I've actually heard that Loki doesn't like their contractors that sell games on their behalf. One of my colleagues contacted them and they said that they'd rather you bought from a 3rd party supplier, like Tux games, because paradoxically Loki makes more money this way.
I know it's all messed up, but that's how it is.

Re:Been out for quite a while...

[Accumulator]

Yes, I've played through the demo. It is quite excellent. I'm thinking of ordering the game.

It is a good strategy-game. You build towns and upgrade them (new buildings are in the town, not separete buildings like Warcraft). And you build mines and outposts. Unlike in other similar games, you can't control one unit alone. You form companies, which can consist of up to 7 units. And you have a support-zone around your towns, so that if you loose men in a company, you only go back into a support-zone, and they will automatically be resupported with units.

The companies are also divided into 'front line' and 'support'. If you have units you don't actually have a big use for anymore, you disband them, because in this game, you pay your units salaries.

It is very difficult to control your companies during battle, because they fight their own life. And if it gets too rough, they will retreat. That is quite nice, because if you have a hero in a company, he may flee when almost everyone is dead, and then you keep him :)

Well, maybe some windozers already know everything about this game, but this is to the other slashdotters.