These expressive prints had a wide range in tone, from humorous to instructive to sharp political and social commentary. The prints, which often depicted narratives from a historical event, literature, or a religious tale, were used to make such stories accessible to illiterate people.
Lubok gained popularity in Russia beginning in the late 17th century. The prints were often characterized by simple, colorful graphics depicting a narrative, and could also include text. The caption explains: "A brave detachment of Cossacks destroyed German hussars near Sochaczew." Lubok is a Russian word for popular prints created from woodcuts, engravings, etchings, or later, by using lithography. The game system is arranged to reduce per-unit control and resource micromanagement, and to turn to global goals of powerful economy formation, science development, the capturing of new lands, and defending borders.This print showing a battle between troops on horseback is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library.
One can carry out lingering city sieges, wage guerilla wars, capture commanding heights and arrange ambushes, deploy landing forces on enemy shores, and conduct sea battles.
Thus, England is the mightiest sea power, Austria has powerful light and heavy cavalry, and Cossacks are the pride of the Ukrainian army.īattles of up to 8,000 units may be conducted on single or network game maps. Each has its own original graphics, economic and technical development peculiarities, military advantages and drawbacks, and unique units and technologies, providing vast choices of tactics and strategy in war against any enemy. There are 16 nations or regions in Cossacks: Algeria, Austria, England, France, the Netherlands, Piemonte, Poland, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Saxony, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, and Venice. Cossacks: European Wars is a historical real-time strategy based on events of the 16th through the 18th centuries in Europe, when nations and states were created and demolished, and wars shed seas of blood.
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