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role-playing video game
Sword of Aragon
By Strategic Simulations, released 1 Jan 1989
- Microsoft Windows
- DOS
- strategy video game
What it is
Sword of Aragon is a fantasy strategy and role-playing game from Strategic Simulations, first released in 1989. You inherit the late Duke of Aladda’s position in the Aragonian Empire and must expand the domain, build an army, and pursue a crown in Tetrada. Progress depends on managing limited resources, planning military campaigns, and making decisions in combat. Recruitment includes knights, priests, warriors, mages, rangers, cavalry, infantry, and bowmen; units can also be equipped with different armor types. The game blends character and army development with resource management and battles against threats to Aladda and its surrounding lands. It is available for Windows, with the original game also listed for DOS. The Steam version includes single-player play and Family Sharing. Its strategic focus and range of recruitable unit types make it a historical fantasy campaign built around growing a realm through military planning.
What players like, and what they don't
- Recruitable units include mages, rangers, cavalry, and bowmen
- Units can use different armor types
- Combines resource management and military planning
- Single-player and Family Sharing listed
- No multiplayer feature is listed
- Steam platform listing names Windows only
Who it suits
A fit for players interested in fantasy strategy with resource allocation, army building, and RPG elements. It may also suit DOS-era game enthusiasts.
Sword of Aragon centers its fantasy setting on managing a domain and building a varied army. Players looking for multiplayer should note that only single-player is listed.
