Sid Meier's Colonization: The Official Strategy Guide (Prima's Secrets of the Game) [Paperback]

Bruce Shelley (Author)

Book Description

Series: Prima's Secrets of the Game | Publication Date: December 19, 1994

From the team that designed the bestselling game Sid Meier's Civilization (more than 500,000 units sold!) comes an exciting new sequel: Colonization! This "official" guide, written with an insider's perspective, gives the avid gamer a wealth of information about the strategies and insights needed to excel at the game.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games (December 19, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559586222
• ISBN-13: 978-1559586221
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,485,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Strategy Guide..., June 17, 2011

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VinnyBarb - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sid Meier's Colonization: The Official Strategy Guide (Prima's Secrets of the Game) (Paperback)

This guide is what should have been included with the game as what you get with it when buying the game is just the basics, nothing more, nothing less. One needs to play this game at least a couple of times without having this Guide only to find out what this Strategy Guide is already explaining and telling the player. If one is a novice at these type of games, by reading the Strategy Guide beforehand, one can dive straight into the game knowing what is right and what is not playing it and become an instant Expert by doing so.

Further, there are tips and tricks explained in the Guide for this game which one only will get to know AFTER one plays this game several times without this Strategy Guide. Possibly after one already put the game aside of it either being too hard to play or possibly (more realistically I would say) for not knowing the full potential of game play one can get out of the game and therefore getting the full satisfaction this game deserves playing it.

I found out quite a few things about the way this game works after I had put this game away, so much I learned from reading the Strategy Guide, I started to play the game again, knowing now what I did not know beforehand. This gave me a whole new perspective of playing the game, a much more satisfying experience doing so.

I can recommend this book to anyone playing Sid Meier's Colonization, it will open up a whole new gaming experience of playing it, even for the seasoned veteran playing the game.

VinnyBarb

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Purchase This Book, January 2, 2011

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Alan Hays - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sid Meier's Colonization: The Official Strategy Guide (Prima's Secrets of the Game) (Paperback)

Sid Meier's Colonization: The Official Strategy Guide (Prima's Secrets of the Game)- copyrighted 1995 by MicroProse Software, Inc. has almost nothing to do with the "Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization" game by Firaxis. Although the same general format and story line are similar, the details are so different that the "Strategy Guide" is useless for the Firaxis game currently on the market. It is a shame because this game needs a deeper explanation for anyone over 16.