Strategy Challenges Collection

Strategy Challenges Collection 1
Strategy Challenges Collection 1
Developer(s)	Edmark
Publisher(s)	Edmark (formerly); The Learning Company (currently)
Platform(s)	Windows, Macintosh
Release	1995 (SCC1); 1997 (SCC2)
Genre(s)	Educational
Mode(s)	Single player/Multiplayer

Strategy Challenges Collection is a two-game series of educational video games created by Edmark. The first game, initially released as Strategy Games of the World and later re-released as Strategy Challenges Collection 1, was released in 1995. A sequel was released in 1997 entitled Strategy Challenges Collection 2: In the Wild.

Gameplay

The games each feature three strategy games that the user can play against the computer or another user. In the first game, they are Nine men's morris, Gomoku, and Mancala. In 2, these games are Tablut, Jungle (called "Jungle Chess" in the program) and Surakarta.

Each game has three levels and provides the user with the ability to decide whether a computer opponent will play offensively or defensively. There are six computer opponent characters (two for each of the three levels) and each always plays either offensively or defensively. However, each of them appear on a different level in each game. If one plays another user instead of the computer, the leveling will not have any effect on gameplay.

Reception

Strategy Challenges Collection II was a finalist for the Computer Game Developers Conference's 1996 "Best Educational Game" Spotlight Award,^[1] but lost the prize to Freddi Fish 2.^[2]

References

^ Staff (April 15, 1997). "And the Nominees Are..." Next Generation. Archived from the original on June 5, 1997.
^ "Spotlight Awards Winners Announced for Best Computer Games of 1996" (Press release). Santa Clara, California: Game Developers Conference. April 28, 1997. Archived from the original on July 3, 2011.

External links

Strategy Challenges Collection at MobyGames

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[spotlightnoms1996-1] Staff (April 15, 1997). "And the Nominees Are..." Next Generation. Archived from the original on June 5, 1997.

[spotlight1997-2] "Spotlight Awards Winners Announced for Best Computer Games of 1996" (Press release). Santa Clara, California: Game Developers Conference. April 28, 1997. Archived from the original on July 3, 2011.

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