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Commander Conquest of the Americas is the follow up game from Nitro Games' East India Company. Greg Wild previews the game taking a look at the naval combat and the grand strategy element of the game.
I tried to like East India Company, but I just couldn't get into it, I found the ship battles a pain to play through and the grand strategy wasn't my cup of tea really. Sounds like they may have made some improvements though!
