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TripleA
Original author(s)Sean Bridges
Developer(s)Kevin Comcowich (ComradeKev), Mark Christopher Duncan (Veqryn), Wisconsin
Initial releaseOctober 1, 2001;
23 years ago (2001-10-01)
Stable release
1.9.0.0.3635 / January 21, 2017;
7 years ago (2017-01-21)
Written inJava
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux[1]
PlatformIA-32, x64; Java SE
Size344.8 MB
Available inEnglish
TypeTurn-based strategy
LicenseGNU General Public License version 2
Websitetriplea-game.github.io Edit this on Wikidata

TripleA is a free and open-source turn based strategy game based on the Axis & Allies board game.

Gameplay

TripleA features multiplayer and several AIs[2] for single player mode. For live multiplayer games, the community maintains two lobbies for the most current Stable and Unstable versions.[2]. There is also a Play by Email multiplayer mode.

A wide variety of map scenarios have been developed for TripleA[3] (e.g. World War II, Punic Wars and Napoleonic wars)[4][5] with a variety of rules, units[6] and many options, such as "low luck" which reduces the number of dice rolled making game depend more on strategy.[7]

Development

TripleA is developed in Java and can run on personal computers with Java SE installed.[8] Some TripleA designers also worked on FreeCol, and Open General. Originally set up on Sourceforge repository in 2002, development was in 2016 migrated to Github.

Reception

TripleA has been compared to Axis & Allies and also Risk.[4][9]

A Chip.de review called TripleA a "well done copy of Axis&Allies"[10] and ranked it 30 of 238 in their strategy game ranking list. A cnet.com/download.com staff review rated it 4.5 of 5 and noted that "TripleA offer a level of complexity and detail that is reminiscent of the real thing [...] TripleA is an excellent portal to a world of historical and fantasy scenarios [...]".[7] A Games4Mac review of the macOS version rated the game 70 of 100 in 2006.[11] giga.de rated TripleA 3 of 5.[12] A review in German computer magazine LinuxUser 2007 / 12 praised the Linux version of TripleA as "among the best open source strategy games" and "ambitious and addictive game fun".[13]

TripleA was also used and mentioned in computer science relating scientific publications due to its open source nature and project size and maturity.[14][15]

The Polish game magazine CD-Action included TripleA on a cover disk in 2012.[16] Also, the game was offered from multiple download outlets as freeware download.[17][7][10] TripleA was downloaded between 2002 and 2016 alone from Sourceforge.net (before the project's transfer to github) over 1.2 million times.[18]

TripleA is in the Ubuntu Repositories and can be installed (under Ubuntu OS) by running in terminal "sudo apt-get install triplea".[19]

See also

Reviews

Community pages

References

  1. ^ "Download". triplea-game.org. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "TripleA with Java 1.2.5.4". LisiSoft. Retrieved 16 May 2017.[unreliable source?]
  3. ^ "TripleA 1.6.1.4 Download". Loadion. Heyday Entertainment. Retrieved 16 May 2017.[unreliable source?]
  4. ^ a b Moddb review on moddb.com (archived)
  5. ^ "TripleA for Linux 1.6.1.4". BrotherSoft. Retrieved 16 May 2017.[unreliable source?]
  6. ^ Soft Files review (archived)
  7. ^ a b c "TripleA Editor's review". CBS Interactive. 19 March 2011. 4.5 Outstanding
  8. ^ TripleA was ranked 2 in 2008 FreewareGenius' ranking of turn based strategy games on Freewaregenius (archived)
  9. ^ RDTechie review (archived)
  10. ^ a b TripleA on chip.de by Michael Humpa (in German)
  11. ^ TripleA Review on games4mac.de (archived, in German)
  12. ^ tripleA on giga.de (in German)
  13. ^ Die Welt ist nicht genug on LinuxUser 2007 / 12 by Kristian Kißling "TripleA gehört sicherlich zu den besten strategischen Open-Source-Spielen. Es bringt ein gut gemachtes Interface mit, bietet ansprechende Grafiken und lässt sich über das Netzwerk spielen. Zugleich bietet TripleA anspruchsvollen und süchtig machenden Spielspaß, der Sie über mehrere Stunden fesselt. Wenn Sie Strategiespiele mögen, sollten Sie TripleA eine Chance geben − es wird Sie nicht enttäuschen." (in German, December 2012)
  14. ^ An Empirical Analysis of the Distribution of Unit Test Smells and Their Impact on Software Maintenance by Gabriele Bavota, Abdallah Qusef, Rocco Oliveto, Andrea De Lucia, David Binkley, University of Salerno, University of Molise, Loyola University Maryland on 2012 28th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance
  15. ^ Mind Game: (Axis and Allies) Dissertation by David Lupien St-Pierre, University of Glasgow (2009)
  16. ^ CD-Action #789 on ry-online.pl
  17. ^ TripleA on computerbild.de (in German)
  18. ^ 2002-01-10+to+2017-05-16 downloads on sourceforge.net
  19. ^ How To Install TripleA under Ubuntu
  20. ^ Cnet article retrieved on 16 May 2017
  21. ^ Macworld article retrieved on 16 May 2017
  22. ^ Chip article retrieved on 16 May 2017
  23. ^ Ghacks article retrieved on 16 May 2017
  24. ^ Developer Blog article retrieved on 16 May 2017
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