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Concept
Help Save the
Admiral in this deep thinking
strategy naval game as you battle your
opponent for control of the oceans with
Battleships, Destroyers,
Submarines, Carriers, and other ships. The
quick playing, turn based action constantly challenges
you with knife-edge decisions
and planning that feels almost
chess-like at times.
 In
Lost Admiral Returns, you
design your own fleet of Battleships,
Destroyers, Submarines, Carriers and other ships to
battle your enemy for control of the oceans by
capturing and keeping vital
coastal cities. Over time, you also earn
customized flagships with powerful abilities that give
you an edge in crucial battles. You will need this edge
when undertaking intense
missions to help Save the Admiral from his
plight. These missions complement the background battle
for Victory Points from cities with a wide range of
challenges and tasks that must be accomplished quickly
for total victory.
 Out think
and out maneuver your opponent to bring victory to your
side! Games last for a certain number of turns. Each
turn move your ships to capture cities and to fight the
enemy. Earn victory points every turn for each
city under your control.
The winner is determined by comparing
victory point totals at the end of the game. Some maps
have starting setups for each side that favor one
player, requiring that player to score quite a few more
victory points than the other player to win!
 The
inspiration for this game is “Lost Admiral” which
Thurston originally created with the now long dead
publisher QQP back in 1991 and was so simple that it ran
off 5 ¼ floppy disks, and was designed to be playable
off of those disks for those people who did not have a
hard-drive on their computer… talk about ancient
history, grin! The original Lost
Admiral won "Strategy Game of the Year"
from Computer Gaming World Magazine in
1992.
The new Lost Admiral Returns
retains the spirit and deep,
simple game play of the old Lost Admiral,
with totally new layers of
interwoven missions and challenges that build
up the story of Saving the Lost Admiral. None of the
old code or graphics were modern enough to use in LAR,
so the game is entirely new, and direct marketed over
the Internet as “Try before you Buy” software with a 30
day trial period.
Read more about the new game in two chapters from the
player's manual:
Introduction to the World of Lost Admiral Returns
One page summary of
Lost Admiral Returns
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