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Eyes of the War
Watch the American column march through the forest and report exactly what you saw.
The Wabash Run
Paddle the canoe down the Wabash and carry the council's word to every village.
The Council Fire
Lead the confederacy council and keep unity, warriors, food and trade in balance.
Fallen Timbers
Hold the line among the storm-thrown trees as the Legion comes through.
Harmar's Folly
Be the bait: draw the pursuing soldiers through the forest and into the bogs.
Over the Alps
Drive a Gladius heavy tank through the Alps in a blizzard.
The Catacombs
Sneak through pitch-black tunnels, set three charges and escape.
Fortress Dnipro
Call down artillery on the armour advancing on the city.
The Ghost Legion
Lead the retreat through the Russian winter and gather every lost soldier.
Fall of Eagles
Carry the eagle standard across the burning rooftops.
Viper
Fly Major Rick "Viper" Vance's F-15 against waves of enemy fighters over Texas.
Sleeper Cells
Stop the sleeper cells before the blackout spreads across the Texas power grid.
Rio Grande Bridges
Blow the bridges over the Rio Grande at exactly the right moment.
Signal Hunt
Tune the receiver until the intercepted signal lines up.
Heartland Airlift
Drop supply crates to cut-off positions, with the wind against you.
Thin Ice
Lead the squad across a frozen river where every step breaks the ice behind you.
Under the Barrage
Carry the wounded back to the aid station while the shells come down.
Field Telephone
Run the battalion switchboard and put every call through before the line goes dead.
Clear the Lane
Clear a lane through a German minefield, square by square.
Eighty-Five Points
Push your luck to collect the 85 points that send a soldier home.
Matchlock
Load the slow matchlock in the right order before the dead reach you.
The Iron Fortress
Post pikemen, crossbowmen and arquebusiers along the road to the fort.
Retreat to the Sea
Cover the colonists' run to the last boat with a crossbow.
The Ocean Sea
Sail a caravel through the islands, against the wind.
Burn the Dead
Place your torches so the fire reaches every one of the dead, but no house.
The Gate
Inspect every survivor at the fortress gate and let only the healthy in.
The Ruined Fort
Gather the supplies in a ruined fort while the dead roam the walls.
The Last Ship
Pack the colony's cargo into the hold of the last ship.
The Hungry Ancestors
Hold out against an endless tide of the dead with Spanish steel.
The Watchtower
Stack the timber courses of a watchtower before dark.
Red Dust Landing
Land the stolen prototype gently on the Martian landing pads.
Slingshot
Bend the paths of survey probes around moons to reach the alien signal.
Cyber-Gladiator
Fight as Cassius: read every attack, block it, then strike back.
The Quarantine Lock
Turn the rings of an alien lock until every key glyph is aligned.
The Belt
Fly a marble-hulled ship through the asteroid belt beyond Mars.
Vesta Reactor
Keep the overloaded Vesta Reactor from melting down.
The Star Map
Memorise the route across the stars and trace it again.
The Difference Engine
Set the brass levers of a mechanical computer to the right number.
Blockade Run
Thread the stolen ship through the gaps in the blockade grids.
The Warden's Shield
Break the crystal layers of the alien Warden's shield.
The Null
Hold the flying supers inside your null field until their powers fail.
Blackout District
Switch off every lit window in the district.
Curfew
Cross patrol roads and drone lanes to reach the safe houses before the siren.
Undertow Tags
Paint the resistance sign while the patrol drone looks away.
Helion
Dodge the radiance of the immortal Helion and switch him off.
Ward Swing
Swing from antenna to antenna across the rooftops, without powers.
Erased Faces
Match the erased faces and restore the resistance archive.
Stolen Current
Rotate the cables until every house in the ward has power.
Ration Run
Catch the falling rations and keep the trackers out of the cart.
The Broadcast
Type the truth onto the air before the censor deletes it.
Biplanes over the Rhine
Fly a French biplane against waves of enemy fighters in 1936.
The Bluff
Keep enough cooking fires burning to fool the enemy scouts.
The Seventy-Five
Set angle and charge to stop light tanks before they reach the line.
Dispatch Rider
Race a motorcycle along the farm roads and deliver orders under fire.
The Orchard
Advance through the orchard one bound at a time, when the gun looks away.
The Pontoon Bridge
Keep the pontoon bridge together while the infantry crosses.
The Wireless
Decode Morse messages letter by letter.
The Staff Map
Slide the torn staff map back together.
The Railhead
Throw the switches so every supply train reaches the right depot.
Pigeon Post
Fly the carrier pigeon through the gaps in the smoke of the barrage.
The Seven Grades
Bounce upward through the seven secret grades of the cult.
The Relic
Keep your eye on the urn that hides the sacred coin.
The Buried Temple
Turn the bronze mirrors to carry sunlight down to the altar.
The Circus of Antioch
Race a chariot three laps around the circus against the cult's drivers.
The Forbidden Prayer
Unscramble the words of a forbidden prayer before the lamp burns down.
Testudo
Lock the shields on the right side just before the arrows land.
The Ordeal
Repeat the rite of the seven grades from memory.
The Mason's Arch
Cut each stone exactly on its mark and raise the temple arch.
The Persian Spy
Pick out the one brother who matches every clue about the spy.
The Eastern Frontier
Take fort after fort on the Persian frontier in a turn-based campaign.
Rosa's Key
Tap out Morse code on the telegraph key to warn Washington.
Veracruz Battery
Shell the steam dreadnoughts coming out of the fog off Veracruz.
The Armoured Train
Speed up and brake to keep the armoured train out of the shell strikes.
Cavalry Raid
Run down the Pasha's supply wagons while dodging Gatling bursts.
The Streets of Puebla
Barricade the streets so the enemy column takes the longest route.
Campfire Cards
Clear the columns one card higher or lower at a time.
The Heliograph
Hold a mirror's reflection on the outposts that flash for orders.
Countermine
Dig under the fort and stop the enemy sappers before they reach the wall.
Supply Dump
Sort captured supplies in lines of three before the moves run out.
The Observation Balloon
Steer a balloon between the smoke and the ridges, counting enemy columns.
Haunebu
Fly a stolen saucer against swarms of golden alien drones.
Alien Static
Ride the rhythm of the alien static in four lanes.
Rail-Rifle
Pick off the fortress guards through a swaying scope.
Soul Siphon
Set off one charge and start a chain reaction through the soul cells.
The Drop
Freefall through flak, wire nets and drones onto the landing ring.
The Visitor Network
Drag the network nodes until no lines cross.
The Vault
Crack the vault by listening for the tumblers.
Sworn Enemies
Steer two sworn enemies at once through falling wreckage.
Anti-Gravity
Flip gravity between floor and ceiling to cross the gaps.
Against the Stars
Hold the line against the descending alien fleet.
Desert Garrison
Hold the outpost headquarters against enemy tanks.
The Ballroom
Shadow a foreign attaché through an Istanbul ballroom without being noticed.
The Cairo Wheel
Turn the cipher wheel until the intercepted message reads as a word.
The Oil Fields
Put out the burning wells before half the oil field is lost.
The Canal
Steer through a mined canal, pinging sonar to see the mines.
Desert Patrol
Drive a patrol car over the dunes without landing on the roof.
The Hidden Transmitter
Find a hidden transmitter by cross-bearing from two listening posts.
The Mirage
Spot the five differences between two reconnaissance photos.
The Motor Pool
Slide the trucks aside and get the staff car out of the yard.
The Minefield
Sweep the road with a mine detector and flag every mine.
The Kill Box
Run fence lines through the forest and box the pack into a smaller and smaller space.
Amber Shards
Shoot coloured amber shards into the vault ceiling and shatter groups of three.
Until Dawn
One flashlight, four directions and eyes circling the fire. Hold on until sunrise.
Stampede
Sprint down a logging road with the herd at your back.
Fossil Grid
Read the dig notes and uncover the fossil hidden in each grid.
Burn the Valley
Three charges, one wind and a valley full of nests. Burn them before dawn.
The Paris Strain
Pump a handcar through the Paris Métro with something hungry close behind.
The Glacier
Slide across the ice to the hatch in each crevasse. You stop only at rock.
The Ferns
Take three files from the clearing without being seen by the hunters.
Specimen Sort
Send every specimen jar to the vault, the furnace or the truck while the orders keep changing.
Quarantine Deck
Check every refugee at the rail for signs of the Blight before letting them aboard.
Harbor Control
Draw each ship's course to its pier and keep the harbor free of collisions.
The Line
Send riflemen, engineers and tanks up three lanes to break a fortified line.
Food, Fuel, Fortress
Share out the Fleet's battalions each month between farms, fuel, contracts and the garrison.
The Contract Table
Bid against rival companies for contracts you can only estimate.
The Iron Coast
Steer a cruiser along the coast and sink the ghost ships before they run aground.
Rhine Barrage
Three flak batteries and six river towns. Burst your shells in the path of the barrage.
Keep Her Level
Drop the cargo from a swinging crane so the ship stays level.
The Last Boat
Lead frightened civilians through the streets to the last boat out.
The Crossing
Take a convoy across the freezing Atlantic one square at a time.
Skyguard
Man the anti-aircraft gun and defend the factories from waves of bombers, fighters and dive bombers.
Quarantine Line
Your patrol is trapped inside quarantined Britain. Survive wave after wave of the infected and upgrade your kit.
Depth Charge
Command a destroyer off the Queensland coast and hunt enemy submarines with depth charges.
Cell Block Zero
Fight your way out of a maximum security prison with a mop handle and a stolen riot shield.
Chokepoint
Command the only warship on Gatun Lake and stop speedboats and divers before they reach the Panama Canal dam.
The Road West
Drive the convoy west from Zero Station. Dodge wrecks, find fuel and pick up survivors on an 11,000 km road home.
The Last Link
Every night the villagers of Vyrma sleepwalk toward the frozen lake. Wake them before the ice takes them.
Garonne Battery
Command a French field gun on the Garonne and shell the armoured columns rolling out of the Pyrenees.
Alpine Line
Dig in rifles, machine guns and anti-tank guns to stop the New Roman legions coming down the Alpine passes.
Shield Wall
Block attacks from three sides with perfect timing as the Templars try to break the Wolves of the Sunset.
Broadside
Take the helm of an Andalusian warship and defend the City of Peace against the Spanish fleet.
Para Drop
Parachute through flak, fighters and barrage balloons and land on the drop zone in West Africa, 1941.
Siege of Daqin
Hold the shield wall and hurl fire pots into the siege line before it reaches the gates of Rome's port city in China.
Sapper
Clear the minefields of the Sudeten Line square by square before the Shield marches west.
Blockade Runner
Fly a helicopter through the cliffs of quarantined Britain without getting caught in the blockade searchlights.
Coastwatcher
Spot and report enemy aircraft from a jungle hide, without ever reporting one of your own.
Gatun Locks
Run the Panama Canal locks, raise ships to Gatun Lake and stop the saboteur before it reaches the cut.
Nine Seals
Match the relics and bind the nine seals that held Russia shut for three hundred years.
The Crossing
Guide survivors across a highway full of the dead and a river with no bridge to reach the convoy.
Lockdown
A turn-based prison escape: every step you take, the dead take one too.
Diver Hunt
Use a limited number of sonar pings to locate hidden combat divers under Gatun Lake.
Arsenal
Merge supplies from rifle rounds to armoured trains and build the arsenal of the Slavic Shield.
Jungle Climb
Climb a jungle cliff branch by branch toward the fortress while snipers watch from the rocks.
Eagle Storm
Shoot down formations of Roman eagle drones before they reach the valley floor.
Wolves Ride
Ride for the Wolves of the Sunset from Brittany to Paris, jumping fences, ditches and Templar patrols.
Signal Flags
Memorise the flagship's signal flags and repeat the order without a mistake.
Silk Road Solitaire
A Tri-Peaks solitaire of caravans and trade goods from Rome's port city in China.
Supply Line
Steer a growing convoy through the Australian outback, collecting fuel and dodging air-raid craters.
The Last Edition
Deliver the last honest newspaper through 1929 New York without getting stopped by the patrols.
Five Hiding Places
Match pairs of evidence and hide a reporter's archive before the raid comes.
The Web
Turn the lines of a hidden network until every safe house is connected to the secret radio.
Passing Warnings
Carry a warning across the meeting hall, moving only when the guards are not looking.
Free Radio
Keep the needle on a hidden resistance broadcast while it drifts across the dial.
Aqueduct
Lay the channel stone by stone ahead of the flowing water and carry it all the way to Daqin.
Sea Road Trader
Trade silk, porcelain, spice and glass along the sea road between China and India in 120 days.
Stone Harbour
Stack falling stone blocks into solid courses and build the harbour of Daqin into the open sea.
Ramming Speed
Drive a Roman galley's bronze ram into the sides of the junks threatening the harbour.
Daqin Mahjong
A mahjong solitaire where Roman numerals and Chinese symbols share the same table.
Terminus
Keep a thousand stranded train passengers alive for sixty days in the Late Cretaceous.
Night Watch
Hold the lantern beam on the raptors circling Terminus until they break and run.
Firebreak
Clear fern and set backburns to stop a wind-driven fire front before it reaches Terminus.
Forty Metres
Dig a well straight down through solid sandstone with perfectly timed strikes before your bars wear out.
Carriage Wall
Stack the dismantled carriages of the Winter Park Express into a wall as high as you can.
Restoration
Slide the pieces back into place and restore the rooms of an old Upper East Side townhouse.
First Thursday
Serve cake, tea and coffee to the women of the Park Avenue Divorce Club before they lose patience.
The Silver Bowl
Sort a silver bowl full of wedding rings onto the stands, one matching set at a time.
Our Song
Play an old love song note by note, the one two daughters hope will bring their parents back together.
One Text Message
Guess five-letter words from the world of the book in six tries and build a streak.
The Window
Tune three dials until your reading matches the magnetic field that opens the doorway.
Lisbon, 1940
Tail a German courier through the streets of neutral Lisbon without letting him notice you.
Three Carved Stones
Turn the linked rings of a carved stone until the glyphs line up with the courier's note.
Fast Ice
Slide across the Antarctic ice shelf, stopping only at rocks, and find the route to the shaft.
The Canary
Search a dark Norwegian farmhouse for the doctor's pages while something unseen follows you.
The Wine Wagon
Push the barrels into place in the cellars of Rome so the Pope's wine wagon can leave the city.
War of Ink
Break the substitution ciphers on intercepted letters between Avignon, Venice and Rome.
The Coalition
As the exiled Pope, answer every envoy and keep a fractured Christendom in balance for as long as you can.
The Archivist
Shelve falling pages by their script, Latin, Greek, Arabic or Hebrew, and burn the forgeries.
Pike and Shot
Send pikemen, musketeers and cavalry down the road to Rome and outguess the opposing commander.
Ashoka Armour
Command the lead Ashoka heavy tank through the Khyber Pass at night.
Kabul Cipher
Break the rotor settings of an enemy cipher machine before the trail goes cold.
Crescent over the West: The Moorish Reach
Defend the City of Peace against the Spanish armada in this tower defense game.
The Slavic Shield: March on Berlin
Run and gun through ten levels from the Sudeten line to the gates of Berlin.
Back Over the Wire
Lead Operation Bright Harvest through ten levels of quarantined Britain.
The Last Rome: Siege of Daqin
Hold Rome's eastern port city in China against twelve waves of attackers.
The Bitter Pacific: Scorched Earth
Set ambushes along an enemy supply line in the 1942 Australian outback.
The Iron Pyrenees: Garonne Line
Hold the Garonne Line at Toulouse against tanks, jets and a mechanized boss.
The Equator Wars
Fight from the beaches of West Africa through ten sectors in 1941.
The Rubicon War: Frontline
Stop the New Roman legions crossing the Alps into Bavaria in 1942.
The Twilight of the Cross
Fight from the shores of Brittany to the gates of Paris in a ten-level brawler.
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