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December 2002

3rd December 2002 - Conquest of Elysium available for Mac OS X
Download a demo here.

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November 2002

18th November 2002 - Dominions faq updated
Read it here.

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September 2002

22nd Sepember 2002 - Dominions version 1.13 available
You can download it from the download page and view the changes here. This latest version of Dominions also runs on Mac OS X and Power PC Linux.

19th Sepember 2002 - New Map
Alex Poger has made a new map. Download it here.

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August 2002

29th August 2002 - Dominions for MAC
Dominions will be available for MAC OS X in the 1.13 version soon to appear on your favourite website.

29th August 2002 - Links updated

29th August 2002 - New map
Tomas Olsson Gille has made a new map. Download it here.

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July 2002

23rd July 2002 - Development of Dominions II is under way
Suggestions as to how the game can be improved are welcome. You can find ongoing discussions on Usenet and the CGI-online forum.

7th July 2002 - Dominions version 1.12 patch available
Please update to this version of Dominions as it fixes an annoying bug intoduced in version 1.11 that causes the game to crash quite easily. The full version patches and an updated demo can be found on the download page and all changes can be read about here.

5th July 2002 - memory leak update
There is a memory leak in all 1.11 versions of dominions and it is triggered when using the border-only and possibly the dominion map mode. Try to only use the standard map mode and the game should run ok. A new patch that fixes this will be available in a day or three.

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June 2002

25th June 2002 - Version 1.11 memory leak
There is a memory leak in the new linux version of dominions (not sure about windows). Johan is out of town and the bug will not be fixed for some days. The mem-leak might be soundrelated, try using --nosound (I'm no linux user myself /KO).

21st June 2002 - New Maps
Two new maps can bew found in the map gallery under downloads. The first one comes with a six player scenario and is inspired by a map created by Fredrik Scheuer that might appear at a later date. The second map was created by Alex Poger with the intention to give players fair and equal starting positions.       

The link to Philippe Sacre's Dominions page has finally been added. http://www.freewebz.com/sunraybe.

20th June 2002 - Dominions version 1.11
This update to Dominions fixes some bugs. Check out the version history or download the patches .       

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April 2002

22th April 2002 - Dominions version 1.10 
This update to Dominions fixes some bugs and adds some convenience features for linux users. Check out the version history or download the patches. New manuals are available as well.

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March 2002

22th March 2002 - Dominions Linux patches available for real 
The Linux patches for Dominions were still version 1.08 even though the file said 109. This has been fixed now.

19th March 2002 - Dominions version 1.09 
This update to Dominions adds new features and fixes some bugs. Check out the version history or download the patches. There are no new manuals yet.

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February 2002

14th February 2002 - Some new player contribs
Some new .mns monsters can be found under player contribs. Predesigned pretender suggestions created by newsgroup people and compiled by George McGinn can be inspected under stuff.

14th February 2002 - New maps available
Two new maps are available for download in the map gallery 

14th February 2002 - Homepage remade
This homepage has been remade. 

12th February 2002 - Illwinter forum has crashed 
The Illwinter Discussion forum has crashed and no longer works like it is supposed to. Because of this it has been scrapped, but we have put up links to more reliable forums which discusses Dominions on the links page Also the Dominions FAQ has been updated. 

 

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January 2002

30th January 2002 - Windows demo ooops 
It turns out that the windows demo was not updated to version 1.08. Well that has been fixed now and thanks for pointing it out. Please redownload it from here

30th January 2002 - Multiplayer game and contributions 
A new multiplayer game is looking for more players (not hosted by Illwinter) and an Excel magic site spreadsheat contributed by George can be found on the download page. 

27th January 2002 - Dominions version 1.08 released 
This update to Dominions adds new features and fixes some bugs. Check out the version history or download the patches

16th January 2002 - Conquest of Elysium 2002 released 
This is an update of our old game Conquest of Elysium. It adds a few new features and monsters. Check out the history or download the demo to find out more. If you are an old CoE customer then you will shortly receive an e-mail on how to update. 

15th January 2002 - Dominions multiplayer game number 3 is finished 
This game was won by Bo Patrik playing Pythium, congratulations Boppe!



Decermber 2001

7th December 2001 - Dominions version 1.07 released
This version fixes a few bugs, you can find patches for the full version of Dominions here, you may also want to read the version history. The demo has not been upgraded to version 1.07. Use demo version 1.06 to try out the game.

5th December 2001 - New Illwinter forum.
This is a dedicated Illwinter forum and it is our official one. You can find it here.

 

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November 2001

29th November 2001 - New Dominions PbEM game, players wanted.
This game is not hosted by Illwinter. See the misc page for sign up info.

27th November 2001 - Dominions multiplayer game number 1 is finished.
The game was won by steve playing Jotunheim. Congratulations Steve!

12th November 2001 - Download page updated with user contributions.
Get them from the player contributions page. New stuff are a Java Spell Navigator, an excel Monster Manual and an updated java autobackup utility.

7th November 2001 - Dominions version 1.06 available.
Get it from the downloads page. Patches are only availbe for the full version. Version history can be found here.

 

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October 2001

18th October 2001 - Dominions Tutorial for beginners.
A Quick Start Guide for Dominions is now available on the downloads page. It comes with a precreated game and guides the player through the start of it.

17th October 2001 - Dominions just got a DVD case.
Dominions now comes in a nice looking DVD case and the whole thing costs 30 USD, no extra postage & packaging costs.

17th October 2001 - Read about Dominions.
Dominions was recently reviewed by GamersPress and Evil3d. You can find links to the reviews on the links page.

7th October 2001 - New excel table for Dominions available for download.
This excel table was contributed by a Dominions player and it can be used to keep track of which provinces you have searches for magic sites. You can find it on the Dominions player contributions page.

 

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September 2001

 

23st September 2001 - New map and scenario
Download the new Dominions map called Grana here.

21st September 2001 - Tutorial by Alex Poger
Alex Poger has submitted a getting started turtorial for Dominions. It can be very useful for new players and you can download it here.

13th September 2001 - Maps missing in Dominions Demo
All maps were missing in the Linux/Solaris version of the Dominions demo. This has been fixed now so please download it again if you didn't get the dom_maps. The Windows version was not affected by this.

12th September 2001 - Dominions Demo also upgraded to version 1.05
Now the Dominions demo has also been upgraded to the latest version. It can be downloaded from the downloads page. The windows demo now features an installation program from nullsoft to make things easier.

10th September 2001 - Dominions version 1.05 is released!
This new version features numerous bug fixes and user interface enhancements. To view a complete list of changes, take a look at the version history.

 

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August 2001

 

30th August 2001 - Want to discuss Dominions?
If you want to discuss Dominions with fellow gamers, then you might want to try either http://www.cgonline.com/ which has a Dominions forum or you could try the newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic.

25th August 2001 - The two first games hosted by Illwinter have started.
And a third game is being set up, so visit the Dominions misc page if you want to participate in a multiplayer game. Demo players are also welcome.

25th August 2001 - New Dominions Utility
An autosave and restore utility contributed by George McGinn can be found in the player contributions section .

10th August 2001 - New maps for Dominions
Four new maps can be found in the map gallery.

3rd August 2001 - Larger Homepage and new Excel Spell List
The Illwinter home page has been enlarged and we will now be able to put more player contributions here. So send them in if you have any. Björn Loesing has made a nice Dominions spell list for Excel users. You may find it in the player contributions section. Compact documentation is once again available for download due to the larger home page.

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July 2001

 

27th July 2001 - Dominions for Linux can be ordered at TuxGames
The Linux shop http://www.tuxgames.com/ now sells Dominions and Conquest of Elysium as well.

27th July 2001 - Dominions FAQ updated
You will find it here.

25th July 2001 - New map
A new map called cimmeria can be downloaded on the Map Gallery page. This map is included on the full version CD, but version<=1.02 has an error in this map. So these users will have to download the map anyway in order to play on it properly.

25th July 2001 - Dominions 1.03 is out
This new version fixes four fatal bugs, a few minor ones and adds some new features as well. A list of all changes can be found in the version history.

18th July 2001 - New Dominions strategy guide and multiplayer game
There is a new strategy guide available on How to Play Ermor and there is also an independent multiplayer game that may be joined by any Dominions players.

16th July 2001 - Join a Multiplayer game of Dominions
Take a look at the Dominions misc page in order to join one of the multplayer games that are starting. Demo players may also participate in one of the games.

12th July 2001 - Multiplayer page & Strategy guide
The Dominions web page has been updated  with a misc page containg a strategy guide on how to defeat Ermor. This page will also be used to help players find each other for multiplayer games.

3rd July 2001 - Dominions can now be ordered
Dominions is now released! A press release  can be found here.

3rd July 2001 - New version of Dominions
Version 1.02 of Dominions is completed. It is currently only available for Windows, Linux and Solaris. It fixes several minor bugs as well as adding some new features, you can read about the changes in the version history.

 

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June 2001

 

29th June 2001 - Compact manuals for Dominions
Compact manual with two sides / paper is now available for download on the Dominions downloads page.

22th June 2001 - Linux CoE Xf86dga problem fixed
CoE no longer requires the Xf86dga library to be installed.

20th June 2001 - Solaris CoE intro bug fixed
A bug that caused the intro credits to crash on solaris has been fixed and the demo on the download page has been updated.

7th June 2001 - Dominions support for HPUX and IRIX
The  Dominions demo now also works on HPUX and IRIX 6.3 although there is no sound support for these systems yet.

6th June 2001 - Dominions demo available for download
Dominions demo is available for download and the dominions page is updated with screenshots.

6th June 2001 - CoE version 2001
CoE version 2001 is available. The  new   stuff is mainly vastly improved multiplatform support. CoE can  now be played on Linux,  Solaris as well as more Windows computers than  before. CoE can now also be ordered on-line via SoftShop. Also one new  monster   has been  added and some bugs have been squashed.

 

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May 2001

 

5th May 2001 - The Illwinter is here
Bogus Game Design is no longer bogus and has changed name to Illwinter Game Design.

 

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