Bos Wars

The game map initially starts with a fog of war covering all areas which is not covered by the player's units range of view. As the units explore the map, the darkness is removed. Revealed areas which are not in view range are again darkened to hide enemy unit movement on those areas. All players have the same buildings and units. There is no research in the game so you can instantly build new buildings, aircraft, land vehicles and troops after you have collected enough resources to build them.

The resources in the game are magma and energy. Magma is gathered by engineers or harvesters from rocks or manufactured by magma pumps from hot spots. Energy is gathered by engineers or harvesters from trees or morels, or manufactured by power plants.

The project was started by Tina Petersen, as Invasion - Battle of Survival. When Petersen died in 2003, François Beerten became the project's leader. The first v1.0 public release was in March 2004. In June 2007, the Stratagus game engine was merged with BOS and the game became known as Bos Wars. There have been two releases in the last ten years, the most recent in 2023.

Bos Wars was on LinuxLinks "42 More of the Best Free Linux Games" list as well as their later top one hundred list. PC Advisor wrote in 2010: "Bos Wars is an entertaining game, but one that takes some time and effort to learn - it's strictly for those who like an RTS challenge". Amiga Future concluded that Bos War is a bit lethargic. It contains no background music and only limited sound.

The art style has aged, animations are sparse and there is no attention to detail. The gameplay while easy to understand doesn't give satisfaction.