2005 headquarters grenoble meylan france key people philippe thibaut ceo philippe malacher lead developer products birth of america ageod s american civil war napoleon s campaigns see complete products listing . slogan discovery brainstorm passion website www.ageod.com ageod is a developer and publisher of pc games . the company is incorporated in france and has its head office located in grenoble . the company specializes in developing its own history oriented strategy video games built with its proprietary engine age adaptive game engine but also publishes third party titles . ageod s main goal is offering to players original cultural and gaming creations developed by small independent studios and producers that have trouble finding an outlet within the traditional organization of the market . 1 contents 1 history 2 adaptive game engine age 3 games 3.1 games developed by ageod 3.2 games published by ageod 4 references 5 external links history edit ageod age online distribution was founded by philippe thibaut designer of board game europa universalis pax romana and great invasions and philippe malacher age engine creator in 2005 . 2 the first game distributed by ageod was birth of america a turn based strategy game about the french and indian war that took place in the seven years war and also the american war of independence . the second game ageod s american civil war is also a realistic historical turn based strategy game about the american civil war including political and economic options . the third game napoleon s campaigns is the successor of birth of america with a tight focus on strategy during the napoleonic wars . in 2008 ageod released birth of america 2 wars in america which expanded the previous game birth of america by a larger map new rules and new scenarios and campaigns . on 17 december 2009 ageod was acquired by paradox interactive . 3 in 2012 paradox france was split away from paradox development studio to work exclusively on games utilizing the age engine with full autonomy . development of napoleon s campaigns ii was shifted from being partially developed by paradox development studio to being solely developed by them utilizing the clausewitz engine . 4 adaptive game engine age edit for its own titles ageod created and further develops the adaptive game engine age a generic platform for turn based strategy games that is expandable and adaptable to different game scenarios . the engine comes in three main versions which in simplest terms determines the breadth and depth of the game which is build upon it . the scope may be heavily oriented towards a traditional war game e.g. birth of america napoleon s campaigns birth of america 2 wars in america or much higher level with elements of country management diplomacy resource management e.g. ageod s american civil war and grand strategy considerations e.g. pride of nations . the modularity of the age engine allows ageod to back port many features of recent releases to existing titles practising a patch policy that goes beyond mere bug fixing . games edit games developed by ageod edit birth of america 2006 ageod s american civil war 2007 napoleon s campaigns 2007 birth of america 2 wars in america 2008 rise of prussia 2010 revolution under siege 2010 pride of nations 2011 alea jacta est video game 2012 5 ageod s american civil war ii 2013 6 birth of rome 2013 espana 1936 video game 2013 hannibal terror of rome 2014 to end all wars video game 2014 thirty years war 2015 wars of napoleon 2015 games published by ageod edit great invasions 2006 wicked defence 2007 montjoie 2007 world war one 2008 references edit http www.birth of america2.com ageod eu quisommesnous.php archived 13 july 2008 at the wayback machine . retrieved on 14 july 2008 http www.birth of america2.com ageod eu quisommesnous.php archived 13 july 2008 at the wayback machine . retrieved on 14 july 2008 http forum.paradoxplaza.com forum showthread.php t 450218 http forum.paradoxplaza.com forum showthread.php 611767 paradox interactive amp paradox france http www.matrixgames.com news 959 alea.jacta.est.announced http www.matrixgames.com products 500 details civil.war.ii external links edit ageod homepage ageod community forums english with french and spanish sub forums pride of nations website alea jacta est website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ageod & oldid 742012111 categories companies established in 2005video game companies of francevideo game development companieshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksuse dmy dates from march 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent 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