Fog of War

A staple in both the real-time and turn-based strategy genres, Fog of War simulates the unknowns of the battlefield by covering areas of the map, to be progressively revealed by the player.

Overview

Fog of War is a common concept found in many combat-based real-time and turn-based strategy games. In addition to providing the player with an exploration incentive to uncover the game world, it also serves to mask the disposition and movements of enemy forces. This simulates the fact that any commander is forced to rely on imperfect and incomplete information on the battlefield, and often must improvise based on intuition and common sense. Typically, as a game, map, or level advances, area is progressively revealed as a player's units "see" the area with their own eyes. As a player's units become privy to their opponents, this information is in turn revealed to you, the player, in order to act. In many cases, this new knowledge is temporary; when your units leave the area, their real-time knowledge of the situaiton on the ground (and thus, yours) disappears as well.

forum	Worst Fog of War	3clipse
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Name	Platforms	Developer
Ikariam	PC
Small Soldiers: Squad Commander	PC	DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C.
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm	MAC, PC	Blizzard Entertainment
Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void	MAC, PC	Blizzard Entertainment
Galactic Civilizations (Deluxe Edition)	PC
Heroes of Newerth	MAC, PC	S2 Games, LLC
Galactic Civilizations II:endless universe	PC	Stardock Corporation
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising released on March 11, 2010	PC	Relic Entertainment
Star Trek Online released on Feb. 2, 2010	PC	Perpetual Entertainment, Cryptic Studios
League of Legends released on Oct. 27, 2009	PC	Riot Games

Concept Name:	Fog of War
Appears in:	277 games
First appearance:
Aliases

	Kanbei
	Sonja
	Admiral Aken Bosch
	Jim Raynor
	Sarah Kerrigan
	Fenix
	Makaan
	The Poopsmith
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