After Spellcross: Interdimensional Warfare

After Spellcross: Interdimensional Warfare, abbreviated as AS:IW and ASIW, is a grand strategy video game developed by Pancakers & Co. and published by Paladin's Watch and Kamantanov Games for Microsoft Windows and Dynamo Screens on January 12, 2011.
After Spellcross: Interdimensional Warfare allows the player to take control of one of the many nations and guide it through the post-Spellcross era and the years immediately before and after. After Spellcross: Interdimensional Warfare is one of several games in the eponymous series of grand strategy wargames.
==Gameplay==
Players take control of nations before, during and after the Spellcross War. There are several worlds from which players would deploy units to and from worlds their nations were part of. The game is similar to Call of War, Conflict of Nations: Modern Warfare, and Hearts of Iron.
==Expansion packs==
===Strangereal Pack===
The Strangereal Pack, also known as the Welcome to Strangereal Pack, is the first expansion pack for ASIW. The Strangereal Pack included the world of Strangereal from the Ace Combat series by Project ACE. Those who bought the Strangereal Pack will also acquire two game maps: Occupation of Osea and Crisis in Usea.
====Special Game Maps====
Occupation of Osea: Occupation of Osea, also known as Turmoil in Osea, is one of two special game maps from the Strangereal Pack. The game map took place in the Osean continent, where the Osean Federation, as a result of its territorial ambitions and warmongering actions by a hawkish president, was defeated and occupied. The former Osean Federation is divided into three factions: the Osean Resistance, remnants of the Osean Federation and its military supplied by Yuktobania, Emmeria, and Nordennavic, and utilized a large air force; the Novayan Occupation Forces, which is composed of Novayan, Saderan, and 1st Generation Client States forces; and the Saiyanese Occupation Forces, which is made up of Saiyanese and Falmartian forces.
*Novayan Occupation Forces: The Novayan Occupation Forces is one of three main factions in the Occupation of Osea game map. The Novayan Occupation Forces favored highly-trained and highly-equipped units with emphasis on combined arms and blitzkrieg tactics, using brute force and is robust to take extra hits; units belonging to any Novayan Occupation Forces nation were expensive in costs but make up for it with mobility, defense and damage. The Novayan Occupation Forces' goal is to reform the Osean Federation and its government and install a president, one who is not a warhawk and who understands what the people wanted.
*Osean Resistance: The Osean Resistance is one of three main factions in the Occupation of Osea game map. The Osean Resistance favored airpower with an emphasis on air superiority, strategic destruction, and battlefield support; ground units belonging to Osean Resistance nations have lower unit movement speed but makes up for it with quick unit production. The Osean Resistance's goal is to kick out the foreign occupying powers of Osea and rebuild the Osean Federation.
*Saiyanese Occupation Forces: The Saiyanese Occupation Forces is one of three main factions in the Occupation of Osea game map. The Saiyanese Occupation Forces favored surprise attacks and technological and territorial advantages with emphasis on Vietnam War-era tactics and large ground forces; units belonging to any Saiyanese Occupation Forces nation are more vulnerable but make up for it with superior firepower. The Saiyanese Occupation Forces' goal is to install a pro-Saiyanese government and prevent a resurgence of anti-foreign sentiments in Osea.
Crisis in Usea: Crisis in Usea, also known as the Usean Crisis and the Lighthouse Crisis, is one of two special game maps available in the Strangereal Pack. The game map took place in the continent of Usea during the Lighthouse War, which not only saw the destruction of Osean and Erusean satellites by Erusea and Osea but also led to a crisis and anarchy in the Usean continent, which sees an Erusean civil war and the breakaway Erusean regions declaring their independence.
The game featured the following nations: the Novayan Expeditionary Forces, the IUN Peacekeeping Forces, the Breakaway Erusean Regions, and the Erusean Radicals. The game also featured a negative effect known as the Loss of Satellite and Information Network, which gave the parties in the game map debuffs resulted from the destruction of the satellite and information network.
*Breakaway Erusean Regions: The Breakaway Erusean Regions were exactly what they are, breakaway regions declaring their independence from the Kingdom of Erusea. Breakaway Erusean Regions start only with small amounts of units composed of Erusean and local military forces. The Breakaway Erusean Regions' goal is to protect their independence. Due to the nature of the Breakaway Erusean Regions, each Breakaway Erusean Region have its own capital.
*Erusean Radicals: The Erusean Radicals were a faction in the Erusean military composed of young Erusean officers pushing for the development and advancement of their nation's drone program. Erusean Radical air units included drones. The Erusean Radicals controlled enclaves, exclaves and strips of territories which contain drone facilities. The Erusean Radicals' goal is to protect the drone facilities and continue the war, whether everyone wanted it or not. Due to its nature of literally popping up anywhere, the Erusean Radicals is seen as a playable Rogue State.
*IUN Peacekeeping Forces: The IUN Peacekeeping Forces is the military force of the International United Nation, or IUN, composed of naval, air and ground units; while some of these were Usean military units, over half of the IUN-PKF's units belong to the Osean Defense Forces; some were composed of Erusean military units which fought the Erusean Radicals and later Strangereal military units. The goal of the IUN Peacekeeping Forces is to protect the International Space Elevator, perform humanitarian and peacekeping operations, and, if possible, fight the Erusean Radicals. The capital of the IUN Peacekeeping Forces is the International Space Elevator.
*Novayan Expeditionary Forces: The Novayan Expeditionary Forces is a forward-deployed military force deployed on the orders of the Novayan Admiralty and High Command; the Novayan Expeditionary Forces' mindset is eerily similar to that of the United North American States during its involvement in the Middle East. NEF units were highly-trained and highly-equipped but expensive. The Novayan Expeditionary Forces' goal is to perform humanitarian operations and engage the Erusean Radicals. The Novayan Expeditionary Forces' capital is Comberth.
===Interplanetary Pack===
The Interplanetary Pack is the second expansion pack for ASIW. The Interplanetary Pack contain a series of maps taking place in planets and moons of the Luna System.
==Author's Notes==
==Credits==
The Ace Combat franchise belongs to Project Ace and Bandai.