strategy trial software / shareware for linux

ButterFlight is a new wonderful game for Linux! You play on the glade that is filled with the multicolored butterflies. At every round, you have to collect a certain number of butterflies of a particular color on the glade.

You can flip and rotate the butterflies sitting there - try to bring those of the same color together. They will fly away, freeing the place that will be filled with the new butterflies. There are four different game modes.

Swap butterflies so that you could collect 3 or more butterflies of the same color together. White Butterfly matches the butterfly of any color. To pass to the next level - collect definite butterflies (number and color are denotedin the bottom-left corner).

You are the Lord of the Butterflies. An evil witch has imposed spell on you and you lost your wings. To weave the new wings you have to collect a great number of different butterflies. Your little friends wanted to help you, but to make sure that you are really their lord, the butterflies decided to put you to the test. You should do all your best to win their
confidence. The family of your courtiers, who believe in you, will help you to make up the combination from any type of the butterflies.

You play on the glade that is filled with the multicolored butterflies. At every round, you have to collect a certain number of butterflies of a particular color on the glade. You can flip and rotate the butterflies sitting there - try to bring those of the same color together. They will fly away, freeing the place that will be filled with the new butterflies. The move is only possible if the result of it is the good combination, that is some butterflies will fly away from the field.

The type of the butterflies you have to collect, as well as their number, is indicated in the Left section. You can also see the number of possible moves there. You may use the Auto button to make the computer play the next good move - but youd get no points for it.

There are four different game modes: Pairs, Twins, Quads and Triads.

In Pairs and Twins, you can interchange two neighboring butterflies; you should collect a straight line of three or more similar butterflies, to make them fly.

In Quads and Triads, you can rotate groups of four or three butterflies respectively, either clockwise (with left mouse button) or anti-clockwise (with right mouse button). If you manage to collect four or more butterflies of the same type together (not necessarily in one row) they will fly.

Be the true Lord of the Butterflies! Good luck!

Relata is a web-based application that enables workgroups and individuals to get more done in less time. Relata project can make you and your workgroup more efficient, organized and productive.
Relata Enterprise enables enterprises to gain a competitive advantage by better executing their strategy through alignment of employees activities with corporate outcomes.
Main features:
- manage personal and corporate goals
- eliminate redundant tasks and automate others
- capture and centralize knowledge assets
- upload and share files with others
- access knowledge and information rapidly
Modules:
- Contact Manager
- Activity Manager
- Account Manager
- Outcomes / Focus Areas
- Log Manager
- Group E-mail
- Knowledge Management
- File Manager
- Note Manager
- Messages
- Statistics and Reports
- Search Engine
- Backup

Lunar Domination is a financial strategy game that combines traditional war strategy elements with business and finances. Lunar Domination pits you against a challenging opponent in a fight for the domination of the lunar ore market. Unlike most strategy games that you are probably used to, Lunar Domination has no weapons or violence of any kind. The only weapon that is available to you in this game is your mind.
Lunar Domination is based on the concept of a market economy, and revolves around the competition between you and your opponent. In order to defeat your opponent, you must be the first to fill the ore quotas of two of the three clients in the scenario. Accomplishing this involves buying land, constructing buildings, and of course mining and selling the ore to the clients. Six different buildings with a unique approach to game economy, land management and resource management combine to create a challenging and rewarding experience.
Main features:
- Quick introductory tutorial so you can start playing in just ten minutes.
- Turn based gameplay, so you can take your time to weigh your decisions.
- Adjustable difficulty level to make the game challenging, but not too hard.
- Large and small scenarios so you can pick how long you want to play.
- Runs on most computers including laptops, 3D graphics card not required.
Installation instructions:
If your distribution is LSB compliant, the installer will create a program group and desktop shortcut for you. Otherwise you will have to create a shortcut manually, or run the game from the command line.
To run the game from the command line, you must run the shell script named "launch_lunar_domination" that is located in the games install directory. Running the executable directly will not work.
Known issues:
To run the game you must have libc version 2.4 or higher installed. Recent versions of most Linux distributions meet this requirement. If you have an older version of a distribution, an appropriate update should be available for it from its maintainers to upgrade to libc 2.4.
If you are running the 64-bit version of Ubuntu, you will need to install the package "ia32-libs" if you have not done so already. This package provides support for running 32-bit applications. Other 64-bit Debian based distributions (including Debian itself) may require installation of this package as well if it was not installed by default.

Sharpen your swords and fire up the cauldrons--Soulblighter is back! Bungies thrilling strategy adventure, Myth II: Soulblighter, brings back the scourge of the West and challenges you with all-new scenarios and improved graphics and 3D rendering.

In command of a ragtag army of beserkers, dwarves, soldiers and sorcerers, you are the last hope (yet again) of saving the folk of Madrigal and the West from the evil might of Soulblighter and his minions. Test your fortitiude by challenging others on your network or online to a battle to the death, or cross swords and sages with Soulblighter himself. For fantasy gamers, this is far better than a slab of roast beast washed down with a tall ale...

Thanks to the efforts of Loki, this awesome adventure is now available for Linux 2.x and glibc2. Now you can match the power of your sorcery with the power of your favorite operating system. Get it now...before its too late.

This game combines arcade elements with a bit of strategy.
There are nine rather different games packed into it, and three skill levels for each one.

A fancy playing field shape gives you a great chance to excersize your pool skills. One more nice thing - the two-player modes were added - no more arguing with your relatives over whose turn is to play now.

Installation

Mysterious Palantir runs on all major Linux flavors (RedHat, Debian, Mandrake,
SuSE, Slackware and others). It is distributed as a gzipped tar archive
bshooter.tgz To install and run this game on your Linux system, please do
the following:

1) copy the file to a directory of your choice

2) unpack the archive:

tar xzvf palantir.tgz

3) go into Palantir directory and run the game:

cd Palantir;

palantir

The trial copy of the program will expire in 14 days. You can obtain a
registration key any time during or after the trial period.

Game Rules

Look at the board - there are some spheres in the middle of its sides. Just click on one of them and it becomes active. The sphere will fly in the direction you point. Inside a small hexagon in the middle of the board you can see some other spheres - they show the color of the next ones, so you may develop your own game strategy. The numbers in a light

blue hexagon at the right of the board indicate the number of unsuccessful attempts left till the end of the game round.

You will get some points if the sphere you have shot joins a group of spheres of the same color and they disappear. You will get ten times more points for every sphere that fell apart if they werent connected to the center of the board. If you havent removed any sphere by your shot - the number of attempts decreases and when it equals to zero new lines will appear from the center of the board and a new game round will begin. New lines will appear if the sphere you have shot hits the sides of the board it has come from and disappears. But in this case you wont lose your attempts.

You may choose between nine different games available (click on the `Pick game button). First six games are single player games and the last three are multiplayer ones.

In the single player game your goal is to remove all the spheres off the board. You will have twice more points if you manage to kick off all the spheres of the same color. On the other hand the number of lines that appear at the end of every game round increases too.

In multiplayer games you should achieve different goals. The board is divided into two parts here. One half of which belongs to you and another - to your opponent. Your goal is to remove all the spheres from your half of the board and those common for both players lying on the line dividing the board. You should also fill the opponents half and make the spheres overflow its borders. Keep in mind that the player on whose part of the board the spheres have been removed will get points.

Try to clear your half of the board and your score will be doubled and the game will be over. In case the spheres overflow the board the game is over too. You will lose all your points and lose the game if spheres overflow the board on your half. Another player must follow the same rules. At the beginning of every game you can choose players - either

human or computer ones. You will watch the game in Demo Mode if you choose both players as computer players.

Watching the Demo will help you to understand the rules of the game.

The critically acclaimed blockbuster strategy-simulation hit "Railroad Tycoon II" along with "Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century Expansion Pack" from developer PopTop Software and publisher Gathering of Developers is now available for Linux!

These real-time strategy simulation games place gamers in a world of big business, expansionism and engineering in which all aspects of the railroad industry can be controlled. Named Strategy Game of the Year by Computer Games Strategy Plus and Imagine Games Network, Railroad Tycoon II captures the authentic look and feel of the fabled late-1800s railways and focuses on industries such as coal, steel and textiles.

Railroad Tycoon II has over 34 types of cargo and 50 train engines, and also features sophisticated economic system and simulated stock market. Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century focuses on the post-industrial years of the 1930s through 2030.

In The Second Century, gamers encounter world catastrophes such as World War II, the Cold war and global warming, and must solve modern problems such as the increasing demand for mass transportation in major cities.

Railroad Tycoon II is the first game developed exclusively for 1024 x 768 resolution computer screens in either 16-bit or 8-bit color. It supports multi-play over LAN and the Internet.