GOG does not provide dosbox configurations for systems other than windows (despite dosbox as an emulator being cross-plattform). Why, I don't know, some users on the forums speculate it might have something to do with licensing as publishing rights can be platform dependant. However, this should not stop you from being able to run JA on Linux or Mac. Just follow these steps: - brew install dosbox (in terminal) => installs dosbox and adds it to PATH. If you are on Linux, use the package manager of your distro. - brew install --cask wine-devel (in terminal) => installs wine windows emulator. Again, if on Linux, use your your distros's package manager instead of homebrew. I am using devel instead of staging because the current staging version (August 2023) has some bugs with other games. - download setup_jagged_alliance_1.13_(28044).exe from gog - execute the downloaded setup-exe with wine (on Mac, rightclick > open with > Wine Devel.app) - Wine will create a c: drive with typical windows filesystem folders like "Program Files" in the destination of your choice. I suggest you create a shortcut to the emulated c-drive to access it quickly. In that fake c:-drive will also be a folder "GOG Games" containing the folder with installed "Jagged Alliance" files. Inside this folder, - open dosboxja_single.conf with a text-editor and starting from imgmount, modify the next lines like this: imgmount d JA1.gog -t iso -fs iso c: cls cd JAGGED~1 JA.EXE exit - navigate to the "Jagged Alliance" folder in terminal. On a mac you can type "cd " and drag-and-drop the "Jagged Alliance" folder into the terminal window to auto-complete. As a Linux-user, you should be familiar with CLI :P - dosbox -conf dosboxja.conf -conf dosboxja_single.conf (in terminal) => execute dosbox with the modified configuration inside the "Jagged Alliance" folder. - play the game PS: kudos to fmartins from gog forums for the dosboxja_single.conf fix
At least for MacOS the current version (41.56) does not support multiplayer, the options are simply not there in the start menu. Bought the game on Steam, there it works. Game itself is niche but for "hardcore" survival/roguelike/permadeath fans very enjoyable, albeit very time-consuming and addictive. It is hard to just stop your progress (in singleplayer) and get back to it unless you survived the initial first weeks and became self-sufficient - at which point you could consider you have finished the playthrough and might start again with different settings/locations or check out the multiplayer.
The game is an obvious ripoff of the Pontifex / Bridge Builder titles. Even the name of the series sounds like Bridge Builder, so I wonder why there were no lawsuits. With this being said, the game does have one selling point, which is bringing the bridge building gerne to modern systems, including mobile phones and iOS. As for the game itself: Pros: - lots of bridge building puzzles for a couple of hours - low price - beginner friendly (mobile phone audience) - a few days worth of playtime if you really want to finish all levels (incl. DLCs) Cons: - gets repetitive pretty quickly. There are only about 4 techniques to build a bridge utilizing either hard materials (wood or steel) and cable. Everything else is just fine-tuning and adjusting to the map. - going for the highscore means abusing game glitches. Vehicles always go from the left side of the screen and just need to arrive on the right side regardless in which condition, even an exploded gas truck counts as long as both the car and cargo reach the goal line. Mixed: TLDR: get it if you need to pass time on your Mac work machine. Otherwise, try to find a copy/download of Bridge Builder 2 somewhere. It has much more material to build with, weather effects, different varieties of vehicles and better graphics.
Just a warning: do not buy this game for MacOS in its current state (March '21). 1) You will not be able to install it automatically without resorting to hacks: https://www.gog.com/forum/shadow_tactics_blades_of_the_shogun/mac_game_doesnt_show_in_applications_folder_after_being_successfully_installed 2) After the hacky installation, you should be able to run the game, but it will start full-screen, with 70 percent of the screen (on a high res Retina screen) being black, while the game itself will be a tiny window in a low resolution in the corner. You can change to non-full-screen-mode and adjust the size of the window, but that will replace the problem with another one: the mouse will not be captured inside the window and you will be unable to click on anything outside the middle of the screen, because the mouse will then click on stuff on your desktop and the game window will lose focus. I am sure the game is amazing and I will give it a try on a windows machine, but I hope GOG stops advertising it as working on MacOS, because it isn't.
