The game was released on Jan 25, 2018, being developed by French company AGEOD and published by Slitherine Ltd.[1] Covering all Europe, from the Atlantic to Russia, and from Southern Spain to Scandinavia, the map has over 5,000 different regions.
The game includes numerous historical leaders, including Charles XII of Sweden, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, Prince Eugene of Savoy or admiral George Rooke.
Furthermore, the game portrays hundreds of various historical units, from regular infantry to Winged Husssars, life guard units and various mercenary troops, as well as ships, ranging from small riverine boats to huge ships of the line.
The editors from the Big Boss Battle gaming news website wrote: "The ease of movement, army structuring and information access makes an exceptionally deep strategy game immediately accessible"[2].
Italian website SpazioGames notes that "Wars of Succession is a real turn based strategy game, but it has some technical problems" and gave it a score of 65[4].