Deep thinking strategy gaming...

Defeat your enemies in battles by outmaneuvering them for control of coastal cities with battleships, submarines, destroyers, and other types of ships.  Build your own warships and then face surprises as the enemy fleet disposition gradually reveals itself. Tease the vicious enemy artificial intelligence with feints, blockades, pinch-points, and sacrifice maneuvers on strategic and tactical levels with moves that are chess like at times.

LAR is made by Thurston Searfoss, who created the original Lost Admiral, Conquered Kingdoms, and Grandest Fleet with QQP back in 1991 through 1996.

Spice up the action with new special missions such as "Trouble Next Door", "Secrets", "Recon", "Fishing Rights", and more.  Use the random map generator for endless challenging battles.  Get the game and start enjoying the simple yet deep fun of Lost Admiral Returns.

Read an in-depth review (2004).

View a more thorough description of the naval game, or visit the walkthrough. Games can be played out in as little as 20 minutes for small battles.

Lost Admiral Returns is being worked on again, along with its sister games. Get the game to hear when the new version is ready to battle your computer, friends and family.

It is Fogstone Games deeply dedicated desire to make the new Lost Admiral Returns (LAR) as fun and enjoyable to play as possible, and a "no-brainer" replacement for the old game.

Read some recent quotes from reviewers and players about LAR:

"The best game I've played in my recent spate of reviewing is, without question, The Lost Admiral Returns. You've heard the clichés applied to other games: easy to learn, hard to master. This time it's true." - Peterb - Tea Leaves Blog

"[LAR] is clear and simple, driven by broad significant choices and an intuitive interplay among the different ships. It goes down like ice cream ... The sweet easy rock/paper/scissors of it all clicks into place." - Tom Chick - Computer Games Magazine

Back before all the mindless shooters and frenzied RTS's, there were games where you had to THINK.  Kudos to Thurston Searfoss for re-creating one of those - an amazingly fun thinking game!   AI is AWESOME! Finally a game that taxes your brain, not your wrist! -- Dallan Quass

One of the best turn style games I have played in the last 18 years. "just get lost in time once in a while"  "the perfect getaway from your daily routine"- Oliver

I love the new flagships and the flexibility in strategy that they bring - Alan How

The new Lost Admiral Returns engine is designed to adhere to the deep, fun, tried and true game play of the original TLA, with a customizable interface that does much more than the old game did, along with whole layers of new challenges and abilities that were not in the original old game.  The biggest new gaming stuff to try in the game are special “Save the Admiral” missions that add whole new knife edge aspects of victory as you balance the normal fight for Victory Points with the special mission needs…

 Lost Admiral Returns is still a turn-based game, to keep the deepest, almost chess-like strategy and planning aspects during all parts of the game play.

Many other new aspects are things like improved statistics tracking, several different ranking systems, a whole new flagship system, an extended “Save the Admiral” campaign with all new challenges, and a few more things in the works.

 Player feedback shapes Lost Admiral Returns.