Training a student increases their chosen skill. Mercs can practice a skill by themselves or work as a trainer or student. Mercs with a tool box and mechanical skill can be set to repair damaged weapons, tools and armour. Mercs with a medical kit and medical skill can be set to tend to wounded mercs this significantly quickens their recovery. This screen is used to give mercenaries tasks. From here, the player can access the game's laptop function, allowing the player to receive emails from characters, buy weapons and equipment, and hire and fire mercenaries. This is the strategic side of the game, as the player directs his forces, and controls the progress of time, which may be sped up or paused. The map screen displays the world map of Arulco in a square grid (called sectors) and the forces deployed by the enemy and the player. As the game advances, the player can hire new mercenaries and acquire better weapons and armour to combat opponents. The game puts the player in control of several mercenaries that must explore and reclaim towns and territories from enemy forces. Screenshot of Jagged Alliance 2: Gold showing a battle in progress on the tactical screen. The game received positive scores from reviewers and was praised for its freedom of action, memorable characters and non-linear and tactical gameplay. However, it sold poorly in the United States. The game was commercially successful Pelit estimated its sales at 300,000 units by 2006. The game features a wide variety of guns, armour and items that the player may use. Combat and individual location exploration takes place in tactical screen, where the player can issue individual direct commands to their mercenaries, such as run, shoot, talk and so on.

The game uses a strategic map screen of Arulco where the player may issue high level strategic orders for their troops, such as travelling or prolonged training. The player is put in control of hired mercenaries and with aid of local citizens and militia must reclaim Arulco's cities and ultimately defeat Deidranna. The game takes place in the fictional country of Arulco, which has been ruled by the ruthless monarch Deidranna for several years. The core game and the Unfinished Business expansion were combined and released under the title Jagged Alliance 2 Gold Pack in 2002. Two commercial versions of the mod Wildfire were released in 2004 in the form of expansion packs. The game was followed by the expansion Unfinished Business in 2000. It is the third entry in the Jagged Alliance series. Jagged Alliance 2 is a tactical role-playing game for PC, released in 1999 for Microsoft Windows and later ported to Linux by Tribsoft. Tactical role-playing, turn-based tactics

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