| noname2200 said: Alright, I'm going to go with the fellow history-nerd/major friends I had back in undergrad, since they're the only folks I know who play boardgames beyond the trivia/Milton-Bradley types.* That being the case, games which permit extensive player diplomacy would be my preference. We played "Napoleon in Europe" campaigns spread across weeks way back when, along with Diplomacy, so I'd like to bring those along. I suppose this would also be a good time to learn how to play tabletop RPGs... Out of the ones you've made though, I'm most intrigued by MM Captain's Mistress. richardhutnik said: Well, there is the original boardgame Civilization, which is said to be an inspiration for Sid's computer game. Then there are two adaptations of his computer game to boardgame format, with the second very highly regarded (the first a mixed bag) If we're thinking of the same game (listed as 2002 on your link), I can confirm that it sucked balls. *Nothing wrong with these, I love them too, but if I have an eternity to go I'd prefer something with more depth! |
I so much want to get Massive Multiplayer Captain's Mistress going in the Internet format. I can run it as a party game, but that has limits. At least it works. Reasons why, besides it generating interests in abstract strategy games, is that I believe it can be used for scientific research, in studying loyalty and defection patterns of people, and what causes people to be loyal, and what leans groups to make good decisions.
IN regards to the boardgame stuff, the Eagles game one was broken. The newer one, by Fantasy Flight, is real good. Other Civ like games, like 7 Wonders and Rise of Empires (played it this weekend, and it went well) are good enough, I don't feel a need to create my own a Civ game now at this point).
On the computer game front, there is Civilization by Sid, and then the Avalon Hill adaptation of the boardgame. Activision also did Civilization: Call to Power, which wasn't as good, but had some unqiue attibutes that were interesting. I remember Call to Power was the first computer game where the computer bribed me to ally with it. Never ran into that before, and it impacting my decision making.
I will say, that Galactic Civilizations is real good also. That is a boardgame. For Space Operas, the top choices are Twilight Imperium and Eclipse, on the boardgame front. Eminent Domain works well as a faster cardgame, and more like a deckbuilding game meets Puerto Rico though.
