Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!mhuxa!mhuxi!mhuxt!eagle!alice!alb From: alb@alice.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games.emp Subject: Re: What is Empire ?? Message-ID: <2035@alice.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Jul-83 19:06:23 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.2035 Posted: Sat Jul 9 19:06:23 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Jul-83 10:15:06 EDT References: <160@oliveb.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 10 Empire is a territorial conquest game in which you are pitted against other players. The computer merely stores the records. Each player gets a country (there is one country who acts as God -- sometimes, the way the Deity plays can make or break a game) and must set up food chains, industries, technology, research, etc. etc. etc. Everything ties together. There are no basic guidelines, you set your own goals. There are wars and there is peace (and, of course, major groups of allies and enemies) Games usually last (in my experience) four to seven months.