Hi there, Guess you guys want me to introduce myself. I'm a gamer from whey back, around 1978. I have some classic games and some new games. Most are WW2,...
Hello there, there is one PBEM game that I do really enjoy playing and that is Diplomacy. Is there anyway that we can get a game started in here. I would even...
Diplomacy is a unique game , because there can only one winner. sooner or later those alliances would have to break.. I am a little rusty on Yahoo set up but I...
I've converted the rules for the classic sci-fi game, GEV, to play WWII battles with 1/285 or 1/300 micro-armor minis. As such, it's not new game design, but...
I'm looking for information on games, past and present, that have employed economics as part of the game system. What role, if any, has economic considerations...
... Hmm. Several. Dixie War In Europe Stellar Conquest Godsfire Warpwar [some Traveller based game who's name I can't recall] ... In a high level strategic...
... Well, there's After the Holocaust, which is about rebuilding North America after some shattering war. It had major economic components to it, enough so...
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... systems ... decision process of a war game ... Well real economic development is stratigic and so slower in outcomes than a direct battle. The really hard...
Thanks for the quick responses! It would seem that there are two types of econonmic engines: the pease economy and the war economy. I will venture a guess and...
"Bob Cleary" <rcleary171@...> ... You mean the economic motives for America to compel Japan to strike first ? using the moral component too ? ... That...
Regarding "Hidden Agenda", I tracked this down http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/proj/sw/games/hidden-agenda.html The author will send a Mac or DOs copy, via...
Thanks for the link (and thank you Mircea for the tip). I will request a DOS copy and take a look at the game. At this point in my game development, I am...
To Bob from Victor Dear Bob Found your American Civil War project interesting. The dispensing with the turns is not a problem and people can log in and play as...
Dear Bob Checked out the Bibliography. All excellent, especially McPherson. I think that's a masterful work about the civil war era, and he shows, which of...
Victor, I had read Massey's "Dreadnought" a few years ago. Like you, I have been drifting from "pure" war games to conflict simulations that equally involve...
To Rob from Victor No, I got the idea drom various readonds long before "Dreadnought" . Got it actually from reading several volumes of "Jane's" and then...
Victor, There appears to be a similarity between your game concept and mine. Both games simulate the events prior to major wars. I believe the argument that ...
Getting to be someone else is the reaons RPGs have been so successful. Even wargames are RPBs in a sense, becasue players are offered to assume the role of...
To Bob from Victor Ahhhh.... you have hit the matter on the head. Before we get to that though I have to comment on your observation on "Dreadnought." I think...
hey Bob There are several games that take a more RPG like stance to board gaming... the ones that come to mind are Space Hulk & HeroQuest. Both games allow u...
Role Playing in Games from Victor. Oh I always put elements of roleplaying in my miniature games. Each sub commander is usually given his own victory...
Hello Victor, You have brought up so many important issues that I will have to concentrate on each of them individually. ... This is an important goal of my...
Hello Bob, Other games like Kingmaker? How about Republic of Rome? Or if you are talking about having leaders as keys to movement and/or combat (and at time...
To Rob from Victor Just a thought. Why bother with a database? Why not have the players be the characters directly? That is, Why not have a cast of characters...
To Bob from Victor I understand what your aim is. This is the great thing about games once you get yourself "to the other side." That is onto the "God" side...
To Victor from Bob ... could never get it to work.< So, you have been down this road before. I have no game development experience nor have I managed a game,...
To Bob from Otto Yeah, been down the road. Actually had a rather successfull business in a micro- way that gave me a good margin, though the yearly sales (fees...
