Sounds like I'd have to play one of these games with the advice of an experienced player for a while to determine my interest, but it does sound like fun. --- In God we trust! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" <kline.zach...@gmail.com> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?
Hi Charles, Okay, let's see what I can explain here. Yes, the rules are complex. Yes, such games are often quite lengthy. Let me take Civilization as an example, as it's one I'm reasonably familiar with. You play it on a grid which represents a map with different kinds of terrain: forests, desert, mountains, whatever. When the game starts you have one settler unit. Settlers basically move around the map and can build cities and roads, among other things. So you find a good spot for a city and have your settler build it. You can tell that city to build more settlers, warriors, or whatever. Roads if you have settlers to build them make moving around the map a lot quicker. You play the game in a turn-based style, moving or ordering units who have nothing else assigned for them at any given time. In between your moves the AI will move. Periodically, in Civilization at least you are given the chance to direct your research. You might decide to go for horseback riding, say, so you could build cavalry units instead of just foot soldiers. This is an oversimplification. Different squares on the map depending on their type are often more productive or useful than others, thus dictating where a city should go. When the AI gets involved you might be able to negotiate with them for trade or ally with them militarily, etc. Dice are definitely used internally, but you don't see them and the range of possible actions at any given time is usually pretty big. So that's a broad overview. I hope it wasn't too detailed and helped explain things a bit for those unfamiliar. Enjoy, Zack. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
