Tangentially, the article mentions Global Conquest [1] as another "all-encompassing" strategy game that came out around the same period as Civilization. I have

Tangentially, the article mentions Global Conquest [1] as another "all-encompassing" strategy game that came out around the same period as Civilization. I have good nostalgic memories of Global Conquest, and every so often wish to replay it again. It is indeed much more limited in scope than Civ, focusing on the purely military aspect, but like Civ (and Empire before it) had the notion of cities producing units and forming the economic backbone of your faction. Its twist was the random events that would come up every 5 turns, applying effects for the next 5 turns, like Battle Fatigue (units wouldn't regen) or my favorite: Solar Flares, that would make the interface glitch and sometimes ignore clicks. I spent a great many hours playing multiplayer hotseat with Global Conquest. I wonder if anyone's re-implemented it as a web-game since... Edit: here's one DosBox/emscripten online playable version: https://classicreload.com/global-conquest.html https://classicreload.com/global-conquest.html [1] http://www.mobygames.com/game/global-conquest http://www.mobygames.com/game/global-conquest