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Wow, what a blast from the past. Playing Empire was a favorite obsession in my undergrad years (Batak was my preferred country name back in the day.) I loved
by evgen 6y ago
Wow, what a blast from the past. Playing Empire was a favorite obsession in my undergrad years (Batak was my preferred country name back in the day.) I loved the explore and expand part of the game, building countries and setting up a productive economic engine. The fighting? Not so much. I was a tasty little hors d'oeuvre for someone better at conquest in the later stages of the game. The luckiest someone like that could get would be to have me on their border to set up a well run, but ineptly defended country.
Good times.
- kjhughes 6y agoHey Batak! You're being way too modest, but agreed, good times! The opening @evgen mentioned would involve exploring out to unowned, undeveloped sectors known as "wilderness", which would have various natural resources that could be developed once occupied and populated. Wiring up a balanced economy that could support continued expansion quickly was a fun challenge.