OFF: Amber Revisited

RJ SPRAWL at STARLINX.COM
Tue Feb 25 09:29:33 EST 1997


hehe,sounds like my thing..maybe i'll buy it...if i cant sweet talk my wife
into it.. =)     rj


>
> Jeese RJ, I think you'd like Civ II.  You get to build a civilization
> from scratch and then try out various tactics of war, economics and
> research through the ages.  What would appeal to you though is that you
> can fight apocalyptic wars using nukes, stealth bombers, fundamentalist
> nuclear terrorism and god knows what else.  If you do it well enough,
> global warming happens and everyone's economy is screwed...
>
> Not only that but you can build your own scenarios. How about After The
> Apocalypse: Survivors versus the AI's & The Mutants...
>
> Admittedly it costs the equivalent of 50 Dollars or close to it.
> However, since a game can take anything from 20 to 60 hours in total,
> the odds on it having you miss enough meals and beers to more than make
> up for that are pretty good. I've played one game so far and just in
> time not spent in the pub, I've doubled my money.
>
> Next step is to replace the .wav files in the game with Hawkwind toons.
>
> FoFP



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