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Thanks for the detailed comments :) I think the main point is that while I wrote "prequel", my goal is NOT to try to bend the Alpha Centauri story to fit my idea (or vice versa). Actually, I do not plan to mention any of the Civilization/Alpha Centauri concepts, aside from the fact that one...

Actually, it's worse as the population is already collapsing demographically, at least in the industrialized countries. So, you have fewer people in the workforce but more people consuming... We're in for a rough ride the next few decades. My idea was to represent these issues by an allegorical...

Well, a prequel would fill a gap between Civilization and Alpha Centauri. Of course, the "official" story is that of "Civilization", i.e., one nation put everything into production, polluted the Earth, built a spaceship, and filled it with its citizens. I guess a prequel would have to involve...

Right, one has to ask the question of why those factions and their leaders did not STAY on Earth. If I remember correctly, Alpha Centauri, even with all the technologies you discover, never gains a breathable atmosphere during the game and everyone lives and breaths under domes... I guess one...

I'm a big fan of Alpha Centauri and I am thinking about making a simpler card game based on a few ideas from Alpha Centauri (although thematically very different and not affiliated with it in any way). What feature did you like most about Alpha Centauri and what would you like to see in a "prequel"?