Imperium Offtopicum
Organisational & Discussion Thread
Organisational & Discussion Thread
Imperium Offtopicum is often defined as "an empire-building game" that spawned from the Altered Maps threads. It has had many, many variations, but generally speaking: you create or take over a nation of your choice, you expand a little at a time, you can engage in war and diplomacy and conquer the world, and the overall goal is fun.
Links
In Progress
These games have started. They may still be accepting new players.
- Tiberian Dawn - Sonereal
- Iron and Blood 3: Rapidfire - kiwitt
- Iron and Blood 2 - taillesskangaru
- Multipolarity Rearmed - Thorvald of Lym
- Valkyrie - NedimNapoleon
- Mosaic Earth II - Farsight.
- ChristosIOT - christos
On Hiatus
These games are currently on hold.
- The Second American Revolution Redux - Tyo
- KIOT I - Kinich-Ahau
- Elder Scrolls: Mad World - Civ'ed
- Imperium Economicum - CivOasis
- Dawn of Colonisation - Sonereal
- Imperium Offtopicum IV: The Aftermath - Thorvald of Lym
- Space Seed - Tambien
In Development
These games are currently still in development. They are currently listed in no particular order.
Note: some of these games are currently in beta. See the Forum Games Beta Testing Group for more details.
The Graveyard of Empires - Past Games
Spoiler :
Seventh Generation
IOT saw some very large, relatively long-lived, very ambitious games, subforum gains Birdjaguar as moderator.
Sixth Generation
IOT moved to a new subforum, great proliferation of games mostly taking inspiration from Fifth Generation games, though most are short-lived, IOT develops as a social community.
Memorable games: YoshIOT, Sons of Mars III, MIOT, Peshawar Lancers, SonRISK, Fiat Lux, Second American Revolution
Fifth Generation
IOT gains momentum, longer-lasting games, games vary greatly in style and complexity, from Mini-IOTs to Iron and Blood. Games dominated by Sonereal and Taniciusfox, while some formerly active players from the 1st-4th generations disappeared from the scene.
Memorable games: IOTVII, Mini-IOT Eastern Asia, SonIOT, Land Ho!, Imperium Mobiana, Red Alert IOT, Iron and Blood, sons of Mars II
Fourth Generation IOT
Increasing nostalgia for Classic IOT, large increase in variety, influx of posters from Stories and Tales, Sonereal is dominant poster.
Memorable games: IOTC, RIOT, IOTVI
Third Generation IOT
IOT Developmental Thread is made, addition of more game concepts such as economy, different combat systems, many short-lived spin-offs.
Memorable games: IOTII, Ab Antiquo, Mini-IOT Cradle of Civilization
Second Generation (Classic IOT)
Early experimentation with rules and game mechanics, early spin-offs
First Generation (Classic IOT)
Free-for-all games with little rules or structure
IOT saw some very large, relatively long-lived, very ambitious games, subforum gains Birdjaguar as moderator.
Spoiler :
- IOT: Chiron - Robert Can't
- MadIOT - madtemplar0
- RSRisk - Red Spy
- Land Ho! Redux - Linkman226
- IOTX: And the Walls Come Tumbling Downhttp://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=464490 - Sonereal
- Avatar: The Middle Kingdom (Continuation) - Farsight, Sonereal
- Imperia Mediterranea - SonicTH
- IOT The Game - Radio Noer
- Imperium Offtopicum IX - Taniciusfox
- The Final Countdown - Mosher
- SonRisk3 - Sonereal
- The Multipolar World - Taniciusfox
- Fight and Be Right! – Sonereal
Sixth Generation
IOT moved to a new subforum, great proliferation of games mostly taking inspiration from Fifth Generation games, though most are short-lived, IOT develops as a social community.
Memorable games: YoshIOT, Sons of Mars III, MIOT, Peshawar Lancers, SonRISK, Fiat Lux, Second American Revolution
Spoiler :
- The Coming Storm - Tyo
- AAIOT - Consonants Under Fire - DoubleAA
- Lonely Humans - arya126
- ZombIOT - MoreEpicThanYou
- YoshIOT - Yoshiegg
- DEFCON Red - Lighthearter
- Mosaic Earth - Farsight
- Imperium Offtopicum VIII: A New Dawn - Lighthearter
- Into the Fire - CivOasis
- Mobius: Total Chaos - TaniciusFox
- Inglacialis Terra - NedimNapoleon
- Wreckage at Washington - Tambien
- The Caribbean - CivOasis
- Here and Now - CivOasis
- Home Front - Sonereal
- The Last War - Lighthearter
- Back To Basics - west india man
- 1000 AD - christos200
- The Golden Bull - Tyo
- Columbus' Voyage - MoreEpicThanYou
- Sons of Mars III - Taniciusfox
- Electric Boogaloo - Sonereal
- MIOT (RIP) - Robert Can't
- Black Ice - No GM (started by CivOasis)
- Iron and Blood Redux - BSmith
- Fiat Lux - Sonereal
- The Trade Empires - Civ'ed
- Peshawar Lancers II - Farsight
- Villages - christos200
- Second American Revolution - Tyo
- Two Minutes To Midnight - mechearik
- Epic IOT - The War to End them all - MoreEpicThanYou
- MosIOT - Mosher
- Dawn of Man - CivOasis
- The Spirit of Man - Robert Can't
- The Peshawar Lancers - Farsight
- RIOT Redux Beta - Sonereal
- The Flood - Civ'ed
- Asian Dynastys - christos200
- SonRISK - Sonereal, Double A
Fifth Generation
IOT gains momentum, longer-lasting games, games vary greatly in style and complexity, from Mini-IOTs to Iron and Blood. Games dominated by Sonereal and Taniciusfox, while some formerly active players from the 1st-4th generations disappeared from the scene.
Memorable games: IOTVII, Mini-IOT Eastern Asia, SonIOT, Land Ho!, Imperium Mobiana, Red Alert IOT, Iron and Blood, sons of Mars II
Spoiler :
- Imperium Offtopicum VII – NedimNapoleon
- NCIOT Caveman to Cosmos - nightcreature
- IOT - Alternate Universe - Seron
- RIOT 2 - Sonereal
- LHIOT2 - The Storm of God - Lighthearter
- Mini-IOT: Eastern Asia - Tambien
- Mini-IOT: Terranova - Tambien
- SonIOT I: For All the Marbles - Sonereal
- Land Ho! - Linkman226
- NinjaIOT: A New Age - NinjaCow64
- Sengoku - Civ'ed
- Tiberian Sky - taillesskangaru
- SonIOTII - XX Century – Sonereal
- LHIOT1 - Novus Ordo Seclorum: Rise of Legends - Lighthearter
- Imperium Universalis - Taniciusfox
- Nations of the Old Republic (Star Wars IOT) - arya126
- Simple IOT - mythmonster2
- Iron and Blood - Taillesskangaru, kiwitt
- Fallout: A Preview IOT - Thorvald of Lym
- Imperium Mobiana - Taniciusfox
- Red Alert IOT - Sonereal
- IOT World of Trade - NedimNapoleon
- Imperium Offtopicum: Rise of Euro-Patriotism - Civ'ed
- Sons of Mars II - Taniciusfox
- Rise and Fall of Empires - Lighthearter
- Parrot Wars - Tambien
- Cold War II - Sonereal
Fourth Generation IOT
Increasing nostalgia for Classic IOT, large increase in variety, influx of posters from Stories and Tales, Sonereal is dominant poster.
Memorable games: IOTC, RIOT, IOTVI
Spoiler :
- "IOT map game test thing" - Double A
- Map test thingy 2 - ilduce349
- Imperium Offtopicum Cold War (IOTCW) - Lighthearter
- Viva La Tropico - NedimNapoleon
- Imperium Offtopicum Colonialism (IOTC) - MaxaTheGreat
- Revolution Imperium Offtopicum (RIOT) II - Sonereal
- Revolution Imperium Offtopicum - Sonereal
- Revolution IOT History Thread - Sonereal
- The Enlightenment - Lighthearter
- IOT Resources War - NedimNapoleon
- Imperium Offtopicum 6C - Toteone
- Homefront II: Lords of War - Sonereal
- Imperium Offtopicum VI Continued - ZeletDude
- Imperium Offtopicum VI: Rise of the Lost - taillesskangaru
Third Generation IOT
IOT Developmental Thread is made, addition of more game concepts such as economy, different combat systems, many short-lived spin-offs.
Memorable games: IOTII, Ab Antiquo, Mini-IOT Cradle of Civilization
Spoiler :
- IOT Trade Wars - Duke Blackstone
- The Last Prophecy - Lightheater
- Religions: the New Prophets - NedimNapoleon
- Ilduces Imperium Offtopicum Advanced Beta - Ilduce349
- AbIOT: Asetii Palorius - Abaddon
- Home Front: The American Wars - Lighthearter
- Ideology Wars - NedimNapoleon
- The Zombies Are Rising! - Domination3000
- Ab Antiquo - taillesskangaru
- Ilduce IOT Beta - Ilduce349
- Knights of Honor - NedimNapoleon
- Mini-IOT: Cradle of Civilization - civplayah
- Empires of the Middle Ages - Domination3000
- History Rewritten - ilduce349
- Imperium Offtopicum V - Second Thread - Joecoolyo, civplayah, CivGeneral, taillesskangaru, Owen Glyndwr
- Imperium Offtopicum V - Joecoolyo, civplayah, CivGeneral, taillesskangaru, Owen Glyndwr
- Imperium Offtopicum II: Chronological Order Is For Chumps! - Taniciusfox
Second Generation (Classic IOT)
Early experimentation with rules and game mechanics, early spin-offs
Spoiler :
- Imperium Offtopicum IV: Third's the Charm? - Thorvald of Lym
- Europe's Burning: Ye Olde Imperium Offtopicum - e350tb
- Colonization: They Came From Afar - Lighthearter
- IOT Native American Edition - Bobbtjoe
- Star Wars: Galactic Empires - Lighthearter
First Generation (Classic IOT)
Free-for-all games with little rules or structure
Spoiler :
- Imperial Offtopicum 3: the quest for Imperium Offtopicum 2 - Mad Man
[/b] - Imperium Offtopicum - Taniciusfox
- OT Poster Empires - Lil Post count
- Altered Maps VI: Xorda Gene Bombs.. going from Earth to Mobius