Someone mentioned "Diplomacy"; I played the old board game decades ago. And does anybody remember "Combat Simulations" - monthy games mailed to you with giant hex maps and little cardboard punchouts for units? Exactly like Civilization but pre-computer.
Yep, that would be me. I remember those. I still have 25 or so Avalon Hill/Victory Games titles wandering around my house, and I still maintain an OS 9 Mac just so I can play Combat Mission. I believe "grognard" is the word I'm looking for.
At least four years, possibly longer.
And here I am still playing Monarch.