Or.... Empire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Empire
In the game, each player starts with one city in an unexplored world, and uses the city to build armies, aircraft, and various types of ships. Cities take a particular number of turns to produce the various units. As players expand from the first city, they use their units to find and capture additional cities and become able to produce a greater number of unit types. Players explore the world, capturing cities as they are found and using them to build more military units. Early versions were text-based, while later versions of the game added graphics.
http://www.kinephanos.ca/2014/civilization/
The digital versions of Empire remained popular well into the 1980s, to the point that the game is credited by Reynolds, Meier and Shelley as a major inspiration for Civilization. Reynolds initial motivation for a modifiable Civilization II was based on his experience with Empire. And according to Shelley, at one point “Sid asked me to list 10 things about the game Empire that I would change…” during the research for Civilization (Shelley). The basic structure of Empire and its core resource mechanics both ended up as a staple of the Civilization franchise but this lineage was not a foregone conclusion. Meier and Shelley iterated through real-time simulation and a timer-based game before incorporating the pace and play of Empire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Empire
In the game, each player starts with one city in an unexplored world, and uses the city to build armies, aircraft, and various types of ships. Cities take a particular number of turns to produce the various units. As players expand from the first city, they use their units to find and capture additional cities and become able to produce a greater number of unit types. Players explore the world, capturing cities as they are found and using them to build more military units. Early versions were text-based, while later versions of the game added graphics.
http://www.kinephanos.ca/2014/civilization/
The digital versions of Empire remained popular well into the 1980s, to the point that the game is credited by Reynolds, Meier and Shelley as a major inspiration for Civilization. Reynolds initial motivation for a modifiable Civilization II was based on his experience with Empire. And according to Shelley, at one point “Sid asked me to list 10 things about the game Empire that I would change…” during the research for Civilization (Shelley). The basic structure of Empire and its core resource mechanics both ended up as a staple of the Civilization franchise but this lineage was not a foregone conclusion. Meier and Shelley iterated through real-time simulation and a timer-based game before incorporating the pace and play of Empire.
