What was this asynchronous world conquest game I played in grade school?
November 5, 2018 12:20 PM Subscribe
In grade school (mid-90s) I distinctly remember playing an asynchronous turn-based strategy game that pitted ancient civilizations against one another for control of the world map. Did it actually exist outside of my class, and if so, what was it called?
Each civilization was represented by a different class, so maybe the 4th graders were the Mongols, the 5th graders the Assyrians, etc. And the game was completely asynchronous--the 4th graders would make their move on Monday, the 5th graders on Tuesday, etc. Turns had an offense phase and a defense phase, I think, and I'm pretty sure there were challenges and other randomness built in with rolling of dice and prewritten cards. This was all done with slips of paper, a paper map, and the trust of the history teacher, who served as the game master.
I can't remember at all what it was called, or many of the other details. It's entirely likely that it was a home-grown thing and never actually existed outside of my class. But if it does exist out there in the world, I have to know what it's called and how to play, because I think it'd be a great break-room game at work.
Each civilization was represented by a different class, so maybe the 4th graders were the Mongols, the 5th graders the Assyrians, etc. And the game was completely asynchronous--the 4th graders would make their move on Monday, the 5th graders on Tuesday, etc. Turns had an offense phase and a defense phase, I think, and I'm pretty sure there were challenges and other randomness built in with rolling of dice and prewritten cards. This was all done with slips of paper, a paper map, and the trust of the history teacher, who served as the game master.
I can't remember at all what it was called, or many of the other details. It's entirely likely that it was a home-grown thing and never actually existed outside of my class. But if it does exist out there in the world, I have to know what it's called and how to play, because I think it'd be a great break-room game at work.
Parts of this sound a lot like History of the World (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224/history-world)...
posted by nkknkk at 1:21 PM on November 5, 2018
posted by nkknkk at 1:21 PM on November 5, 2018
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