The Peoples in play were Italy, Thrace, Assyria, Babylon, Egypt and Africa. Proud Thrace and Cruel Assyria began in the most forthright fashion, vying between themselves for the title of best and strongest. They continued to compete for honour and glory until the Thracian in his pride was hit by a series of calamitous occurrences (internecine warfare, drought, pestilence and still others we shall not name) that brought him low.
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| The brown jacket of our Assyrian looks particularly wolfish in this light. |
On the other side of the Mediterranean world the Pius Italians suffered grievously - twice-in-a-row grievously - from the wrath of Vulcan, which allowed my (Cartho) Africans to throw a few sacrificial youngsters to Moloch and welcome Sicily into their commonwealth of Punic perfidy.
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| Assyria (in pink) grown fat on the misfortunes of others (all right, and due to his magnificent grasp of the mathematical model underlying the game, but don't tell him that!). |
Noble Egypt - plagued somewhat by accounting difficulties - and the Virtuous Woman of Babylon made do the best they could, but as the sands in the hourglass were dribbled first this way then that way it was the Cruel Assyrians who arose the deserved victor.
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| The Hand of Babylon... |
It was a lot of fun and a rare thing in this day and age to find a group of people willing to get together and have a crack at a game this immense. Well done to all the participants!
Congratulations on your feat. Namely, getting enough people to play a game like that. I have that title moldering in the board game pile somewhere.
ReplyDeleteGreat game. Not played it since Uni. One correction, - it isn't "Avalon Hill's Civilization". The game was designed by Northampton's own Hartland Trefoil.
ReplyDeleteVery true - but I meant that ours was the Avalon Hill version of the game. No slight to the designer or his publishing company was intended!
DeleteNever played the game, I'm ashamed to say??? looks pretty cool though!
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun!
ReplyDeleteI played a lot of AH Civilization back in the 90s. It is one of my favourite multi-player games. And getting 6 players (the more players, the better it is) is an achievement in itself - it is quite a long game. Last managed to get 6 of us together about 7 years ago and had a blast.
ReplyDeleteAs one of the participants, it was a blast, and very nostalgic too - harking back to student days in the 80s - when we had time to kill, and everyone you knew lived in close proximity...
DeleteAnd getting 6 people together *in Japan* - and not even in a nig city at that - is an incredible feat - well done Aaron.
Played a few games of this myself. Never finished though as the game always seemed to grind to a crawl during the later stages. We usually declared a winner or perhaps winners. I am glad to have the original game and its expansion. Ggreat fun!
ReplyDeleteI have happy memories of playing this game. Good to see it still being enjoyed.
ReplyDeletePlayed the crap out of this one in the day, it is a fun muliti player game. Beer and pretzels baby!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Kevin
Thanks for the reminiscences, all! It looks as if most of us would love to be able to get big games like this played more often! Hope everyone had a safe New Year, and will have a rewarding 2016! Cheers, Aaron
ReplyDeleteLooks great! Happy New Year, Aaron. Hope 2016 is a good one for you and your family.
ReplyDeleteah, saudade! So many happy hours battling over the mediterranean with my friends of old!
ReplyDeleteHappy memories from the 80's! I did a search for that game two days ago. Thanks for helping sort out my new campaign map for me. :)
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