03-05-2025, 05:38 AM
(03-05-2025, 02:56 AM)GrimFinger Wrote: It is as complex as Empyrean Challenge?
EC went through almost continual upgrades during the 30+ years that it was active. This version uses the original set of rules, so it's fair to say that it's not as complex as later versions. It's also not as balanced and there are fewer units to fiddle around with.
I don't know how it would compare to other games from 1978. The mechanics are fairly straight-forward: gather resources, transport them to factories, build things, conquer the known worlds. Combat is abstract, economics are rather flat, and there are no lines-of-supply. It requires some planning to build and there are a lot of units to track.
My personal opinion is that game reviewers conflated number of pages in a turn report with complexity of the game's mechanics.
If you're wondering why I'm doing this, it's to let people play a game that is similar to something that was popular back in the day. Doesn't matter it if succeeds, it's what I do for fun.