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June 25, 2004
A Clash in Civilization
As a follow-up to our previous item regarding the Civilization Fanatics' Center, Kuro5hin has a great article covering Intersite Democracy Games.
A Democracy Game is when a group of people play a single country as team, deciding as a group how their game should be played. This often results in a meta-game, with participants employing political maneuvers to advance their strategic wishes.
This alone is a fascinating concept. However, as the article covers in detail, it has been taken to the next level. An Intersite Democracy Game has several teams competing against each other. Teams have taken different approaches to this, some creating their own governmental structure for decision making (Minister of War, etc.).
In the latest game, the two largest and sometimes acrimonious sites (Civ Fanatics' Center and Apolyton), are battling along with a few other, smaller sites. In addition, Fireaxis (the developer of Civ 3) has entered a team into the fray. The game has been running for over six months now, but I won't spoil the details about who is still in the running.
This is really an interesting development, and certainly speaks volumes about the complexity and depth of Civilization.
Posted by jb at June 25, 2004 12:00 PM
