New: World of Kaomaris (free, closed-ended, www, mixed, modern, wargame)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:13:02 +0000

Name:		World of Kaomaris
Costs:		Free!
Email:		bobroscow zat gmail.com
Frequency:		every 3 days
URL:		http://www.kaomaris.com/
Type:		Multiplayer conquest of a map by diplomacy and warfare.
Last-Update:		2008Jan03
Keywords: free, closed-ended, www, mixed, modern, wargame

Description:

World of Kaomaris (WOK to its friends) is probably the best internet
strategic game of conquest and diplomacy on the 'net.  I don't say
that lightly.  I didn't invent the game, I discovered it on the net,
and have looked at lots of others to compare it with.  It's the best
I've found.  Beats "Diplomacy" by a mile, for me.

It is basically a Board Game on the net.  It doesn't exist AS a
boardgame, so ONLY on the net.

It is tried and tested, been going since 2000 (I discovered it in
2004), and is completely free.

It is NOT a shoot 'em up, nor an RPG.  It is a game of diplomacy,
conquest and warfare.  It is closed-ended like a boardgame, with a
winner or two after a few weeks.  Then a new game.  Always several
games in progress and a new game starting soon.

It is multi-player (10 players per game on a variety of maps), real
humans across the globe, run online with maps and turn-reports, and
with email between the players for diplomacy and banter.

It is very successful, in terms of devoted players, and a sense of
community, but is not widely known, not easy for new players to
discover.  Hence this entry.

On a map of 60 provinces, you and 9 others start off with one province
and a powerful force.  You make border treaties and alliances, and go
expand your empire.  You succeed by a combination of armies, missiles,
workers, spies etc., by allying and attacking, to end up with a shared
win and high fives, or else a solo win.

Han

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