Re: Historical Power Games PBM

From: "Flerg" <flerg@flergus.demon.co.uk>

Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000

>> I think there was considerable agreement about what powergames are,
>> myself, and about what games are examples.
>
>Some people claimed they had to be historical. Some people claimed
>"empire building games" were not powergames.
>
>> La Gloire du Roi, Primus inter Pares, Absolute Power/Fantasy/
>> Conspiracy, Inferno, Lords of the Earth seem to be the ones that are
>> currently running.
>
>And what about the list of games I gave? How can we have a
>_discusssion_ if the only comment I get back in reply to a list of
>what I think meets your definition is "no, those are empire-building
>games..."

I find it difficult to see how an empire building game could not be a
powergame. I'm not American, neither.

We would expect a powergame to be a game that has an emphasis on players
aquiring power, but it seems that only a small number of such games qualify.
To invent a word, and then to apply some definition that is different to
that which common sense suggests... Is it any surprise that this might lead
to confusion?

I get the feeling that the term you're searching for is 'political games'.

Flerg.

References

Re: Historical Power Games PBM
Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 30 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Historical Power Games PBM
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 31 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000