One upon a time there was a brilliant middle-aged strategy game series called Battle Isle (see it @ Wikipedia or MobyGames). Apparently it's no more, and that's why Advanced Strategic Command was such a joy to discover. ASC besides looking the part, also comes suspiciously close to playing like a proper Battle Isle game. It's a hex-based, turn-based, 100% old-fashioned strategy game released under the GNU license, thus quite freeware and tweakable. Download it here and don't forget that PbM (Play by Mail) multiplayer battles are all the rage these days...Related @ Gnome's Lair: Colonization, Reunion, Kudos, selected free games archive
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hexegrams twice is as many weeks... (breaks down crying....)
ReplyDelete(pats elderly)
ReplyDeleteOh come on now... Don't cry... I'll get you a nudie bar to run all by yourself...
(looks sceptically at Gnome....)
ReplyDelete...im an old man, it wouldn't be kind to promise an old man something and not deliver.... old hearts would be broken..... tears might not stop...
a fully stocked nudie bar?
Definitely! And 12000 euros to get the business started... Knew you'd take warmly to such a cute idea...
ReplyDelete..nah your kiddin me, all my life i've dreamed of owning a nudie bar... nah this is too good to be true...
ReplyDelete...12,000 euro.....
okay who do i have to kill?
Kill? Absolutely nobody, are you crazy Elderly? What's with killing stuff? It's timerunner, isn't it? His sadistic nature has gotten to you...
ReplyDelete..well maybe,my eyes are certainly more bloodshot than normal, but it seems so good, a nudie bar and 12,000 euro.. it's like there has to be a catch.... tell me theres no catch... when can i see it?
ReplyDeleteSoon.. it just needs a lick of paint, and a bit of paperwork, but soon. As for the money, well, I've mailed them over...
ReplyDelete...it's too good, a lick of paint, wallpaper... inconsequential... money on the way... what (salivates...) what about the... erm... the ladies?
ReplyDeleteThey 're already stocked in warehouse in Peiraeus. Prime condition!
ReplyDelete...so the strippers are on ice till we sign the contract... okay as long as they thaw out all warm and cuddly like...
ReplyDeleteokay where do i signe, do I need a solicitor....
No, no, no need for solicitors... Just sign right here!
ReplyDelete(scribbles down signature, hands pen back to Gnome....)
ReplyDeletephew can't beleive it, right what's next...?
I'll let you know as soons as everything is done. No worries...
ReplyDelete:)
no worries....
ReplyDeletethe elderly strip bar
it has a certain ring to it....
(lights cigar....)
things are going to be pretty good from here on in.......
Yep... here's your new hat.
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