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A friend of mine recently introduced me to this game called Cybernations, which has been a lot of fun. You create a nation, build up technology and soldiers, get into wars, and eventually build nuclear weapons. I just got my first nukes a few days ago.

Fun stuff. Especially if you join a big alliance of 100+ nations and attack other ones. :D I made a nation in Khazakstan (go Borat!) and joined a big alliance. All the intrigue is pretty cool.

Just thought I'd pass it along, since a post like this on another message board is how I first found out about it.
 
Oooh wait...I can nuke other countries? Sweet Jesus, just the thing to feed my narcissism AND my competitiveness!
 
Sounds a little like Sid Meier's original Civilization. ... a game that provided much-needed procrastination during many a final exam in college.
 
I remember I bought the original Playstation during finals week one time. My roommate about killed me.
 
WildBillyCrazyCat said:
Sounds a little like Sid Meier's original Civilization. ... a game that provided much-needed procrastination during many a final exam in college.

Civilization rules. I have a couple editions of it, including IV. You build up from a barbarian tribe to trying to win the space race (which I have yet to do before the cutoff date of 2050). It's impossilble to play for less than a few hours at a time.
 
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Philosopher said:
A friend of mine recently introduced me to this game called Cybernations, which has been a lot of fun. You create a nation, build up technology and soldiers, get into wars, and eventually build nuclear weapons. I just got my first nukes a few days ago.

Fun stuff. Especially if you join a big alliance of 100+ nations and attack other ones. :D I made a nation in Khazakstan (go Borat!) and joined a big alliance. All the intrigue is pretty cool.

Just thought I'd pass it along, since a post like this on another message board is how I first found out about it.
What do you do when non-uniformed terrorists attack civilians in your nation, then try to hide behind the Geneva Convention, which was never written with them in mind?
 
hondo said:
Philosopher said:
A friend of mine recently introduced me to this game called Cybernations, which has been a lot of fun. You create a nation, build up technology and soldiers, get into wars, and eventually build nuclear weapons. I just got my first nukes a few days ago.

Fun stuff. Especially if you join a big alliance of 100+ nations and attack other ones. :D I made a nation in Khazakstan (go Borat!) and joined a big alliance. All the intrigue is pretty cool.

Just thought I'd pass it along, since a post like this on another message board is how I first found out about it.
What do you do when non-uniformed terrorists attack civilians in your nation, then try to hide behind the Geneva Convention, which was never written with them in mind?

That's easy. Spy on your own citizens and suspend the rights of habeas corpus.
 
"Do you know what the Ukraine is? It's a sitting duck. A road apple, Newman. The Ukraine is weak. It's feeble. I think it's time to put the hurt on the Ukraine."

"I come from Ukraine. You not say Ukraine weak."

"Yeah, well we're playing a game here, pal."

"Ukraine is game to you?! Howbout I take your little board and smash it!!"
 
I was in Target today with my boys and saw STRATEGO!!! and almost bought it (unfortunately boys are only 5 and 7, so too young.) Now that was an addictive game.

I kicked my addiction of Tetris somehow in the mid '90s and thankfully have stayed on the wagon since.
 
Philosopher said:
A friend of mine recently introduced me to this game called Cybernations, which has been a lot of fun. You create a nation, build up technology and soldiers, get into wars, and eventually build nuclear weapons. I just got my first nukes a few days ago.

Fun stuff. Especially if you join a big alliance of 100+ nations and attack other ones. :D I made a nation in Khazakstan (go Borat!) and joined a big alliance. All the intrigue is pretty cool.

Just thought I'd pass it along, since a post like this on another message board is how I first found out about it.

Wow. I thought I was the only geek SportsJournalists.com member on cybernations, which I just happened to find while surfing during work hours.
 
Hmm, this looks similar to www.nationstates.net (which is fun for 2 weeks, and then gets old)
 
Philosopher said:
A friend of mine recently introduced me to this game called Cybernations, which has been a lot of fun. You create a nation, build up technology and soldiers, get into wars, and eventually build nuclear weapons. I just got my first nukes a few days ago.

Fun stuff. Especially if you join a big alliance of 100+ nations and attack other ones. :D I made a nation in Khazakstan (go Borat!) and joined a big alliance. All the intrigue is pretty cool.

Just thought I'd pass it along, since a post like this on another message board is how I first found out about it.

I liked it under its original name --
David Frum's Wet Dream.
 
So, instead of finishing his paper, the guy next to me in the lab is now sharing my addiction to Cybernations. Thanks, SportsJournalists.com!
 
Perry White said:
Hmm, this looks similar to www.nationstates.net (which is fun for 2 weeks, and then gets old)

I played NS for a while. This is way better, especially if you get involved in a big alliance. Being in an alliance means no rogue nations attack you, you get aid, and you get to be part of all the diplomatic intrigue. I'm our alliance's ambassador to this other alliance. Fun stuff.

If anyone is starting out and needs help, let me know. My name in there is Philosopher and I'm in the biggest alliance, called New Pacific Order. (Apply and I'll vouch for you if you want to get in.)
 
I'm just going to pretend that I never saw this and back away from the computer...
 
Civilization is a great game, although I have played it a long time. A former girlfriend used to get mad at me for staying up all night in front of the computer playing Civilization.
By the way, as kids we created a Stratego football game. It was great.
 
FirstDownPirates said:
I remember I bought the original Playstation during finals week one time. My roommate about killed me.

Haha, awesome. .. I did the same thing with PS2 my sophomore year. Not a good decision.
 

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