Dylan! I thought you'd stopped design games while taking speed! -----Original Message----- From: Phil Gaskell Sent: 26 June 2002 14:14 To: Spam Subject: How NOT to present your game ideas.... Importance: High > This is a guy that has been writing to developers with a suggestion > for a game idea. This is how the actual letter is written...no > paragraph breaks or anything. Utter conviction or utter utter madness? > > Just pick random points in it and read for a minute, then move on to > another section. Madder than mad jack mc mad from maddington. > > ------------- > > Mr. Schure > 521 70th St > Darien IL 60561 > > August 12, 1997 > > To Whom it may concern > > I have a suggestion for a Civilization style game. It would combine > the genres of strategy, wargame, action, adventure, simulation, > interactive movie and role playing. How about a more complex > tech-tree, more units wonders and more. How about a multiple > storylines that are different for each of the major civilizations. > Techology levels would cover the 8000 B. C. - 2100 A.D. > Sumerian/Egyptian/Greek periods, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Dark > Ages, Middle Ages, High Middle Ages, Medieval Europe and Japan, > Renaissance, Reformation, Elizabethian era, Spanish Empire, Inca and > Aztec Empires, Jacobite era, Barque era, Age of Discovery, > Enlightenment era, Industrial Revolution, Napoleonic era, Romantic > era, Victorian era, Edwardian era, American Civil War era, Old West > era, British Empire era, World War 1 era, World War 11 era, Korean War > era, Vietnam War era, Cold War era, Gulf War era, Futuristic Space era > and more. Which would make it more Civ 2 and Age of Empires with all > the units. You can have a Ancient Egyptian > palace, Roman palace, Byzantine palace, Japanese/Chinese palace, > Aztec/Inca > palace, Medieval palace, Turkish palace, Renaissance palace, > Baroque palace, > Enlightenment palace, Napoleonic palace, Czarist palace and much more.You > can choose if you want to be a god or mortal. If you are a mortal you have > only a limited time period to rule and you can be killed. If you are a god > you can live forever and have god like powers like creating disasters, > plagues, destroying non believers and more. In the Preset Historical > Scenerios you can be a Roman Emperor and you have to deal with > building you > empire. You have to worry about treachery, slander, political intrigue, > factions in the senate, assassinations. executions, poisonings, plots, > conspiracies, a praetorian guard that is trying to overthrow you, senators > that are trying to assassinate you, royal heirs, generals, senators, > praetorian guards, counters and rubies that want your thrown, corrupt > advisors, treacharious wives, plebians revolting and barbarians > at the gate. > You also have landbattles, seabattles, gladiator shows and > chariot races in > realtime. You can also play from the perspective of a royal heir > and have to > deal with Roman Emperors like Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, > Claudius, Nero, Gather, Vitellius, Otho, Vespasian, Titus, > Domitian, Nerva, > Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, Caracallas, Marcus Aurilieus, Commodus, > Peritnax, Septimus Severus, Didius Julianus, Geta, Macrinus, Elagabalus, > Severus Alexander, Maximinus, Gordon 1, Gordon II, Gordon Ill, Philip, > Decius, Trebonianus Gallus, Valerian, Gallienus, Claudius 11, Aurelian, > Saturnius. Probus, Carinus and Numerian, Julian, Diocletion, Constantine, > Justinian and more as well as Livia, Marcia, Scibonia, Mark > Antony, Scipio, > Sulla and all 65 Roman Emperors as well as Byzantine Emperors and maybe a > Xena type character. As Emperor or Empress you can issue execute warrants, > arrest warrants, exiling victims and confiscating the lands of > the nobility > as well as issuing edicts. You also have an interactive virtual > palace where > you can interact with advisors, courtiers, royal heirs, generals and more. > The entire game would be in realtime and in 3-D virtual reality l` person > and 3d person perspectives or point of view as well as using interactive > multimedia and isometric graphics. You also have a 3-D virtual battlefield > (land, sea, air or space) in all scenerios. The Roman Empire scenerio in > which you try to become Emperor or Empress by getting rid of rivals and > would have a storyline and have role playing elements and would take place > in ancient Rome in the 1 st century B. C. during the > Julio-Claudian Dynasty > to the end of Nero's reign in 68. This is not the typical > conquest game. It > is more a game on political intigue in the palace, bribery, assassination, > conspiracies, plots, mutinies, civil wars, slave revolts, barbarian raids, > revolt suppressions, executions, political purges, treason trials, > inquisitions and persecutions and senate intigue as well as royal > succession > (their is also a complex succession tree). You can see executions in 3 -D > virtual reality realtime with beheadings, burnings, hangings, > crucifixions, > gladiator shows, death before the archers, suicides, etc. Also included is > the stairs of mourning were victims dead bodies their thrown > (made infamous > by Tiberius and Caligula). Your goal is to become the next Caesar or to > support a candiate or royal heir to be the next Caesar. You start out a > Roman Centurion and then you go throught ranks to be a senator, prefect of > the praetorian guard, concul and finally Caesar in the custom made > character. You can also play the roles of Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, > Claudius and Nero. You can also play anyone of the royal heirs, > senators or > praetorian guards.You can also play Xena (when she was still an evil > character) and kills her way to the imperial thrown or Xena conquers Rome > with her army. When playing the role of Caligula you will go > insane using 1 > st person perspectives. You will have things like blurred vison, hearing > voices that are not their and more. The land battles, sea > battles, gladiator > shows, chariot races and character interaction would use 1 st person > perspectives. In land battles using 1 st person perspectives and > 3rd person > perspectives or point of view you can order your men to advance, attack, > hold, fall back, retreat, surrender or go to another part of the > battlefield. You can fight at all times of day including dawn, > day, dusk and > night. You can fight in all season exept winter which includes spring, > summer and fall. You can see the sun rise and set over the > battlefield. You > can fight in all weather which includes fog, rain, sandstorms and > more. You > can fight in all places of the Roman Empire including Gaul, Britain, > Germany, Judea and Egypt. You can swordfight using 1 st person > perspectives. > You can see the end of your sword when you are swordfighting. You can see > the end of your crossbow when you are going to fire it at the > enemy and can > see the arrow fly toward it's target. You can see the end of your spear > before you throw it. You can see barbarians come out of the forest. In sea > battles using I st person perspectives you can fire fireballs at the enemy > ship and then ram them and then board them and grapple in a swordfight and > then sink the enemy ship. In the gladiator show using 1 st person > perspectives you can have a slave to swordfight with swords, > tridents, nets, > spears, shields, crossbows and more. You can fight gladiators > from different > providences and you can fight lions, panthers, tigers, rhinos, elephants, > wolves, bears, boars and more. Your gladiator must fight to the > death. After > the battle is over you can give him thumbs up or down. In chariot > races you > can use your charioteer to win battles for you. When the chariot > race using > 1 st person perspectives starts you can see the chariot track and 4 other > contenders. You must shatter their chariots, whip your opponent, > bribe your > rivals, give your horses a drug to make them go faster, give and offering > and sacrifice to the gods (Roman or Egyptian) to help you win the > race. When > you are racing you can see an obolisk and then you must make dangerous > turns. In both games if your man wins you get more in favor with > the emperor > and you can court one of the ladies from the Imperial family as well as > getting prize money. In character interaction you can talk with citizens, > assassins, soldiers, slaves, priests, priestess, senators, praetorian > guards, generals, royal heirs, and emperors as well as Xena. The citizens > and slaves act as spies giving you information for a price. > Soldiers in the > battlefield have different personallites and moral. They also could mutiny > if not paid, but they could be an ally in marching on Rome. The Emperors > will order you to go to the imperial banquet and if you don't go > you will be > executed and if you go you could be poisoned. The assassins are armed with > daggers, poison viles, deadly darts and sometimes crossbows. You can use > them to kill rival senators, praetorian guards, generals, royal heirs and > emperors. If they are not paid they can' turn on you and kill you. If he > does kill you, you can see him ready to stab you. Or he may just > poison your > wine and food. The priest and priestess can be used to get the > gods on your > side. You can choose from the Roman religion or Egyptian religion. If you > get killed and your in favor with them you will be judge well in the > afterlife with the gods. The senators are rivals and they could implicate > you for plotting against the emperor. They are fueled by the own ambitions > and formed different factions. They can be assassinated. You can > communicate > with them on issues of the Roman state. The senate house uses 1 st person > perspectives. The praetorian guards are dangerous they can arrest you and > implicate you against the emperor. They also perform executions. When they > execute you, you see the guard with the sword. You kneel down and then he > swing and then you blackout and see nothing. The next thing you > know you see > the Roman or Egyptian gods depending on your religion and they judge you. > The guards can also make and break emperors and you can plot with them to > kill an unpopular emperor. The praetorian guards would include > Sejanus (d.3 > 1), Macro (d.38), Cassius Cheahea (d.4 1). The generals are also ambitions > and they dream of becoming emperor with the use of the large > armies they can > march on Rome. You may after defeat them in the battlefield or assassinate > them. The royal heirs are the heirs to the Roman thrown. You might have to > assassinate them, implicate them in plots against the emperor, send them > into exile, force them to commit suicide or execute them. You can > also marry > into the imperal family to forge an alliance with the emperor. The royal > heirs are Marcellus (died.23 B.C.), Postumus (died. 14 A.D.), > Julia (exiled > 2 AD), Agrippa (died. 12 B. C.), Agrippina 1 (died. 3 3 A. D.), > Agrippina 11 > (died. 5 9) Gaius (died. 2 A. D.), Lucius (died.4 A.D.), Caligula > (ruled.37-41), Germanicus (died. 19 A.D.), Britannicus (died.55 A.D.), > Tiberius (ruled. 14-3 7), Drusilla (d. 3 8), Drusus 1 (died. 9 B. C.), > Drusus 11 (died. 23 A.D.) Livia (died 29 A.D.), Livilla (died 31 A.D.), > Helen (died 31 A.D.), Octavia (died 63 AD), Antonia (died 38 > A.D.), Caesonia > (died 41 A.D.), Messalina (died 48 AD), Gemellus (died 37 A.D.), Claudius > (ruled 41-54), Nero 1 (died 31 A.D.), Nero 11 (ruled 54-68) > Poppea (died 65 > A.D.), Vispania, Lolla Paulina, Silius, Piso, Plancina and more. The > emperors are all powerful and have the power to execute, arrest, purge, > persecute, assassinate, send into exile, force to commit suicide all > enemies. Augustus is a fair emperor and the worst punishment you > can give is > exile. Tiberius on the other hand will execute, purge all rivals. > He is also > being manipulated by the prefect of the praetorian guard known as Sejanus. > Tiberius also has orgies at his villa on Capri. He may order you to take > part in them. Caligula is even worse he is insane and dresses up as > different gods. When you go into the thrown room you can see > Caligula behind > the thrown that is covered in a purple cloth. The cloth is raised and you > can see Caligula dressed up as on of the gods. Caligula will > order you to go > to the orgy in the palace. Caligula then will go on a German > campaign where > army commanders are plotting against him. Claudius is one of the stupidest > emperors you can find. You can be easily manipulated and his > wives Messalina > and later Agrippina are controlling him. Nero only cares about > the arts and > will not run the empire. He is also controlled by his mother > Agrippina until > he kills her. The story begins in 23 B.C. and Empress Livia comes > to you for > help. You must get her son Tiberius on the thrown. You must assassinate, > send into exile, poison, implicate in plots against the emperor, force to > commit suicide and execute rival royal heirs. You must get rid of > Marcellus, > Postumus, Julia, Agrippa, Gaius and Lucius. Finally you must get rid of > Augustus. After Augustus dies a mutiny breaks out in the army. You can > accept they proposal on marching on Rome to become emperor yourself or you > could support Tiberius in becoming emperor. You have to go to Germany to > fight with the barbarians on Germanicus' campaigns. Once Tiberius > is on the > thrown you have to get rid of Agrippina, Germanicus, Livia, > Livilla, Helen, > Antonia, Piso and Gemellus. Tiberius and Sejanus will want you to > purge the > senate and implicate senators in rival factions in plotting against the > emperor. If you refuse you will be executed by beheading. You also have to > get rid of the dangerous rival Sejanus. You must ally with him and them > bring him down by implicating him and his followers in a plot against the > emperor. You will deliver the message to Tiberius at Capri. A new > prefect of > the praetorian guard you can ally with after Sejanus is executed is Macro. > You have to assassinate Tiberius and either support Caligula or > assassinate > him too to be emperor yourself You also have to implicate Macro in a plot. > Once Caligula is on the thrown he will go insane and execute as many as he > can find. He will also order you to go to orgies in the palace. > He will also > dress up as gods. He will order you to purge the senate and if > you refuse he > will have you executed. You must get rid of Gemellus and Drusilla. You > decide to join the conspiracy against Caligula and at the games you will > assassinate him. You will trap him between two doors in the arena and then > your assassins and yourself will stab him to death. You also must kill > Caesonia, Drusilla 11 and Claudius. Or you can support Claudius to be the > next emperor. Now you have to worry about Empress Messalina and Empress > Agrippina implicating you in plots and assassinating you. So you implicate > them first in plots against the emperor and if that fails you assassinate > them. You also have to go on a campaign in Britain with Claudius. After > their gone you now must assassinate Claudius and you must assassinate Nero > before he can get to the thrown. Or when Nero is in power he will start > purges and persecutions again and order you to go to orgies. > After the fire > of Rome, Nero will blame you for that. To save yourself you either commit > suicide or you assassinate Nero. After Nero is gone you must fight with > rival generals for the thrown. Once you are on the thrown as > emperor you can > order purges, persecutions, wars, executions, orgies and more. You must > survive murderius royal heirs, praetorian guards, senators, assassins, and > more. You must make a will who is to succeed you after your death, > assassination or retirement. In the Fall of the Roman Empire scenerio from > Emperors Augustus to Justinian you have to worry about religious prophets, > popes, barbarians, Attilla the Hun, Spartacus, Solomon, Hannibal, > Philip 11 > of Macedonia, Cleopatra, Arminus, Versengerix, Boudicca, Juba, > Herod, Xena, > inflation, anachy, civil war, religious sects, mutinies and more. If you > don't save the Roman Empire it will collapse and all you will get > to run are > fieffloms in the Dark Ages. If you play the role of a barbarian you can > federate your tribe and unite them against the Roman Empire and Byzantine > Empire. It also be interesting to have preset historical > scenerios like the > the Wars of Alexander the Great, Hannibal and Julius Caesar. > Sicilian Wars, > Dacian Wars, Parthan Wars, Mitherian Wars, German/Britain > campaigns, Jewish > Wars, Trojan War, Bibicial Wars, Wars of Ancient Egypt, Wars > between Sweden > and Russia (1556-1557, 1561, 1570-1595, 1609-1617, 1741-1743, 1788-1790, > 1808-1809), Danish Civil War in 1534-1536 in which Sweden participated, > Swedish Civil War in 1596-1599 during which Finland tried to gain > independence for the first time, War between Sweden and Poland in > 1600-1617, > Wars between Sweden and Denmark in 1611-1613, 1643-1645 and 1813-1814. > Swedish war against Poland, Russia, Denmark and Austria in > 1655-1658, Great > Northern War, Seven Years'War, French and Indian War, Spanish Wars of > Succession, Austrian Wars of Succession, Finnish Civil War in > 1918, War for > Estonian Independence in 1918, Winter War in 1939-40 or Russo-Finnish War, > Continuation War in 1942-45 where the Finnish try to recapture the areas > lost in the Winter War, War of Lapland in 1945 where the Finnish drove the > Germans out of Finnish territory. Angevin-Capet Wars, Punic Wars, Wars of > the Truiverites, Pelopanesian Wars, Greco-Persian Wars, Greco Roman Wars, > Roman Civil Wars, Campaigns of Charlemagne, Mongol Wars, Mad, Greek City > States Wars, Italian City States Wars, Parthian Wars, Spanish Conquests, > Moorish War in 1492, Netherland's War of Independence 1567-1648, War of > 1812, American Indian Wars, Spanish Indian Wars, Hussite War, War of the > Augburg League, Glorious Revolution of 1688, Swiss-Burgundian Wars, > Ireland's War of Independence 1560-1603, English Civil War, Thirty Years' > War, French Wars of Religion 1562-1598, Dutch Wars, American Revolutionary > War, Napoleonic Wars, U. S. -Phillipine War, Malayian Emergency 1948, > Scotland's War of Independence, Irish Civil Wars, Italio-Turkish War, > Russo-Turkish Wars, Crimean War, Mexican War, Latin American War of > Independence, American Civil War, Greco-Turkish War, Austro-Prussian War, > Franco-Prussian War, Danish-Prussian War, Cuban Civil Wars, Chinese Civil > Wars, Mexican Civil Wars, Barbary Wars, Japanese Civil War or Japanese > Warring States Period, Sino-Japanese Wars, South American Wars and Civil > Wars, Jacobitte Rebellions, Barons' War, Civil War in England (1138-1153), > African Wars and Civil Wars, Central American Wars and Civil > Wars, Zulu War, > Russo-Japanese War, Boer War, Spanish-American War, Afghan Wars, SM Wars, > Jewish Wars, Boudicca Rebellion, Germanicus' Campaign in Germany, > Claudius' > invasion of Britain, Conquests of Britain, Mark Antony's campaigns, > Hun/Mongol/Viking Conquests, Boxer Rebellion, Middle Eastern Wars > and Civil > Wars, Pindari Wars, Sikh Wars, Kaffir Wars, Maori Wars, Ashanti Wars, > Abyssinian Wars, Sudan Campaign and Reconquest 1884-85/1898, Colonial Wars > of the 18th and 19th centuries (French, British, Belgian, German, Italian, > Dutch, Portugese, Spanish, American and more), Indian Mutiny, Italian Wars > of Unification, World War 1, Russian Civil War, Spanish Civil > War, World War > 11 (all fronts including Eastern Front and Pacific War), Korean > War, Vietnam > War, Arab-Israeli Wars, Falklands Wars, Bosian-Serbian Wars, Afghanistan > War, Algerian War, Gulf War and more. Also it be nice to have an easy > interface, controllable people and easy building contruction. It also be > interesting to have disloyal advisors you can execute, purge, persecute, > exile or relieve from their post. It would also be interesting to have > internal political intigue by disloyal advisors. It also be interesting to > have all video advisors. Also in would be interesting to have battles in > realtime. It also would be interesting to have military > equiptment unique to > that civilization or nation. It also would be interesting to have > more real > earth maps. There also would be succession crisises as well were you might > speak to one leader and later on another leader may appear. You > also have to > worry about England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, France, Burgandy, Germany, > Italy, Poland, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Serbia, Austria-Hungary, > Austro-German, Turkey, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, > Finland, Belgium, Japan, China, India and more. In World War 1 and Vietnam > War you have to worry about the chaos those wars are causing could help > destroy your nation. Other nations would include Zulus, Japanese, > Americans, > Germans, Spanish, British, Scots, Irish, Welsh, Carthagians, > Sioux, Apaches, > Iroquise, Arawaks, Cherokees, Tupis, Incas, Aztecs, Anazi, Mayas, > Prussians, > Mongols, Chinese, Vietnamese, Koreans, > Cambodians, Laoians, Indians, Arabs, Byzantines, Romans, Gauls, Dacians, > Parthians, Persians, Babylonians, Libyians, Cubans, Paraguayians, > Columbians, Bolivians, Celts, Egyptians, North Africans, Phoenicians, > Mediterraneans, Normans, Vikings, Turks, Slavics, Iberians, Illyrians, > Assyrians, Thracians, Sumerians, Macedonians, Aryans, Dravidians, Celts, > Druids, Nubians, Gauls, Germanics, Britons, Picts, Alamannia, Arabs, > Numidians, Vandals, Visigoths, Huns, Saxons, Amerind, Ansar, Argentinian, > Boer, Brazilian, Chilean, Greek, Peruvian, Belgian, Dutch, > Hittites, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Canada, Austrailia, Israel, > Judea, Jordan, > Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Persia, Taiwan, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, > Finland, Denmark, Romania, Mujehadeen, PLO, Algonkin, Arapaho, Arikara, > Assiniboin, Blackfoot, Caddo, Catawba, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Chinook, > Chippewa, Choctaw, Comanche, Cree, Creek, Crow, Dakota, Delaware, Erie, > Eskimo, Hopi, Huron, Illinois, Kansa, Kiowa, Kutenai, Maidu, Mandan, > Menomini, Miami, Micmac, Miwok, Modoc, Mohave, Mhegan, Narragansett, > Natchez, Navaho, Nez Perce, Nootka, Oneida, Onondage, Osage, > Paiute, Pawnee, > Pima, Potawatorni, Powhatan, Pueblo, Sauk, Sen-finole, Seneca, Shasta, > Shawnee, Shoshone, Shusawp, Ute, Wichita, Winnebago, Yakima, Zuni and more > as well as 12 Ancient civilizations, 20 Renaissance nations, 12 Napoleonic > nations, 12 World War 1 nations, 20 World War 11 nations and 40 Post World > War 11 nations like on Steel Panthers 3. In the Age of > Renaissance Scenerio. > The world is struggling to emerge from the Dark Ages following > the collapse > of the Roman Empire. Starting in the year 750 A.D. the player vies to > re-establish their civilizations via trade while making advances > in Science, > Religion, Commerce, Communications, Exploration and Civics. Against the > backdrop of war, plague, famine, and religious strife, such > personallites as > Sir Issac Newton, Charlemagne, Marco Polo, Leonardo Da Vinci, > Martin Luther, > Galilio, Copernicus, Michael Angelo, John Huss, Henry VIII, Elizabeth 1, > Machavelli, Mohammad and Christopher Columbus apperar to guide mankind to > the threshold of a new beginning. Renaissance is a strategy scenerio which > traces western civilization from its orgins in the early Middle > Ages to its > establishment as the world's dominant culture in the Age of > Enlightenment to > the fall of the dynasties at the end of World War 1. Although military > concerns are present in the form of weaponry advantages, the > Crusades, civil > wars, and generic warfare representing everything from minor rebellions to > the 100 Years War, 3 0 Years War and Wars of the Roses, English Civil War, > conflict primarily occurs in economic terms with players posing > as merchants > competing for riches and expanding the horizons of civilizations through > trade. Historical characters appear to advance their civilizations. There > are 26 advances. Calamities also happen. You also have to watch out for > pirates trying to take your trade goods. You also have to deal with a > papacy, clergy in which you may have to pay extra taxes and > indulgences. You > can always dissolve the monastries, declare Act of Supremacy from Rome and > create a religious persecution and start a start religion. You can build > castles using animation as well as having multiple storylines. > You can also > dissolve parliment or senate. You can have papal elections. You can also > play on smaller historical preset scenerios like on Civ2. Also you have to > advisors, nobles and courtiers to worry about like Thomas More (religious > advisor d. 15 3 5), Thomas Cromwell (political advisor d. 1540), Thomas > Cramner (religious advisor d. 1556), Thomas Howard (political > advisor d. 15 > 54), Bishop Gardiner (religious advisor d. 15 5 5/56), Thomas Wolsey > (religious advisor d. 1530), Bishop Fisher (religious advisor d. 1535), > Bishop Pole (religious advisor d. 15 5 5), Bishop Latimer > (religious advisor > d. 15 5 5), William Cecil (political advisor d. 1598), Robert Dudley > (courtier and political advisor d. 15 88), Robert Devereux > (courtier d. 160 > 1), Waiter Raliegh (military advisor d. 1618), Francis Drake (military > advisor d. 1596) Francis Walsingham (intellegence spy network and > political > advisor d. 1590), Christopher Hatton (political advisor d. 1590), Thomas > Seymour (courtier and military advisor d. 1549), Machavelli, Cardinal > Richaliue, Rasputin, Becket, Trotsky, Kerensky and more including advisor > that were in the games Colonization and Versailles 1685. Every advisor > appears at different time periods that they existed. Each > advisor, noble and > courtier as influnce over your other advisors and government and > could start > a civil war. When civil happens royal heirs use their armies to take your > thrown. When you defeat them and capture them you can have them > randsomed or > executed. If they defeat you they could assassinate you or > execute you. The > battles in this scenerio are in realtime as well as tournments, jousting > matches and executions (beheadings, burnings, hangings and more). You can > marry into other royal houses like for England you can marry for > an alliance > Catherine of Aragon (Spain d. 1536), Anne Boelyn (France d. 1536), Jane > Seymour (England d. 1537), Anne of Cleves (Germany d. 1557), Catherine > Howard (England d. 1542), Catherine Parr (England d. 1548), Jane Grey (d. > 1554), Alexandra of Russia (d. 1918), Anne of Denmark (d. 1626), > Caroline of > Brunswick (Germany d. 182 1), Marie Antoniete (France d. 1793), Ellenor of > Aquitine (France d. late 12th century), Margaret of Anjou (France d.late > 15th century), Matilda of England (England d.late 12th century), Catherine > of France (d. early 15' century), Catherine DeMedici of France > (d. 1589) and > more. You also have to colonize the new world and asia as well as > the entire > world from 1492 to 1920 using explorers, conquistors, > mercanaries, pirates, > buccaneers, military, settlers, missionaries and more. You can also play a > pirate using l` person 3 -D virtual reality. You have to compete with > England, France, Holland, Spain and Portugal. You also have to worry about > Wars of Independence, Revolutionary Wars, Wars of Religion, French > Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, Colonial Wars, World War 1 and more. You have > to worry about all the dynasties and leaders. You have to deal with the > Ancient Egyptian Dynasties, Japanese feudal dynasties under the Shogun, > Ptolemy Dynasty, Fatimid Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, > Manchu Dynasty, > Norman Dynasty, Plantagnet Dynasty, Lancaster Dynasty, York Dynasty, Tudor > Dynasty, Stuart Dynasty, Hapsburg Dynasty, Romanov Dynasty, > Valois Dynasty, > Bourbon Dynasty, De Medici Dynasty, Angevin-Capet Dynasty, Papal Dynasty, > Maurya Dynasty, Ghazni Dynasty, Mongol Dynasties, and more. You can also > build castles and fortifications from the first wooden castle to the World > War 1 type fortifications. You can build pyramids and castles using > animation. There would also be role playing elements in the game as well > were you can interact with different characters in an interactive palace > where you deal with advisors and courtiers that you can have executed. In > the Modem scenerio as an American president after the > Revolutionary War you > get to colonize the west and then the world. While dealing with > homesteaders, outlaws, other imperial powers, the mafia, the French > Revolution, the War of 1812, Napoleonic Wars, the Mexican War, the Civil > War, Indians, Spanish, Cubans, Mexicans, South Americans, Recontruction, > World War 1, Russian Civil War, crime in the cities in 1920's-1930's, > Prohibition, Depression, World War 11, Korean War, Vietnam War, Space > program, Rise and Fall of the Axis (Nazis and Japanese) and > Communism. Civil > Rights, protests of the 1960's, crises of the 1970's and more. As well as > the chaos the Vietnam War is causing. In the Modem preset scenerio that > takes place from World War 1 to the Present. You must industrialize you > nation. While dealing with World War 1, Russian Revolution, Russian Civil > War, Spanish Civil War, Russo-Finnish War, World War 11, Korean > War, Vietnam > War, Afghanistan War, Cold War, Arab-Israeli Wars, Falkland War, Indian > Revolution 1948, Mayalian Emergency 1948 to 1960, Berlin Airlift, Iranian > Revolution, Iran-Iraq War, India-Pakistan Wars, Cyprus and Sri Lanka Civil > Wars, Lebanon Wars, Asian Wars, Polish/ Hungarian/Czech uprisings > of 1956 to > 1968, Egyptian-Libyan Wars, Vietnam-Cambodia Wars, Indo-China War, > Vietnam-China War, Cambodian Civil War, Vietnamization, Bay of > Pigs, Second > Russian Civil War and more. You can also play a Soviet dictator (Stalin, > Khurshev, Breznev) and you have to deal with collective farms, gulags, > purges, persecutions, executions, assassinations, propaganda and more. You > also have to deal with the SS, SA, NKVD, KGB, CIA, Trotsky, > Kerensky, Beria > and Joesph McCarthy.You can also play the role of Czar Nicholas 11 and you > have to deal with World War 1, Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War as > well as Rasputin and peasants and soldiers revolting. You can also play a > warlord from Europe or Japan. You can play a native american > chief trying to > push the European powers back into the sea. You can also play a Axis > dictator, South American dicatator or Middle East dictator. Also you have > military and civilian units unique to every civilization and nation. Like > the Russians would have the T-34 tank, IS-2 (JS-2), T-62, T-54/55, T-72, > Katusha rocket launcher, Su-100, Su-152, IL-2, La-5/7, Yak-3, IL-10, Tu-2, > Pe-2, Pe-8, IL-4, IL-28, Tu-4,1-15,1-16, Po-2, Hs-123, Yak-9, > Mig- 15, Mig- > 16, Mig- 17, Mig- 19, Mig-2 1, Mig-23, Mig-29, Mig-3 1, Mig-2 5, Su-24, > Tu-26, Su-25, Su-27, Su-33, Hind helicopter etc. For the > Americans you have > CH-47, C-47, Sikorsky helicopter, CH-46, CH-53/54, U11-60, Kiowa, B-17, > B-24, B-29, B-52, F-105, F-100, F-82, Panther jet, F-5, F-4, Skyraiders, > P-51, P-47, P-38, P-40, P-39, P-63, Corsairs, Hellcats, Bearcats, > Tigercats, > Dauntless, Devastator, Avenger, Helldiver, Brewester Buffalo, A-26s, B-26, > B-25s, B-57s, F-8s, CH-46, A-7s, A-6, A-4, A-10, A-5, F-86s, F-84s, F-94s, > F-89s, F-80s, F104s, U11-1s, AH-1s, A11-64, F-1 1 Is, F-14s, F-15s, F-16, > F-18s, F-22, F-1 17, F-19, B-2, B-36, C- 13 0, OV- 10, Sherman tanks, > Pershing tanks, Patton tanks, Grant tanks, M-60, M 1 and more. > Germans would > have the Fokker EIII, Albatros, Fokker Dr 1, Fokker VII, Fokker > VIII, Siemen > Schebert, Do-217, BP 109, BP 110, Fw- 190, Fw-200, Ju-52, Ju-87, > Ju-88, He- > 111, Do- 17, Me262, Me- 163, Hs- 129, 1Ie- 162, Do-3 3 5, Go-229, Me-210/4 > 10, Ar-234, X-planes (from XFighters), V- 1, V-2, A7A, Panther tank, Tiger > tank as well as all the tanks, ships, submarines, aircraft from > World War 1 > to the Gulf War and more. British get the Airco DH- 1, Se5, Sopwith Camel, > Hurricane, Spitfire, Meteor, Lancaster, Stirling, Handley Page, > Vimy bomber, > Seafury, Tempest, Typhoon, Harrier, Tornado, Mark IV tank, Centurion tank, > Churchill tank and more. Japanese get the Zero, Ki-83, Ki-84, > Ki-100, N 1 K > 1, Kikka, Shinden, Ki-27, Ki-43, Ki-6 1, Karnikazies, Ha-Go tank and more. > French get the Spad, Nieuport, Morane, Mirage, Renault tank, Char tank and > more. Italians would get the Fiat, Macchi, Caproni and more. All nations > would get units unique to the era. If an alliance is going an > underdeveloped > nation would get lend lease units. It could be a Allied-Central Powers > units, Allied-Axis units, Nato-Warsaw Pact units using a more complex > tech-tree. You can have all military units unique to World War 1, Spanish > Civil War, World War 11, Korean War, Vietnam War, Cold War, Arab-Israeli > Wars and Gulf War. In techology advances you may get more > aircraft, tank and > ship techology. The cities would use a SimCity 3000 perspective > and you can > build anytype of structure from Ancient times to the present including > Classical Roman, Native American, Sumerian, Oriential, Medieval, > Renaissaince, Colonial and Modem. You can have premade cities like Rome, > Athens, Alexandria, Memphis, Peking, Paris, London, Moscow, Amsterdam, New > Amsterdam, Madrid, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Hanoi, Bombay as well as all the > cities in the world. In the 20th century you can see cars run along on the > streets. The cars techology advances and you may see the Model T, to the > Tailfinned cars of the 1950's to the Muscle Cars of the 1960's to > the modern > cars and maybe hovercars. You can build over 1000 of all types > cars, trucks > and tractors built from the late 19th century to the 21st century using a > tech-tree include all types from America, Europe and Japan including > American Austin, Allstate Four, American Bantam, AMC, Apollo, > Auburn, Buick, > Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Continental, Cord, Crosley, Cunningham, > Desoto, Dodge, DuelGhia, Duesenburg, Du Pont, Edsel, Excalibur, Ford, > Franklin, Frazer, Graham, Henry J, Hudson, Hubmobile, Humbler, Imperial, > Jordan, Kaiser, Kissel, Kurtis, La Salle, Lincoln, Mormon, > Marmon, Mercury, > Muntz, Nash, Oldsmobile, Packard, Pierce-Arrow, Plymouth, > Pontiac, Rambler, > Reo, Ruxton, Shelby, Studebaker, Stutz, Terraplane, Terraplane, Tucker, > Willys, AC, Alfia Romeo, Allard, Alvis, Amphicar, 111C, Arnolt-Bristol, > Aston Martin, Austin-Flealey, Bentley, BMC, BMW, Bristol, Bugatti, Nissan, > Cisitalia, Citroen, Daimler, Datsun, Delage, Delahaye, De Tomaso, Facel > Vega, Ferrari, Fiat, Glas, Gordon-Keeble, Healey, Hispano-Suiza, HRG, > Humber, ISO, Jaguar, Jensen, Jensen-Healey, Lagonda, Larnborghini, Lancia, > Land Rover, Lotus, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, MG, Morgan, NSU, Opel, Pegaso, > Porsche, Renault, Riley, Rolls-Royce, Rover, Saab, SS, Sunbeam, Swallow, > Talbot, Triumph, TVR, Vanden Plas, Volkswagen, Volvo. You can also choose > what cars your cities are to build with car factories. You can build the > Model T, '34 Packard, '41 Lincoln Continental, '49 Buick, '49 Cadilliac, > '49/50 Ford, '50 Chevy, '50 Nash Rambler, '56 Rambler, '50 ChyrIer, '51 > Hudson Hornet, '51 Mercury, '52 Desoto Firedome,'53 Corvette,'53 Buick,53 > Cadillac, '53 Studabaker,'53 Packard, '55 Chevy,'55 Ford, '55 Pontiac,35 > Packard Caribbean,'56 Oldsmobile Starfire, '56 Thunderbird,'56 Ford,'56 > Lincoln Continental, '56 Chevy, '57 Chevy, '57 Corvette, '57 Cadillac, '57 > Pontiac, '57 Studabaker Golden Hawk, '57 Mercedes, '57 Plymouth Fury, '57 > Ford, '58 Ford, 38 Thunderbird, 38 Chevy, '58 Edsel,'58/59 Corvette,'59 > Cadillac,'59 Ford, '60 Chevy,'60 Convair, '60 Ford Falcon, '60 > Chrysler, '61 > Lincoln Continental, '62 Corvette, '62 Thunderbird, '62 > Oldsmobile Starfire, > '63 AMC Rambler, '63 Chevy, '63 Studabaker, '63 Corvette, '63 > Cadilliac, '63 > Buick Rivera,'64 Ford Mustang, '64 Pontiac GTO, '65 Mustang, '65 Pontiac > GTO, '66 Ford Mustang, '67 Pontiac GTO, '67 Ford Mustang, '67 Camaro, '67 > Plymouth, '67 Corvette, '68 Camaro, '68 Pontiac GTO, '68 Dodge > Charger, '68 > Corvette, '69 Ford Mustang, '69 Camaro, '69 Corvette, '70 Dodge > Charger, '70 > Ford Mustang, '70 Chevelle, '70 Plymouth, '70 Plymouth Cuda, '70 Ford > Maverick, '71 Plymouth Cuda and much more. In the cities in america during > civil disorder you have to worry about the mafla (including mob bosses) > trying to take control and the factions fight each other shooting and > blowing up cars. Other leaders included would be Solomon, Genghis Khan, > Kubla Khan, Chang-Kai-Shek of China, Kim Sung of North Korea, > Akbar, Stephen > of England, Vlad the Impaler, Alexander Nevsky, Gustuvus > Adolphus, Ivan the > Terrible, Macbeth, Robert Bruce, William Wallace, Alfred the > Great, William > the Conqueror, Pope Clement, Pope Boniface, Pope Innocent, Pope Pius, Pope > Urban, Francis of France, Charles of Sweden, Charles of France, Henry of > Germany, Henry of France, Charles XII of Sweden, Ptolemy, Saladin, Richard > 1, Richard 11, Edward 1, Edward 11, Edward Ill, Henry 11, Henry Ill, Henry > IV of France, Henry VI, Edward IV, Henry V, Richard Ill, Henry VII, Henry > VIII, Edward VI, Mary 1, Elizabeth 1, James 1, Charles 1, Oliver Cromwell, > Charles 11, James 11, William and Mary, George 1, George 11, George Ill, > George IV, Queen Victoria, Christian of Denmark, George V, Philip 11 of > Spain, Charles V, Kaiser Wilhelm 11, Nicholas 11 of Russia, Franz Josef of > Austria, Fredrick the Great, Louis XIV, Louis XVI, Napoleon, Napoleon Ill, > Otto von Bismarck, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Mary Queen of > Scots, Athalpa of the Incas, Geronimo, Thomas Jefferson, George > Washington, > Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Simon Bolivar, Woodrow > Wilson, FDR, Churchill, Hitler, Franco, Petain, Mussolini, Tito, Sadat, > Nasser, Stalin, Ho Chi Mihn, Truman, LBJ, Nixon, Castro, Saddam Hussein, > Shah of Iran, Pancho Villa, De Gaulle, Po Pot, Kadifi and more. It would > include the Tudor Dynasty, Stuart Dynasty, Hapsburg Dynasty, Bourbon > Dynasty, Valois Dynasty, Romanov Dynasty, De Medici Dynasty, Hannoverian > Dynasty and more. You also have Imperial Japan, Manchu Dynasty, Imperial > Russia, Imperial Germany and more. You also have preset > historical scenerios > like the Opium Wars, and World War 1 and more. You also have real time > combat. You can also play a native american and federate the other tribes > while trying to push the European powers back into the sea. As a European > Power you have to watch out for Wars of Indenpendences as your > colonies try > to break away. You can also play in scenerios where you play the role of > Henry VIII and Elizabeth 1 where you deal with the pope, > religious factions, > parliment, religious persecution, military conquest and > colonization of the > new world and more. You can also colonize other planets when you > are in the > space race, but other civilizations from earth also plan to do the same > thing and space battles may ensue (star wars trilogy type techology). Also > in the game would be a built in wargame with historical scenerios > from 3000 > B.C. to 2000 A.D. and includes all the major and minor wars, leaders and > nations. It would have isometric graphics as well as 3 -D graphics 1 st > person perspective (simulation/action style battles or Time Commado/Dark > Forces 2 style) and it would use animated minitures and operate > in realtime. > It would include campaigns and scenerios from any war that would use a > Panzer General 2 and Steel Panthers 3 campaign type system were > you have the > same type units and scenerios. Other units are to include a '5 0 > Chevy, '3 1 > Chevy Truck, '5 7 Chevy truck, '51 Ford Truck, '25 Ford Truck, '56 Ford > Truck, WWII jeeps and trucks, '49 Mercury, '31 Ford,'53 Chevy Truck,'57 > Dodge Truck,'55-57 Chevy Nomad,'72 Chevy Truck, '72 Chevy,'79 > Oldsmoble, '55 > Corvette, '56 Corvette, '78 Corvette, '65 Corvette Mako Shark, > '32 Ford, '40 > Ford, '40 Ford Truck, 1903 Ford, 1907 Rolisroyce, 1913 Model T, '32 > Cadillac, '67 Volkswagen, '48 Chysler, '48 Tucker Torpedo, '3 5 Mercedes > 770, '3 5 Mercedes 500K, '26 Mercedes, '5 5 Mercedes, 1904 Mercedes,'54 > Mercedes,'35 Duesenberg,30 Duesenburg,'40 Duesenburg, '33 Duesenburg > Grand,'29 Cord,'56 Ford, 37 Cord, '33 Duesenburg J, 1905 Rolls-Royce,'25 > RollsRoyce,'29 Bentley,'29 Rolls-Royce,'36 Bugatti, '24 Hispano-Suiza, '25 > Hispano-Suiza, '30 Burgatti, '29 Bugatti, 1899 Packard, 1896 > Mercades, 1912 > Packard,'38 Alvis, '38 Jaguar,'55 Porshe, '61 Jaguar, 1896 Ford, '55 > Rolls-Royce, '21 Rolls-Royce, '64 Cadillac, '5 9 Chevy, '61 > Chevy, Ferraris, > Lambarginis and over 1000 different types of all the cars, motorcycles, > tractors and trucks from 1900 to 2000. These cars will run around on the > streets of your cities of the 20th century. The poorer cities > don't get cars > and cars create traffic and pollution problems if you create to many of > them. In the 20th century when your cities burn (if they do due to > disasters) you can use firetrucks like the '22 Aherens,'65 Seagrave, 1916 > Ford Fire-engine, 1912 Christie,'65 LaFrance. Other miliary units that are > unique to certain civilizations are for the Japanese will get the Zero, > Ki-83, Ki-84, Shinden, Kikka, N1K1, Ki-100, Kates, Nicks, Betty > bombers and > more, the British would get the Spitfire, Meteor, Lancaster Bombers, > Stirling Bombers, Mosquito, Sopwith Camels, SE-5, Seafury, > Tempest, Typhoon, > Harriers and more, the French would get the Spad, Nieuport and more. The > Americans would get the F-82, F- 100, B-36, B-32 and more. In other word > those civilizations would get the same types of units, scenerios, battles, > campaigns, wars that are in Steel Panthers 1, 2 and 3, Panzer > General 1 and > 2, Allied General, Civil War Generals, East Front, Nam, Age of Rifles, Age > of Muskets, Imperialism, Conquest of the New World, Great Battles of > Alexander, Hannibal, Julius Caesar and Pacific General. Also including the > Norman Dynasty, Carolinian Dynasty, Theodosius Dynasty, Justinian Dynasty, > Heraclius Dynasty, Isaurian Dynasty, Macedonian Dynasty, > Comnenian Dynasty, > Antonies Dynasty, Severan Dynasty, Flavian Dynasty, Comneni > Dynasty, Angeli > Dynasty, Lascarid Dynasty, Palaeologi Dynasty, Sung Dynasty and > more as well > as all 65 Roman Emperors, all the European Monarchs, Asian > Monarchs, Middle > Eastern Monarchs, Dictators, Native Chiefs and American Presidents. Other > units would include English Civil War units like Roundheads and Cavaliers. > Spanish Conquistors, Mexican Banditos, Outlaws, Bounty Hunters, > Gunfighters, > Macemen, Axemen, Gladiators, Crossbowmen, Arquebussmen, for the > Vietnam War > having Seal Team, gunboats, minelayers, snipers, Viet Cong and North > Vietnamese Army units. Another suggestion is have a prehistoric preset > scenerio where you have 150 different species over a period of 360 million > years starting with amphibians and including dinosaurs (3 -D animated) > trying to be evolved enough to they can create a civilization (with a tree > of life) like in the game Evolution and 3 -D like in Trespasser Jurassic > Park Lost World game. Another suggestion is a preset scenerio like in the > game Imperialism and Conquest of the New World were you must colonize the > world from the late 1 5th century and early 16th century and ending in the > late 19th century and early 20th century ending with the end of > World War 1 > which would include Japanese Warring States Period, Cortez's campaigns, > Charles V's campaigns, Henry VIII's campaigns, Spanish Armada, Falklands > War, Bosian War, Indian Mutiny 1857, Italian Wars of Unification, French > Revolution, Russian Revolution, Iranian Revolution, Iran-Iraq War. Another > suggestion is have a scenerio like in the game Rebellion were you can > colonize other worlds in space, but other civilizations from > earth are doing > the same with futuristic techology (Star Wars trilogy type > techology). Also > in the historical preset scenerios it would be interesting to have a > Centurion Defender of Rome, Panzer General 2, Pacific General and Steel > Panthers 3 type campaign system in realtime. Also building buildings from > Caesar 3 would be interesting for the Roman scenerios, but in virtual > reality just like SimCity 3000 and realtime gameplay of Age of Empires 2, > Plague, Populous 3, Settlers 2, 7 Kingdoms, Eldorado and Castles > 3. You can > see citizens on the streets from Ancient times to the future wearing > authentic costumes and outfits. Another suggestion for a preset > scenerio is > a doomsday scenerio where you have to deal with the black plague in 1348, > Atlantis scenerio, plagues of the late Roman Empire, plagues of the 16th > century, Astroroids hitting the earth in the present or the Sun > turning into > a Red Giant and then collaping into a Black Hole. So getting into > space will > be even more important. A 3 -D globe would also be interesting. Other cars > to run on the city roads. Such as the Aston Martin, '41 Dodge truck, '67 > Morris, 'S 1 Citroen, '68 Chevy El Camino, 1914 Rolls-Royce, 1911 > Rolls-Royce, '48 MG, '29 Cord, '29 Dodge truck, '3 4 Packard, '64 > Aston-Martin, 1915 Stutz, '25 Stutz, '3 8 Alvin, '36 Mercedes, > '55 Corvette, > '56 Corvette, '84 Corvette, '86 Corvette, '88 Corvette, '93 Corvette, '75 > Corvette, '37 Studabaker, Viper, '42 Ford truck, '31 Ford truck, '41 Chevy > truck, '56 Ford, '55 Pontiac. Space techology would include the > A-1 Sputnik, > Vanguard, Juno 1/2, Thor, Agena, A-2 Lunik, Thor-Able Star, Atlas-Agena > Ranger, A-2-e Mars/Venus, Mercury-Redstone, A-1 Vostok, B-1 Cosmose, > Mercury-Atlas, A-2 Voskhod, C- 1 Cosmos, Gemini-Titan, Delta E, > Diarnant A, > D- 1 Proton, Titan IIIC, Titan IIIB-Agena, Saturn IB, F-1-r FOBS, > A-2 Soyuz, > F-1-m SIS, Saturn V Apollo, D-1-e Zond, Lambda4S-5, CSL-1 Long March 1, > Diarnant B, Black Arrow Prospero, Mu-4S, Europa 11, Titan RID, > D-1 Salyut 1, > Scout, Saturn V Skylab, Delta 2914, Titan IIIE-Centaur, Mu-3C, > Diamant BP4, > NI, CSL-2 FB-1, Delta 3914, Atlas E/F, F-2 Tsyklon, Mu-3H, Atlas-Centaur, > Ariane 1, SLV-3, Space Shuttle, Titan 34D, Delta 34D, Delta 3920, N-11, > CZ-3, Ariane 3, ASLV, H-1, Ariane 4, Delta 11, Buran Energiya, > CZ-4, CZ-2E, > H-II, Hennes Arlane 5, all types of satellites, lunar landers, spaceships > and more. Another suggestion is a more detailed Age of Discovery type > Scenerio that would be like Conquest of the New World. You must > colonize the > entire world from 1492 to the fall of the dynasties in 1918 using the P' > person perspectives or point of view, but what out for pirates, > privateers, > buccaneers and later on submarines. You can issue a letter of Marque. You > also have all train, trolley types, street cars from 1830 to 2000 > as well as > cars and trucks from 1890 to 2000 using a tech-tree. New military > unit would > include the Railway artillery, F-100, F-84, Panther jet, Banche > jet, Tu-95, > Tu-4, XP-56, XP-75, XP-77, X-B-35, X-B-49, X-1, X-2, X-3, X-5, SR-71, 707, > 727, 737, 747, 777, DC-8, C-5, C-54, X-Planes and more. How about animated > units. Sorry for wasting your time. > > Sincerely > > Mr. Schure >