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Started by republic, September 13, 2013, 06:13:09 AM

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bbmike

Quote from: steve58 on June 24, 2014, 08:14:04 PM
$6.24 on GOG for another hour...tempted  :-\

I was to but I read that it was too easy to change government types/not very realistic. And for that reason, I'm out.
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I bought it from GOG last week when it was $6.24 but haven't really done much other than fire it up to have a look so far.

steve58

I decided to pass on it for now...maybe I'll get it if it shows up even cheaper...
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JasonPratt

It is not even slightly realistic, except in the sense of giving an idea of how various changes affect other issues.

As a socio-cultural strategy game, though, it works pretty well. Think of it like a Euro game, with far more in-depth tracking of what results in what.
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Geezer

Apologies for a 6 year thread necro but Democracy 4 is now out in alpha for $26.99.

https://www.positech.co.uk/democracy4/
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Lowenstaat

Looks interesting. I played Democracy 2, 3, and Africa. Definitively policy wonk games for those who enjoy tinkering with policies. I've also appreciated the developer's inclusion of tools to adjust model assumptions and national characteristics for the nation the player attempts to lead.

I'm looking forward to the 4th installment, but what's with the Marxists in the top pic on the Democracy 4 website treading on other people's feet?

https://www.positech.co.uk/democracy4/

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JasonPratt

The number of Marxists in that group photo is weird in itself. (Dem3 in my experience is heavily salted toward atheistic socialism as a workable policy mix, perhaps coincidentally.)

Maybe this is a quiet "take that" from the composition artist who was told to put this group shot together?

I also notice they aren't standing on people's feet plural. They're each trodding on a foot of one specific person: the person they're blocking as much as possible in the group photo.

The black man with raggedy jeans. They're standing on the feet of the poor black man in the group while they do their best to hide him from view.

I grant this might be coincidence.
ICEBREAKER THESIS CHRONOLOGY! -- Victor Suvorov's Stalin Grand Strategy theory, in lots and lots of chronological order...
Dawn of Armageddon -- narrative AAR for Dawn of War: Soulstorm: Ultimate Apocalypse
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PanzOrc Corpz Generals -- Fantasy Wars narrative AAR, half a combined campaign.
Khazâd du-bekâr! -- narrative dwarf AAR for LotR BfME2 RotWK campaign.
RobO Q Campaign Generator -- archived classic CMBB/CMAK tool!