Speaking of political consims - Land of the Free (fwd) [fun]

[Jim Choate]

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Actually Justin Thyme has been doing these games for years with our
player teams at conventions, but without computers.

On Tue, 22 Sep 1998 BillR54619 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 9/22/98 5:18:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> olboggy at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> Hasbeen Interactive announces its new, Java-enabled, interactive WWW gaming
> experience, BILLOMACY. "Billomacy" extends the concepts pioneered in the
> classic TAHGC game, DIPLOMACY, placing you in a virtual social computing world
> full of sovereign, petty, and touchy players. How many of them can YOU piss
> off, and still stay in the game ? For the goal of BILLOMACY is not to win, but
> to keep the game going for as long as you can. Chat and email functions allow
> you to communicate with the other players almost instantaneously, to plot your
> vast right wing conspiracies, or to indulge in hurling anathemas in the form
> of press releases. The possibilities are endless !! Each game lasts as long as
> you want to keep playing, from just one evening, or until kingdom come.
> BILLOMACY supports an infinite number of strategies and playing styles, from
> the passive-aggressive "Kaiser Wilhelm" mode to the sneaky, unprincipled,
> "Guilliame Talleyrand" mode, not to mention the famous "Wild Bill" cowboy
> mode, and of course, the ultimate in popularity, "Bill Clinton, Secret Agent
> Man", which allows you to enter our special "adults only" area for phone sex
> and other goodies. And for the spiritually inclined, we have included the high
> toned "Billy Graham" sermonizing option, for a low extra price. BILLOMACY, the
> favorite interactive game of (who else) Bill Gates, is an experience we think
> you'll really like !!
> 
> ---
> 
> Bill R.

Tracy Johnson
tmj at primenet.com