Disk No: 2980
Disk Title: Empire
PC-SIG Version: S1

Program Title: Empire
Author Version: 9/91
Author Registration: $15.00
Special Requirements: 512K RAM, EGA/VGA, and high density drive. A mouse
                      is optional.

Empire is a different kind of role-playing game.  In it, up to four
people take on roles of dictators and compete to conquer the world. Each
player is given an equal number of armies, and takes turns moving them
from country to country, attacking, and being attacked.  An interesting
twist of this game is that each dictator is assigned a political
idealogy and, as you conquer countries, the occupants may be friendly or
unfriendly. Friendly countries take less troops to occupy, and
unfriendly countries can rebel and throw your troops out.

Use the program's world and continent maps to determine your troop
deployments.  The maps are nicely designed, and you can use a mouse to
move around.  When you want to move or attack, all possible choices are
displayed on pop-up menus for easy selection.  When you do attack, a
window opens up and you see small representations of men and tanks
blowing each other up.  The outcome of any battle is random, with the
dictator having the most armies in the battle favored.

Game design and graphics are well done.  This is a solid version of the
traditional military-strategy game.  You can play one-on-one with the
computer, but that can be a little boring.  The real fun is when you
have more than two human adversaries, and that's when the strategy gets
interesting and challenging.

Military-strategy games have been around a long time, and Empire has put
a pretty face on this traditional game.  It doesn't have the fast action
of an arcade game, but if you're a fan of military-strategy games,
Empire deserves a closer look.

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