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Learning the ropes (and bugs) in Empire of the Fading Suns.
Basically space Rome's fall leaves 5 great houses in a dark age with a fraction of a planet and a few examples of lost tech they can't build yet and the first tremors of an alien invasion. You rule one great house with the goal of being elected regent twice in a row. 5 houses and two NPC factions (the church and the trade guild) get votes for regent.
The UI and bugs are something only a 90s era strategy gamer could tolerate (you right click to select and there's no map moving except clicking and one pixel of border movement around the map). It's got the potential to require your tiny freighter fleet to move all the 15 materials (including food so your invading troops don't starve and rebel) to where they're needed.
I've really enjoyed rediscovering lost tech like building air planes and then dominating rebels with air superiority. But the rebels sometimes have lost things I can't make (like Fusion powered weapons surprise). And votes are done by nobles I'm a certain place at a certain time so sniping irreplaceable nobles is a thing!
It along with Star Fleet II are probably the two games I'd love to see get a take that modernizes the game keeping as many mechanics as possible while modernizing the interface.
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