That title comes up as an I Want to have an Argument, Please starter on BGG from time to time. There was an argument once upon a time about whether Civilization is or is not a wargame. This was the closing argument from the winning side ("No"):
And even the conflict system isn't really a combat system; it is a means of determining whose culture survives in a given area.
Definitely not a wargame, but an econ game with a conflict system.
If there's a better definition of ancient war, I haven't heard it...
(Slight exaggeration, but still.)
(Stupid wargames and their "battles;" the more I study war the more I'm interested in what happens behind-the-lines, from changing conceptions of manhood brought on by war to occupations to bond drives.)
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