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Games that focus on mercantilsm
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Joe Molotov
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Dope Wars
Sabaku Ika
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Lemonade Tycoon.
Red Scarlet
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Morbo said:
m-w.com said:
what? Just because he missed a letter, no need to be a smartass.
HomerSimpson-Man
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Yes.
It still stands!!! "mercantilsm" isn't a word but mercantilism is!!
It still stands!!! "mercantilsm" isn't a word but mercantilism is!!
Red Scarlet
Member
Yeah, but he wasn't even being helpful!
emomoonbase
I'm free 2night after my LARPing guild meets.
FlyinJ said:
Yes, this game had some good MERCANTILIZATIONIZING in it.
junkwaffle
In Front and Drawing Away
junkwaffle
In Front and Drawing Away
sorta...
not really.
Mercantilism as a trade theory is different from what we know of today as Capitalism (or the Free Market) in that rather than specialization of trade, it promoted the idea that the Empire should be self sufficient and own all of the resources it consumes. This economic concept is what drove Colonialism as a geopolitical foce during the age of colonialism and it is mercantile ideals that created and settled the new world.
The Civilization games, especially III and IV (featuring resources), tend to promote Mercantilist ideals more than free trade. It simply pays more to own the resources as they will never be under threat of being cut off.
The Civilization games, especially III and IV (featuring resources), tend to promote Mercantilist ideals more than free trade. It simply pays more to own the resources as they will never be under threat of being cut off.
JackFrost2012
Banned
JackFrost2012 said:
Hmm.. kinda reminds me of Elite, except without the cool wireframe graphics and space environment. Frontier should open-source the original Elite or something. Oh, while we're on the subject, Frontier: Elite II and Frontier First Encounters are available as shareware now, you can get them from the Elite Club website.
StarscreamLSU
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What about Snow, the drug empire building game announced at last year's E3?
Squirrel Killer
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What's crazy is I wrote a game on my C-128 that was just like that, and I never even knew about Taipan. Well, mine was certainly not nearly as polished, but still. So if you want a shitty sci-fi version of Taipan and have a C-128 emu, go to my site.Prospero said:
Anyway, that Sea Trader GBA game is pretty much a modern port of Taipan right? That game didn't leave my GBA for a month. $10 well spent.
Beavertown
Garbage
I don't know if it counts. But Aerobiz Supersonic is one of the best business type games I've ever played.
Capitalism for PC is pretty good too.
Capitalism for PC is pretty good too.
DEO3 said:
-indeed-
the entire game centers on your mercantilenesish abilities - legal or illegal
it was always cool, reading the 'news' of a planet to see if guns were outlawed -- good $$ if you could smuggle some in
does it count if the games e-items make their way over to ebay??? http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-DS-Ani...256835740QQcategoryZ62053QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
monchi-kun
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i remember the web classic PIMP WARS....before it got waaay to popular and out of control
radios shipping overview
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Patrician's descendants Port Royale and Port Royale II, both set in the Caribbean, are worth a try. I remember Machiavelli: The Prince/Merchant Prince being a lot of fun, but I'm not sure if the interface has held up. "Merchant Prince 2" is the same game adapted to run on modern OSes.