Games Spencer on January 12, 2008 09:14 am
GOTW – Conquer Club
Game of the Week: Conquer Club – www.conquerclub.com
This week’s game is one of my favorite computer hobbies right now and has been for about a year. Conquer Club is an online version of the popular board game RISK. The rules are very similar but the developer has added a lot more flexibility.
The first big addition you’ll notice is the addition of dozens of maps. Instead of just playing on the original RISK board, members of the community have worked hard to create many different and clever maps to enhance the players’ experience.
Beyond the maps, there are countless combinations of game options: 2 – 8 players, team games, fog of war (very difficult, you can only see armies that border your direct territiories), different objectives to win the game, and options for speed and how turns are made.
Trust me, this can get very addictive. But at the same time, it takes only a few minutes to make a move and then you have 24 hours before you have to make another one (or longer depending on settings). It is completely free or you can purchase premium membership for $25 a year and that gives you the ability to play in an unlimited number of games concurrently (free gives you 4 concurrent games). Even if you aren’t or weren’t a big RISK player as I wasn’t, this game is a lot of fun.
If you sign up and choose to play, my user name is sgstanton. Look me up and we can either join a game as enemies or as a team.
Next week’s game involves a monkey and some darts… if you guess it, you rock!
Happy Conquering and I’ll see you on the battlefield.
