Re: Another name that game...

[aww12345@yahoo.com (John Smith)]

Rob Greene <greeneratcharterdotnet> wrote in message news:<Xns935DCCFEAAEC6Rob.Greene@216.168.3.44>...
> aww12345@yahoo.com (John Smith) wrote in 
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> > Hi,
> > 
> > Any help appreciated.  My memory of the game is somewhat hazy, so I
> > apologize.  I've looked through many Apple II game listings, but
> > nothing so far has jumped out.  I have done many google searches with
> > Apple II game and various themes I associate with the game with no
> > luck.
> > 
> > The objective, as I remember it, was to increase your wealth by
> > managing some sort of town(s?) in a castle/peasant/etc... setting. 
> > You started out as some low ranking title.  I believe each turn you
> > decided things such as what goods to buy/sell/plant/etc... and I think
> > that as you earned money and perhaps did other things your title
> > increased through names like baron, count, etc.
> > 
> > The structure(s) you supposedly owned grew as well, I think involving
> > castles and other things, though I forget which was dependent on the
> > other.
> > 
> > I remember playing it ~1986.  It was simple game visually - if I
> > remember correctly it used mostly text and perhaps text graphics for
> > what little graphics there were.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> Possibly Lordlings of Yore??

I grabbed this from asimov and gave it a try - it is in the right
style, but looked to be more complicated than the one I am thinking
of.