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"sb" <sb...@my-deja.com> wrote in message > >

> I agree with the lot of you. It's a great game and I recently picked
> it up again. I'm playing at level 200-something just to see how
> dificult the start can get before I crack :)

Wow, 200 is impressive. I'm still struggling along at Normal mode (100). I
like playing with the complex models for food and luxuries, it forces me to
develop my economies more carefully. Not sure why they give the computer
player a "Large" advantage in New World exploration under Normal, though.
The computer is a *bitch* already ... ;-)

> Back when ImpII was released, there was no intention to do a #3. Ben
> Polk went off to other tasks. Since then a number of mergers and
> aqcuisitions have occured, that I can't keep track of. So I don't know
> what the status is, but to sum up, I find it unlikely that there will
> ever be a #3.

I got a nice email from Ben the other day. I hate to abuse the courtesy by
bugging him with all sorts of questions about Imperialism, but I sure hope
there's a chance we could see a 3. When you consider how popular games like
Civilization have become, I have to think that there's market potential for
an Imperialism III, given the right approach to a broader audience.

> It is sad, btw. that there are almost no webressources for this game.

Yea, I found that very surprising. I can still find sites for a lot of other
older games, but this great game yields up hardly any. There is Slap's site:

http://strategygames.net/games/Imperialism2/Imperialism2Frames.htm

And there's this interesting AAR:

http://www.wargamer.com/articles/imp2_aar.asp

and now I have your site bookmarked too, thanks!