Conquest of Insula II

Conquest of Insula II was a computer-moderated play-by-mail game published by Clemens & Associates Inc.^[1] It was medium complexity.^[2] It shared similarities with the PBM game Terra II, including turn reports and the combat system.^[3][a]

The setting for this wargame was medieval times.^[4] In each game, ten players on an island led villages with the title of Baron.^[1] Games occurred on separate islands, with names such as "Farraheim, Andarmark, Jiborokwi, Gizzenole, Karandala, and Raksharan."^[5] Players could conduct four actions per turn: "forestry, herding, mining, weapons making, armor making, siege equipment making, refining, ditch repairing, or wall repairing."^[1] Combat involved sending armies from villages, laying siege to another village, or battling another army. Various tactics were available.^[1] Movement occurred on a hex map of ten miles per hex.^[2]

Victory was achieved by conquering three villages or "kill[ing] the most enemy warriors" by game's end.^[1] Games lasted 25 weeks.^[1] Winners began the next game as a Count (and played it for free).^[1] A game ending in 1985 on the island of Matafunda was the first to end before 25 weeks, as a player conquered a third city.^[6]

Bob McLain, editor of Gaming Universal, stated that the game was "tailor-made for battle lovers and armchair generals".^[2]

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