EMPIRE(6)

NAME
empire - global simulation game

SYNOPSIS
empire [country [representative]] [-2 outputfile]

DESCRIPTION

UCSD Empire is a global economic/political/military simulation game wherein players, representing national governments, make "real-time" decisions concerning resource allocation, national goals, international diplomatic efforts, etc. Extensive records are kept for all players.

WARNING -- This game is not only addictive but often peels back the thin veneer of civilization that hides the maniac within.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
setenv EMPIREHOST SERVER_MACHINE to access the game on SERVER_MACHINE.

setenv EMPIREPORT PORT_NUMBER to access the game on PORT_NUMBER. (the person running the game should tell you what this is... if not, you should have the right default already.)

setenv COUNTRY COUNTRY_NAME (optional)

setenv PLAYER REPRESENTATIVE_NAME (optional)

SEE ALSO
The Empire Info Pages
How To Play Empire (part of the empire source distribution)
Overview (also part of the empire source distribution)

BUGS
Lots and Lots of bugs. Exploit them like mad. One that you should be aware of is that there are two versions of the client and if you get a "not version number: Empire V...." type error then it probably means that you are using the wrong version.

AUTHORS
In order alphabetically by first name ...
Bill Frolik (bill@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com)
Chris Metcalf (metcalf-christopher@yale.arpa)
Chuck Musciano (chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com)
Dave Muir Sharnoff (muir@cogsci.berkeley.edu)
Dave Pare (mr-frog@amos.ling.ucsd.edu)
James Anderson (jwa@k.cs.cmu.edu)
Jeff Anton (anton@postgres.berkeley.edu)
Jeff Okamoto (okamoto%hpccc@hplabs.hp.com)
Jeff Wallace (jeffw@scam.berkeley.edu)
Jim Reuter (reuter@decwrl.dec.com)
Julian Onions (jpo@computer-science.nottingham.ac.uk)
Keith Muller (muller@sdcc7.ucsd.edu)
Kurt Pires (kjpires@ic.berkeley.edu)
Lewis R. Jansen (lrj@helios.tn.cornell.edu)
Mike St. Johns (stjohns@edn-vax.arpa)
Nick Lai (lai@cs.ucla.edu)
Peter S. Langston (psl@yquem.bellcore.com)
Peter Vukovich (peterv@monet.berkeley.edu)
Phill Everson (everson@compsci.bristol.ac.uk)
Shelley Louie (slouie@cory.berekely.edu)
Steven Grimm (koreth@ucscb.UCSC.EDU)
Tom Tedrick (tedrick@ernie.berekely.edu)