On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 04:25:52PM +1000, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 06:12:55PM -0700, Brian "Beej" Hall wrote:
> > _Conquest_ is an old game that apparently came to life in Bell Labs,
> > but no one seems to know anything more about it, including who the
> > author is.
>
> An implementation of the Stellar Conquest board game?
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_Conquest

Oooo, that seems like a good lead--very, very similar. The games are
contemporary, too.

I'd classify it as "highly probably". :)

Now I gotta find a copy of that game. I found a scan of the instructions
and there are photos of the game board itself out there.

Thanks!

Still dying to know who wrote the computer version. I can't help but
wonder if it really came out of Bell Labs or maybe that's just a
mistake.

Cheers,
-Beej

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