Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!think.com!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!brunix!cs.brown.edu!cem
From: cem@cs.brown.edu (Charles E. Moylan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Spaceward Ho!
Keywords: Great game
Message-ID: <63185@brunix.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jan 91 20:58:41 GMT
Sender: news@brunix.UUCP
Reply-To: cem@cs.brown.edu (Charles E. Moylan)
Organization: Brown Computer Science Dept.
Lines: 25

To anyone interested in excellent strategy games for the Macintosh:

  Recently I picked up a copy of a game called "Spaceward Ho!" from a
tiny company called Delta Tao.  It is one of the best Mac games I've
ever played.  In a nutshell, you are the leader of a spacefaring race,
and your objective is to conquer the galaxy, which is set up according to
a set of parameters you provide at the beginning of the game.  This is
accomplished by colonizing planets, mining for resources (which are
FINITE - and this is critical!), researching five different fields of
technology, and building starships (some combat vessels and some colony
ships).  The best part about building the starships is that you get
to design your own ship classes according to your current level of
technology!  Hi-tech ships cost more but, of course, are better.  High
"miniaturization" technology drives ship cost WAY up but brings the (again,
finite) resource cost way down which can be critical in the laste stages
of the game as the galaxy becomes depleted of resources.  

  This game is highly addicting and I wish I didn't have class work to
take care of so I could play some more right now.  And, no, I am not
affiliated with Delta Tao in any way.  I just wanted to get the word out
on a game that merits praise. 
 

-- 
Charlie Moylan (cem@cs.brown.edu)