Heh. That reminds me. About 10-15 years ago, there was a PC game called
Deos or something like that. You played against the computer, although I think it was possible to network to another PC and play against another person.
You and your opponent were gods. The object was to wipe out all of your opponent's followers, leaving the world soley to your own. The terrain is rocky or swampy and uneven. You had to build up the terrain or build it down to make it flat and even so your followers could build cities and make more followers. All of this used up power, but having more followers allowed your power to regenerate faster.
Of course, you would try to destroy your opponent's cities by causing earth quakes, making mountains appear. If you had enough power you can flood the entire world (the water level would raise one unit -- hopefully you built up your part of the land to be above the flood).
You could also create knights who would go kill the opponent's followers and burn down his cities. Heh. I liked the victory dance a knight would do after he burned down a city.
Very Old Testament stuff.
Kings were put to death long before 21 January 1793. But regicides of earlier times and their followers were interested in attacking the person, not the principle, of the king. They wanted another king, and that was all. It never occurred to them that the throne could remain empty forever. -- Albert Camus
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