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10 Next  I've heard of that "Civilization" board game by Francis
Tresham. So you hadn't played that before? Or had you just
briefly played it?  Sid: I had not played that before I did
Civilization; I played it later. I remember there were some
cards and trading. It was more ancient; it didn't really come
into any sort of modern or medieval times. It was more of an
ancient kind of game.  It's interesting because Tresham also
created 1829, a railroad board game. We played the American
version of it, 1830, before we did Railroad Tycoon. So there's
definitely a connection in terms of the topics between board
games and computer games. But the inspiration for Civilization
was more SimCity, our railroad game, and Risk. Most kids play
Risk when they're young, and the idea of conquering the world is
pretty satisfying.  Did Tres