My family is in the tradition of holding periodic gaming nights where we invite a few friends and play some multiplayer game over a LAN. For the past five years or so, this has basically been Age of Empires II, with attempts to bring in Warcraft III or other new RTS games not succeeding.
I'm looking for something new (for us) that can meet some basic criteria:
Has Multiplayer - 2 to 8, preferably more than 8 players.
Not totally combat oriented - My younger sisters who like to build farms and small cities need something to do too. Some sort of building up game would be ideal. Something like Civilization 4 would be perfect except for the turn-based and time length aspects.
Can run on older hardware - Most of the computers have limited video capability.
Moderate individual game length - 30 minutes it too short, 2 hours is too long.
I haven't really kept up on games since starting school a few years ago, so I'm out of the loop really in what's fun or not. The main factor here is enjoyability, not genre. Games we've had a lot of success with in the past were Motocross Madness (trying to syncronize jumps with 6+ people can be endlessly entertaining ), Tony Hawk Proskater, transport Tycoon and Age of Empires II. The dated titles are indicative of the time when we first starting doing this, not the hardware available. I don't think any of the computers are slower than 2 GHz.
I know it's a somewhat odd request with some odd criteria, but I'm hoping for some suggestions. Thanks.
I'm looking for something new (for us) that can meet some basic criteria:
Has Multiplayer - 2 to 8, preferably more than 8 players.
Not totally combat oriented - My younger sisters who like to build farms and small cities need something to do too. Some sort of building up game would be ideal. Something like Civilization 4 would be perfect except for the turn-based and time length aspects.
Can run on older hardware - Most of the computers have limited video capability.
Moderate individual game length - 30 minutes it too short, 2 hours is too long.
I haven't really kept up on games since starting school a few years ago, so I'm out of the loop really in what's fun or not. The main factor here is enjoyability, not genre. Games we've had a lot of success with in the past were Motocross Madness (trying to syncronize jumps with 6+ people can be endlessly entertaining ), Tony Hawk Proskater, transport Tycoon and Age of Empires II. The dated titles are indicative of the time when we first starting doing this, not the hardware available. I don't think any of the computers are slower than 2 GHz.
I know it's a somewhat odd request with some odd criteria, but I'm hoping for some suggestions. Thanks.