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    Learn DEFCON in 10 minutes ?

    Here's a little 'weekend extra'. DEFCON is a lot like 'RISK', but without plastic armies in Australia. Tom Arundel ran through the recent DEFCON finals with us - explaining strategies etc. Nice 'revelation' for non-gamers and a 'cool look inside' for the hardcore. Does watching 1 min hook you for life?
    Watch the show.

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    Re: Learn DEFCON in 10 minutes ?

    Apologies for the 'rough & readiness' of this, but I happened to be standing next to Introversion co-founder, Tom Arundel at the DEFCON finals.

    While the nukes sprayed across the screen above our heads - he started to explain what was going on - the kind of strategies that people use - the fact that the programme itself is now used for both military training etc and - most importantly - why Australian is unprotected while Madagascar* seems to have more weapon's-grade Uranium than brown sugar in this game !



    *D'ya reckon it was the talking animals wot dun it ?
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    Re: Learn DEFCON in 10 minutes ?

    This games looks well up my alley, I think I'll give it a try.

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    Re: Learn DEFCON in 10 minutes ?

    Got pinged by someone else over the weekend who said that they watched this and then downloaded the game straightaway !

    You can tell it was not planned - and the first 30 seconds I was 'pointed' at the plasma so you get 'refresh' patterns...

    ...but, once I spotted the smaller/steadier TFT, it all calms down and you can focus on the action


    Funny thing is that I remember me and a friend watching Wargames and then sitting down over a weekend to 'have a go' at recreating the game on a TRS-80 (where the resolution was measured in 'characters across the screen' - rather than pixels!)

    We gave it 2 days - got nowhere - wrote a pseudo intelligent game of 'noughts and crosses' instead
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    Re: Learn DEFCON in 10 minutes ?

    Nice video, I've played defcon before but I still enjoyed that

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    Re: Learn DEFCON in 10 minutes ?

    It's great that Defcon's had a such succes, it's a great game & well deserved! Spent many hours playing

    Love Darwinia & Uplink too, Darwinia should be a must in anyones games box, it's pure manic enjoyment!
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    Re: Learn DEFCON in 10 minutes ?

    darwinia is pretty cool, uplink was the most submersive game ever, but i really couldnt get the hang of defcon at all, the opening is far too slow, and then the endgame is ludicrously quick, i might just need to stick with it more, but i really dont have the patience for the learning curve.

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    Re: Learn DEFCON in 10 minutes ?

    Quote Originally Posted by herulach View Post
    ...endgame is ludicrously quick...
    On the day (DEFCON Championship), we interviewed all of the 'semi-finalists'

    Have to say that I completely underated Abdul Mojid because of his age

    (I know, I know, proper ageist... but I figured strategy needs a wize-man's beard!)

    However, like you say, once you get to the last '5 minutes' - things get sooooo quick - that I guess the little guy's reflexes took over and he kicked adult butt across the floor and out of the building to get the 50" amBX TV
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