# 1503 AD (the videogame)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1503-ad-the-videogame/168827>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 15, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1503-ad-the-videogame/168827 "2003-04-15T05:52:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1503-ad-the-videogame/168827/1 "2003-04-15T05:52:49Z")

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I saw this mentioned a few times in a thread a while back – is anybody else playing this game?

I’m not sure what I think about it yet, but I’m definitely hooked. I’ve yet to go past the third mission of the main campaign, because I keep starting over, convinced that I can design my city better the next time. And of course games take forever because the pace is as slow as Christmas.

On the whole, I’m pretty sure I like it. But if I never hear “Scarborough Fair” again, it’ll be too soon.

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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1503-ad-the-videogame/168827/2 "2003-04-15T13:10:31Z")

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Actually, no. You got the only copy anyone bothered to make. Some people had it one pre-order, but due to a shipping errror, they were abducted by the Cynoidians and transported back in time to 1503 AD, where they hijackd a pirate ship and became the short lived, but successful group of blockade runners.