# A really good strategy/ civilization game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-good-strategy-civilization-game/433474 "2008-01-14T14:46:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-good-strategy-civilization-game/433474/21 "2008-01-15T00:46:58Z")
[QUOTE=Charlie Tan] I played a railroad game some five years ago -lay rails, build stations, make money from cargo. No violence, just strategy. It was great fun, quite similar to SimCity. I tried googling “railroad tycoon” and [the top result was this](http://www.2kgames.com/railroads/railroads.html). It’s not the game I played, but maybe it meets your criteria? [/QUOTE] Could you be thinking of “Transport Tycoon” by Chris Sawyer? You built not only railroads, but highway/road systems, harbors, and airports, along with buying trucks, boats and planes. I used to spend entire nights designing and building entire transportation systems. ETA forgot about the water shipping ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-good-strategy-civilization-game/433474/22 "2008-01-15T02:12:21Z")
[QUOTE=well he’s back] sounds like you want “Settlers of Cataan”, only on computer [/QUOTE] Ahem. Try “Xplorers” [here](http://games.asobrain.com/). ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-good-strategy-civilization-game/433474/23 "2008-01-15T02:18:21Z")
The original _Black and White_ might fit your criteria. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-good-strategy-civilization-game/433474.md?page=1)