# A simulation game that can run slowly, in the background, while you do other things **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 10, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simulation-game-that-can-run-slowly-in-the-background-while-you-do-other-things/737212 "2015-11-10T18:49:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simulation-game-that-can-run-slowly-in-the-background-while-you-do-other-things/737212/1 "2015-11-10T18:49:49Z")
I have in mind specifically a political simulation of some kind, whether medieval, modern day, spacefaring or whatever. What would be awesome would if I could just have this kingdom (or whatever) running constantly in the background at a rate slow enough that I don’t have to have my attention on it constantly but rather could interact with it a few times a day. Crusader Kings II actually almost works for this if I keep it on low speed, but CKII w/out the micromanagement that keeps your attention on it is, well, kind of not a very interesting game. Plus wars demand immediate attention, and what I’d like is a game where I just get notifications or something and can get around to responding whenever I’d like. Does such a thing exist? It would scratch an itch similar but not identical to the itch scratched by the turn based boardgames I play online, making a few moves a day. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simulation-game-that-can-run-slowly-in-the-background-while-you-do-other-things/737212/2 "2015-11-10T18:54:46Z")
I remember playing at [nationstates.net](http://nationstates.net) for a while. There was even a Doper community over there. It doesn’t really have enough meat on its bones to keep interesting for too long, though. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simulation-game-that-can-run-slowly-in-the-background-while-you-do-other-things/737212/3 "2015-11-11T06:08:40Z")
Hmm… how fast does Banished run at speed 1? That might be doable after you get past the first year or so.