# Does anyone plays Anacreon? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 16, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218 "2009-07-16T14:03:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/1 "2009-07-16T14:03:40Z")
URL here - [http://neurohack.com/anacreon/](http://neurohack.com/anacreon/) This game is a typical 4X game, but without so much micromanagement on the world basis but more of setting overall strategical theme and moving fleets about and setting up supply chains. It used to be a DOS game, but now there’s a Window verison. Anyone played it before? Got tops to offer? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/2 "2009-07-16T15:00:42Z")
I played the DOS version quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/3 "2009-07-16T15:49:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I played the DOS version quite a bit. How do you get a fleet to intercept an enemy fleet? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/4 "2009-07-16T16:01:32Z")
How does it compare to _Spaceward Ho!_? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/5 "2009-07-16T16:57:36Z")
> [@CrazyChop](#): > > How do you get a fleet to intercept an enemy fleet? If fleets encounter each other they attack as I recall, though that may just be the computer fleets. You can look for areas the other side frequents and park a fleet there hoping to catch him. I never played “Spaceward, Ho!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jkirkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jkirkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkirkman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/6 "2009-07-16T18:05:57Z")
Only in Heaven, and usually just before sporting events.\* \*yes, I know the accepted title is _The Anacreontic Song_ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/7 "2009-07-16T18:58:23Z")
> [@jkirkman](#): > > Only in Heaven, and usually just before sporting events.\* I hope the Pirates of Jakarta get your supply convoys, Mister Smart Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/8 "2009-07-17T15:41:05Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > If fleets encounter each other they attack as I recall, though that may just be the computer fleets. You can look for areas the other side frequents and park a fleet there hoping to catch him. > > I never played “Spaceward, Ho!” 🙂 This is the thing. I notice a fleet heading towards one of my planet and I try to intercept (hunter-killers and jumpships) but never be able to fight them. Grr…should I instead select the fleet destination? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/9 "2009-07-17T15:54:03Z")
> [@CrazyChop](#): > > This is the thing. I notice a fleet heading towards one of my planet and I try to intercept (hunter-killers and jumpships) but never be able to fight them. Grr…should I instead select the fleet destination? I stationed Hunter Killer fleets in a band facing the direction the bad guys came from. It’s a hit or miss situation. You have to balance fleet size against how many sectors you can cover. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/10 "2009-07-18T01:10:21Z")
Anacreon couldn’t even conquer one little planet that had no metals and no military. WHy would I want to play a game like that? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/11 "2009-07-18T01:23:57Z")
> [@AllWalker](#): > > Anacreon couldn’t even conquer one little planet that had no metals and no military. WHy would I want to play a game like that? You lost me, fella. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/12 "2009-07-18T05:56:54Z")
I am speaking, of course, of the [Anacreon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacreon_(planet)) that fought against the titular _Foundation_ based on [Terminus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminus_(planet)). Hari Seldon would be very good at 4X games, methinks. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-plays-anacreon/503218/13 "2009-07-18T13:31:57Z")
> [@AllWalker](#): > > I am speaking, of course, of the [Anacreon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacreon_(planet)) that fought against the titular _Foundation_ based on [Terminus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminus_(planet)). It’s been even longer since I read Asimov than I played Anacreon. THanks. 🙂