# What Computer Game Did I Play A a Child? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 21, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244 "2020-04-21T02:56:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/1 "2020-04-21T02:56:01Z")
Lo these many years ago I played a PC game at a friend’s house. It must have been c. 1999. I only remember playing it that one day, and am not currently in contact with said friend so I can’t ask him what it was. I remember the game involved a field full of houses. Some were yours, some were the enemy. In each house of your own you could assign a number of generic people to different roles. I remember they could be assigned to build more people and over time your population would increase, and there was some sort of wizard role my friend said not to choose because “they fly off to another level or something” and weren’t very useful. The weirdest part, and I think the key to the identity of this game, was a strategy used to capture (kill?) the enemy: Place a bear trap in front of the door, then drop a skunk down the chimney. Presto, they all run out the door and get caught in the trap. I beg of you, restore the equilibrium of my brain. What game was this? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/2 "2020-04-21T03:56:31Z")
[Beasts and Bumpkins](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFGfNSt5tSU) ? ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/3 "2020-04-21T04:25:34Z")
Hmm, no, that doesn’t look right. I don’t remember any fog of war, and I feel like it was a less complex game overall. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/4 "2020-04-21T11:28:15Z")
[Moderating] Moving from Cafe Society to the Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/5 "2020-04-21T11:39:29Z")
[Baldies?](https://www.mobygames.com/game/baldies) [Skull caps?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0UwGW-IYzM) ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/6 "2020-04-21T11:40:58Z")
[Baldies](https://www.mobygames.com/game/baldies)? ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/8 "2020-04-21T20:46:35Z")
reported ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/9 "2020-04-21T23:40:43Z")
tofor, did we get it? ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/10 "2020-04-22T02:44:39Z")
Sorry for the delay in answering, Mahaloth. Yes! I believe Baldies is the one. Now I have to ask, did you recognize it, or did you manage to Google it? Because I did try to figure it out on my own and failed. Excellent work, either way. Many thanks to all. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/11 "2020-04-22T15:15:20Z")
It probably saw a surge of relevancy by being featured in Ross’s Game Dungeon on youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/12 "2020-04-22T16:16:37Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > Sorry for the delay in answering, Mahaloth. Yes! I believe Baldies is the one. Now I have to ask, did you recognize it, or did you manage to Google it? Because I did try to figure it out on my own and failed. Excellent work, either way. Many thanks to all. I asked on reddit r/tipofmytongue A redditor, not me, knew it. Mad props to another stranger on the net. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/13 "2020-04-22T22:06:45Z")
That’s awesome. Glad to have a question propagate across the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-did-i-play-a-a-child/852244/14 "2020-04-22T22:37:53Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > That’s awesome. Glad to have a question propagate across the internet. [I asked him how he found it and he just remembered from a video!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIGRJouXha0)