RISK? The classic battle game Global Domination. Isn't it too obvious?
Look RISK up here:
http://www.boardgames.com/risk.html
There are software versions of the game. None that work off MapPoint as far as I know. There is an OK one here:
http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/conquest.html
Costs like $20 to $40.
As an alternative maybe the game of AtlasCoucous.
Game has 100 customers on a stree map of Paris
Player has 5 camels that can carry couscous to 4 customers at a time.
Player has a warehouse with 200 kilos of couscous.
Random calls are generated eaching asking for a delivery of a 1 or 2 kg couscous order to a Paris address at a specific time.
A small program updates the location of your camels few seconds based on the routes you give them.
You score + points if you can direct (route) your camel to respond to a call with on time delivery.
You score + points if the couscous warehouse is empty at the end of the game.
You score bonus points based on the % of your 100 customers who are served during the game.
You score - points if your deliver early or late.
You score big - points if you miss a delivery.
You could add all sorts of random 'glitches' to the game:
- customer not home
- customer cancels order after you dispatched the camel
- customer changes the order after you dispatched the camel
- camel takes sick time, holiday, smoke break
- camel goes extra slow cuz he had a fight with is wife/mother
- camel goes extra fast cuz he had too much wine at lunch
- camel gets lost
- camel has a break down
- Paris has a traffic jam that makes the camel change his route
- camel reroutes himself to the flower shop (see wife / mother above)
- option to use a contractor camel but he costs - points
Speed everything up so a 16 hours day is played in 16 minutes. Go for a multi player version where sometimes your customer calls another player based on you current score and couscous inventory. Sound about right Moh? I think it is a great idea... Make it an open source project - we can contribute to the code.
Ciao,