Conquest of Insula II

*Conquest of Insula II*
Designers	Jon Clemens
Publishers	Clemens & Associates Inc. (US), ICBM (UK)
Genres	fantasy wargame
Languages	English
Players	10
Playing time	25 weeks
Materials required	Instructions, order sheets, turn results, paper, pencil
Media type	Play-by-mail

Conquest of Insula II is a closed-ended, computer-moderated, play-by-mail (PBM) fantasy wargame.

History and development

Conquest of Insula II was a computer-moderated play-by-mail game published by Clemens & Associates Inc.^[1] It was medium complexity.^[2] It shared similarities with the PBM game Terra II, including turn reports and the combat system.^[3]^[a]

Gameplay

The setting for this wargame was medieval times.^[4] In each game, ten players on an island led villages with the title of Baron.^[1] Games occurred on separate islands, with names such as "Farraheim, Andarmark, Jiborokwi, Gizzenole, Karandala, and Raksharan."^[5] Players could conduct four actions per turn: "forestry, herding, mining, weapons making, armor making, siege equipment making, refining, ditch repairing, or wall repairing."^[1] Combat involved sending armies from villages, laying siege to another village, or battling another army. Various tactics were available.^[1] Movement occurred on a hex map of ten miles per hex.^[2]

Victory was achieved by conquering three villages or "kill[ing] the most enemy warriors" by game's end.^[1] Games lasted 25 weeks.^[1] Winners began the next game as a Count (and played it for free).^[1] A game ending in 1985 on the island of Matafunda was the first to end before 25 weeks, as a player conquered a third city.^[6]

Reception

Bob McLain, editor of Gaming Universal, stated that the game was "tailor-made for battle lovers and armchair generals".^[2]

Notes

^ Clemens & Associates launched Terra II in early 1983.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Calloway 1984. p. 6.
^ ^a ^b ^c McLain 1983. p. 43.
^ Calloway 1984. pp. 6–7.
^ ^a ^b Clemens 1984. p. 8.
^ Editors 1984. pp. 38–39.
^ Editors 1985. p. 30.

Bibliography

Editors (November–December 1984). "PBM Update: Conquest of Insula II". Space Gamer. No. 71. pp. 37–38.
Callaway, William (September–October 1984). "A Review of Conquest of Insula II". Paper Mayhem. No. 8. pp. 6–7.
Editors (May–June 1985). "PBM Activity Corner: Conquest of Insula II". Paper Mayhem. No. 12. p. 30.
Clemens, John (September–October 1984). "A Designer's View of Conquest of Insula II". Paper Mayhem. No. 8. p. 8.
McLain, Bob (November–December 1983). "Gamealog: Conquest of Insula II". PBM Universal. No. 2. p. 43.