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Zeus: Master of Olympus (Jewel Case)

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Zeus: MoO is not what you think it should be - it's not strictly an adventure game. It's not strictly a Greek civilization simulation. It's got elements of both of those things, and a little Sim City thrown in, but it's primarily an economics lesson.
The biggest game elements of Zeus are infrastructure and distribution. At any level of achievement, you must expand your citizens' access to goods and services if you want their lives to improve. At the same time, you need to carefully plan the building of your city to ensure that your distribution centers (called "agoras") aren't placed too far from production facilities, or citizens won't get fed.
Taxation, pay scale, employment rates, and other Econ 101 factors are a large part of the game, and this is one simulation in which it could actually make sense to "cap" your growth, just to keep it manageable!
Military adventures play a fair-sized role in the game, as do intrigues involving the gods, but none of that is absolutely central, and the play control for these tasks was clearly not a huge priority. It sure adds a lot of color and interest, though!
If you're interested in resource management, lots of humor, and a very flavorful setting, I highly recommend Zeus: Master of Olympus!

it's very challenging, teaching a person how to plan cities, account for resources, feed people and provide for recreation while defending against outside forces

Grate adventure playing game, Excellent Tutorials for eaven the newest player. Not alot of key controlls, easy to adapt to play. Nice graphics and grate for the adventur game player. A diamond in the ruff find.

Had this game years ago and lost in move. Got an inclination to play again, so purchased it for a second time. Still fun, kinda hokey looking compared to todays technology, but still good game.

Only caution, this is the British version so it doesn't integrate with American updates/addons. My Poseidon adventure will not work with this Zeus master.

this game is so awesome. its probly because i love to build cities and manage it.

The game is amazing I had lost my old copy and needed to find a new one and amazon is where I found it. I ordered it on a Friday and I had it within 2 weeks, which is the time period I was told. I would for sure buy more games from amazon.