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Non-FPS Network Games to Play at Work? 56

Posted by Cliff from the something-to-take-the-edge-off dept.
lidocaineus asks: "I work at a small company with about 30 workstations. Two of us run Linux and three use Mac OS X, so on one of the servers, we installed Teg (both the server daemon and client). It works well since as a turn based game, the five of us are not beholden to it every second of the day, and can turn to it when we have a few free moments (and group chat all in one place other than through Jabber). Recently, some of the Windows folks have become interested in joining. Other than by using cygwin (these are serious computer-challenged types), are there any cross platform turn-based type game clients that work on Windows, preferably using the Linux server as a, well, server? Obviously we're not looking for a quake fest."
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Non-FPS Network Games to Play at Work?

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  • Freeciv (Score:5, Informative)

    by ColaMan ( 37550 ) on Friday April 16, 2004 @11:29PM (#8889087) Journal
    Freeciv is good to play - linux/mac/win clients.

    freeciv.org [freeciv.org]

  • Games through web browser (Score:3, Informative)

    by hords ( 619030 ) on Friday April 16, 2004 @11:31PM (#8889098)
    You could get in some multiplayer games through your web browser. I have played some Go with a friend at a different office at work. Yahoo [yahoo.com] has tons of them up that are simple, multiplayer games. Since it is through the web browser the platform won't be of much concern.
  • Multiplatform, easy to learn, short rounds, and offers in game communication. Servers exist for both Linux and Windows.

  • Uhh... (Score:4, Informative)

    by fordboy0 ( 547958 ) <jfeige&gmail,com> on Friday April 16, 2004 @11:38PM (#8889129) Homepage
    Isn't there a Java-based client on this [wikipedia.org] page? It even says "a Java version of the client (also for Windows)".

    • >Isn't there a Java-based client on this page? It
      >even says "a Java version of the client (also for
      >Windows)".
      >--
      >Ligaguinggligagiggagoogoog willgo

      Hey, nice .sig! "Jesus Ranch," Tenacious D.
      • Hehe, thanks... It only took a couple of years for someone to notice.
        I thought that the geek level was high enough on Slashdot, but I guess if it's not Yu-Gi-Oh, no one notices. :P

  • Stars! (Score:3, Insightful)

    by fraxas ( 584069 ) on Friday April 16, 2004 @11:44PM (#8889150)
    Stars! is a turn-based 4x game that's completely awesome. The graphics are a little dated -- ok, the graphics are a LOT dated -- but the game is incredibly good.

    This is the website. [crisium.com]

  • Two Words (Score:5, Interesting)

    by PurpleFloyd ( 149812 ) <`zeno20' `at' `attbi.com'> on Friday April 16, 2004 @11:51PM (#8889173) Homepage
    Scorched. Earth. [scorch2000.com]
    One of the greatest games ever, and the version I linked to (Scorched Earth 2000) has network multiplayer capabilities and is in Java, so it should work on Windows, Linux and Mac clients, or anything else with a web browser and JVM. The game is incredibly simple (just pick an angle, power level, and optionally a weapon), and the basics can be picked up in five minutes or so. Despite the simplicity, though, there are very few things in life that beat killing 4 friends at once with a Death's Head nuclear MIRV.

  • Game for work (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 16, 2004 @11:52PM (#8889176)
    Pretend like you're actually doing your job.

  • Why not use the java client (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Vilim ( 615798 ) <ryan.jabberwock@ca> on Saturday April 17, 2004 @12:14AM (#8889279) Homepage
    There is a java version of the client called jteg at

    http://jteg.sourceforge.net/

    which would run on windows
  • I remember I used to play this game for many nights last millenium. It's such a good game I don't understand how come it doesn't appear to be actively maintained any more. I don't think they have a Mac version but you can always use remote X I guess (this is how the old version was working anyway).

    XBlast is a multi-player arcade game for X11R5/R6 (v2.6 or TNT) and Windows (TNT version only). The game can be played with at least two players and up to six players. It was inspired by the video/computer gam

    • I second this, and it is actually still being maintained, with a new version out last Jan. Download here [freexbresse.free.fr] (win and solaris binaries at the bottom) or get more info at the xblast center [xblast-center.com]. Details can be found at the very bottom of the news page about a couple new versions being worked on (status?) with Internet play, graphics, and bots .
  • I don't know for sure, but I've heard of this great massively multiplayer online game. You write responses and answers based upon semi-random blurbs of information and questions, and each answer has the possibility of either giving you points or taking away some of your points. The only detractors I've run into are the recent exiting of the point-tracking system for each user and the fact that the humor-logic seems to be a tiny bit out of whack. But other than that, it's just fine, and it works on every platform!

    I think it was called Slashdot [slashdot.org], but I'm not sure. It could have been dashdot.org, because I remember something about morse code on it, a while back.

    Anyhow, it's a great game, and hopefully everyone out there will realize that this comment is to be taken in jest. :-)

    ~UP
    • If slashdot's not a roleplaying game, why does it have a scoring system? The same holds true of e2 as well, it's got experience points and levels, it's persistent, and in a way, you can even do combat, with ideas anyway. If that's not a game, I don't know what is. And since they're both textual web games one can feed on the other.

  • we played NetTrek [the-underdogs.org]. Though I only played it on a mac plus back in the day. color? bah.

  • xpilot (Score:2, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward
    The first interactive game I ever played extensively. Still one of the best.

    On X11:
    http://www.xpilot.org/
    on windows:
    http://www.buckosoft.com/xpilot/xpilotnt/
    • And don't forget "playable via X over TCP". I used to run xpilot on a 486 running linux (kernel 1.2.something) and display it on an Xkernel-booted Sun SLC with 4MB. The fact that all the graphics are either lines or filled polygons makes it as minimalistic as possible.
  • Here is an excellent turn-based game - you and your fellow employees can take turns saying "I enjoy the fact that I have a job!"

  • Game of Go aka igo/baduk/weiqi (Score:1, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    More beautiful than chess, more dynamic. takes 30 years to master ...if you dare.

    intro: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/game_of_go
    best client: kgs.kiseido.com
    pro world news: gobase.org
    problems: goproblems.com
    wiki: senseis.xmp.net

    servers to avoid: IGS, yahoo.

  • Scorched 3D .... (Score:1, Informative)

    by Minze_ZR ( 704523 )
    Great game, turn-based (sort-of, you can change the way moves are made), lot's of fun and it look great too runs on about everything but the kitchensink. Scorched 3D [scorched3d.co.uk] Need I say more.... Have fun blowing ppl up.

  • Hmm...Non-FPS network games... (Score:2, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Try "Empire". Then see who comes in just before the update pops at 4am and wipes you out... (to attack, you ideally move your forces into place just before an update, and then commence your attack just after the update. Doing it at 4am increases the odds of your opponent being happily in bead. Of course, you then need to be there at 8am or whenever, when they discover that they've been wiped out...

    There's also "Netrek" (Paradise client).

  • E-mail chess, FICS, blah blah blah... There's tons of internet chess out there. I used to keep games going on with several people, and if I had a few idle minutes I'd make some moves. I used www.echess.co.za [echess.co.za], a.k.a. turngames.com [turngames.com].
  • Bolo used to be great but never found it for mac os x. If you're looking for a web based fighting/gambling game try BattleWang [battlewang.com]

    Of course, nothing beats TurtleTerror [turtleterror.com]
  • You can set it up to be turn based, there is an email version floating around out there somewhere, and I'm pretty sure there are now mac/linux ports.

  • depending on your style, such as if you like "small, simple and worthless games", try Jump n Bump [jumpbump.mine.nu].

    weeee! blood splattering bunnies, with network play.

  • Battle for Wesnoth [wesnoth.org]

    It's a turn-based strategy game. They have binaries for Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS and GNU/Linux. There are several server binaries available as well. On debian, apt-get install wesnoth wesnoth-server. The debian package is usually available on my mirror 2 days after an upstream release.

    I haven't played a networked game yet, but the single-player campaigns are fun.

  • It's an online RISK clone with a free Windows client, or you can register and play in your browser.
  • 3d tron lightcycle game.

    It does have a 3d fps feel to it but otherwise
    is just like the 'snake' game on cel phone.

    wonderful wonderful game.

  • VNC (Score:2)

    by aonaran ( 15651 )
    You could install a VNC server on your Linux box and have them log in via VNC if you really want to let the Windows guys into the TEG tourney.

    That's the nice thing about Linux and other *nix OS's they really are multi-user. (unlike XP which claims to be multi-user, but only one at a time can be actively using it.)

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