Games Thursday : An Expedition to the New World in ASCII
Read about Santiago Zapata’s Expedition, a ASCII exploration game from Cymons Games’ review for the 2009 7DRL Challenge.
In Expedition, you are Christopher Columbus, explorer and commander of an expeditionary force preparing to embark on a journey to discover the New World.
Before you eagerly step aboard your ships and set sail on your historic voyage, remember to explore the town and outfit your expedition for the impending journey. The shops labelled 1 to 5 in red will provide the necessary stores, weapons, equipment and manpower for a fruitful expedition.
Expedition is a game for those who prefer to simply go forth and conquer, since the primary option available is to hire a company of soldiers, marines or archers, equip them well with suits of armour (only soldiers can wear plate armour) and cold steel (press a to arm the troops or i for troop attack and defence stats) before sending them over to the New World to teach the native tribes there the benefits of modern civilization and technology. Just remember to head west after you weigh anchor – it’s always tempting to sail south for Morocco, but sorry, it’s already been discovered 
There is presently no peaceful way to conduct your explorations – you can build (press b) a new town with 200 wood and 100 rogues but it doesn’t seem to offer any benefits when built. Then again, Expedition is currently only at version 0.16 so there’s still a lot of untapped potential in the game (read : unfinished features 
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I recommend the MP3 version of Expedition – Dominik Markzuk’s The 3 Caravels included in Expedition is a wonderfully appropriate piece of music.
Download Expedition.
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