I was spending the summer with relatives in a provincial capital in my late pre-teens. My relatives' computer wasn't powerful enough to run Simcity 3000.

So I started playing a pen and paper city-builder. I would connect multiple A4 pieces of paper and draw roads, residential, utilities, factoring and so on.

It almost sounds like my approach was bit more "user friendly" than the Sumerian Game (albeit my concept was a pure sandbox).

Great long form article, thanks!

Love this game archeology stuff.

It was an interesting read and should remind us how quickly things can be lost without proper archival systems.

Plus, the day to day and normal is often forgotten or overlooked by history as us fish never write about normal water and currents.