The game is EMPIRE written by Ben Norton (and others?) at Boeing.
A great game that can be addicting and cause many very late nights on the
modem from home once the game gets going (but that would NOT be the voice of
 
experience :-).
Terry Simpkins
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> From: Alain Beyer
> To: Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L
> Subject: the name of the game
> Date: Friday, July 19, 1996 11:13AM
>
>      Hi, everybody,
>
>      A long time ago (regarding to computers), there was a game running on
>      the HP3000. I can remember it was a multi-player game (involving
>      islands, economics and warfare) with high level of detail.
>      It was a thrilling game (to play after hours, of course :-))
>      I can't remember the name of this game. Does someone know of it?
>      Is it still floating around somewhere in the cyberspace?
>
>      Best regards,
>
>      Alain
>