[mdlug] Suggestions for games for an elderly parent?

[Aaron Kulkis]

Garry Stahl wrote:
> Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>> My dad has asked me for some computer games for his birthday... this
>> Sunday. (Oy.)
>>
>>  He's intelligent and has a sense of humor, but has limited computer
>> gaming experience and tends to learn 'computer things' by rote. My
>> parents run Ubuntu Linux, so any games I got for them would have to be
>> Linux-based or run well under Wine. He's healthy but doesn't have the
>> twitch reflexes (or the interest in violence and gore) of the typical
>> teenager, so FPS games aren't going to fly.
>>
>>  He's enjoyed Peggle and a few Flash games. I'm thinking an RTS or a
>> turn-based strategy game might work. A driving simulator with a
>> force-feedback steering wheel might work, given that it ran well under
>> Wine or had a native Linux version.
>>
>>  So... any suggestions, or genres I haven't come up with?
>>
>>   
> Not being a game type myself might I suggest Free Civ.  It could even be
> in the package already.  Those I know that play the game are fanatical
> about it.

And it's sister... freecol

http://www.freecol.org/

If you download it, **READ** the Readme file.
Set up a desktop icon that runs it with the correct command line arguments!