Not everything is working and working in front of the screen. Sometimes it is also important to take a moment of rest and relax by playing certain simple games. Some games like Kmine or Mines, Solitaire, Tetris, konquest, etc., can be quite interesting to play quickly in those dead times, since a game of other complex video games would require more time.
Konquest is a version of GNU-Lactic Konquest, a very simple game with which to simulate conquer other planets in the galaxy sending spaceships strategically. The goal is to build your own interstellar empire and be the best of the players.
Konquest belongs to the great KDE software repertoire, so it will integrate seamlessly with this desktop environment. However, it can be installed on any other distro with a different desktop environment. And it is that, as I have repeated many times, that a video game depends on the GNOME or KDE libraries does not mean that it cannot be installed in other environments. If the dependencies of the libraries can be satisfied, it will be able to run normally.
If you still do not know this video game or the one Konquest is based on, you should know that it is a game of turn-based strategy. It was originally developed by Russ Steffen, now as part of KDE as I said.
The objective is to conquer the galaxy by sending attacks to the enemy planets. It can be played against the AI and also supports the typical way of playing of the classics, as it is human against human on the same PC.
To play, on the screen you will have everything you need in a very simple and intuitive way, and the neutral planets on a map. These neutral planets are planets without an owner, and there may be between 1 and 35. In addition, the map will show how the players are distributed, who will go into action when their turn comes.
Players will have a initial planet with which they can get ships or attack. It is important to get a good fleet of ships, since the greater the number there are, the more chances of conquering another planet. The attack is made by choosing the number of ships, the origin planet where the ships leave and the destination planet where they will attack. If you succeed, you will win said planet and ships ...