Deathground

Type: Games
Category: Board Game , Strategy , Top Down
Shared by: MR
On: 2015-03-17 15:03:38
Updated by: MR
On: 2023-12-08 10:53:41
Other contributors: InkBlot , YYs-MD
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What is Deathground?

Deathground pits you and up to five other players against one another in the struggle for New York. Take over hoods to strengthen your criminal empire and wipe your rival crime bosses off the map.


Modeled after Risk, the classic Parker Brothers board game, Deathground is a game of conquering territories and crushing enemies, though by default the “countries” are New York City neighborhoods and the “armies” are Dick Tracy-esque crime organization tommy gunners.

You compete against up to six other opponents, either other humans or the artificially intelligent Mac (since there is no network option, flesh-and-blood foes must take turns at the keyboard controls). As with Risk, Deathground’s basic strategy is pretty simple: Take turf and keep it. You receive bonus bad guys based on the size of your territory, so be sure to guard the access points to your under-world empire, then mass your forces and mow down enemies in adjacent boroughs. The skills that separate the godfathers from those who sleep with the fish include placing new troops strategically, acquiring the number of troops necessary to attack enemy neighborhoods successfully, and fortifying your position at the end of each turn. Aside from superficial differences between the mob world and world-domination settings, only a few minor features distinguish Deathground from Risk. For example, you are granted goodies while occupying zones with police stations or hospitals, and you trigger a wide range of game-altering events when you take over neighborhoods marked by randomly appearing bullets. The aerial map provides a nice overview of the contested territories when you’re fighting for control of the United States or the world, but the New York City battleground is dark and cluttered. You can zoom in on any area when placing troops and attacking enemies, but this quickly becomes distracting and unnecessary. On the plus side, the Demand Surrender feature is wonderful for avoiding long campaigns (a typical game takes at least 30 minutes), the spoken commentary that accompanies every exchange of gunfire is highly amusing, and the user interface is easy to master.

Deathground is a slick little strategy game that will interest teenagers and adults alike, but only when players are competing against human opponents. The Mac-controlled opponents are too easily overcome unless you attack vastly superior forces, although you can skirt the problem of weak artificial intelligence somewhat by making the computer players luckier than you. 

Carmien, Ed. (December 1999). Deathground. MacAddict. (pg. 67).


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Architecture


IBM PowerPC



System Requirements

From Mac OS 7.6





Compatibility notes


Emulating this? It could probably run under: SheepShaver





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