The
BBS door game version of the
Risk board game.
Global War is truely one of the classics. The concept behind it is borrowed from Risk, but
GW adapted it to an early
digital medium. It was immensely popular on
BBSes in the 1990's, and still has a cult following today.
The world map is an
ANSI image of the planet, and armies are denoted by color. It's turn based, with turns resetting every night when the data files
cycle.
Very popular game on
WWIV-based boards for some reason...