A rare giant pearl. You must retrieve the pearl, or you will be stuck on the bottom of the sea forever.
You are Captain Nemo and that no-good squid just stole the nautilus power source.
There's a very good reason why Sid Meier is one of the most accomplished and respected game designers in the business. He pioneered the industry with a number of unprecedented instant classics, such as the very first combat flight simulator, F-15 Strike Eagle; then Pirates, Railroad Tycoon, and of course, a game often voted the number one game of all time, Civilization. Meier has contributed to a number of chapters in this book, but here he offers a few words on game inspiration.