The Ideal Purge Game

[Hoofhurr]

Succeeded as being fun games for a short while but it almost seems that they were too simple to keep players playing for month after month year after year. This is where I think the problem resides. I think it's very hard and totally unprecedented to have a game that requires relatively little complexity on the player's part but has enough complexity to hold an audience for a year straight or more. I see complexity as going hand in hand with longevity.

I think you might achieve both by having a game with two overlapping spheres. An accessible, pugable, tactical game with the option to get into a strategic, more complex game if it suits you. The only issue I see with that is the 'herding cats' dilemma where the complex game becomes more trouble than it's worth because there are too many pugs and not enough strategic minded folks.