Feud was really good fun and I spent a lot of time playing it although I apparently have a false memory of it being a two player game. Another great article from Super Chart Island.
Sham Mountebank
In 1983, 16yo programmer John Pickford listed dislikes including "younger brothers who hog his computer". Four years on, John and his brother Ste designed a classic game about feuding wizard brothers which reached UK #1.
New post on Feud and the Pickford Brothers:
www.superchartisland.com/feud
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