How did Tresham create the Civilization Tech Tree

# How did Tresham create the Civilization Tech Tree? # How did Tresham create the Civilization Tech Tree [[Tech trees first showed up in the Civilization boardgame in 1980]] designed by [[Francis Tresham]] According to https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/features/in-200-years-people-will-be-playing-this-game-the-story-of/ `Despite the enormous impact the system has had in the decades since, Tresham says its invention took very little time. ` `“I now believe this was largely spontaneous,” he says. “I designed this as a novel game and the whole show just took off.”` [[Technology Trees: Freedom and Determinism in Historical Strategy Games]] doesn’t point towards any connection between tech trees and “serious” work [[There do not appear to be any intellectual connections between video game tech trees and history+philosophy of science+technology]] ### Related - [[Sid Meier]]  [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/How+did+Tresham+create+the+Civilization+Tech+Tree) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/How+did+Tresham+create+the+Civilization+Tech+Tree)