Are there plans to add Machiavelli: The Prince to GOG? That was a great game.

Not sure, but here's the wishlist entry where you can vote for it.

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/machiavelli_the_prince

Well... I thought you mean THIS and was vastly surprised that someone else read stuff like this (I love it!) But then... well... it seems I forgot about the game. Never played but I don't think I want to - I'm afraid that appart the title the content will not be as good as ol' Machiavelli writings...

Never realized there was a game named after that book. But then again I agree with Ghorpm that it probably doesn't have more than the name in common. (A trading simulation is not what Machiavelli wrote about)
BTW, read the book if you are interested in politics. It's quite interesting and many of Machiavellis observations are still valid today.

Yeah, I'm too interested in this. And have also voted for it. I was chatting with someone here about it and why it seems to be forgotten. I think it had to do with the glut of genre-similar games, classics, that came at the time. Still, I thought it was a fine game and unique enough to merit a spot in GOG's catalog.

It is, however, very nice to learn that there are people who still read the classics ;)

Machiavelli is a minor character in Lionheart, so he's on GOG in a sense. Just not in a strategy game.

To my mind the most intriguing thing about the book is the still-unsettled disagreement about whether it was intended as satire.

GOG could get the whole Merchant Prince series here. There isn't much difference between the games, except for graphics and bugs.

I don't think that it was meant to be satirical. It's just a very acute observation how power works. And an analysis why certain political strategies work and others don't. Sure, the observations are very un-flattering and they don't cast a rosy light on the nature of both subjects and rulers. But I wouldn't call that satire. I would call it realistic.

The book is losely on my 'to read' list... never heard of the game thought.

My place is loaded with books that were gathered over four generations, they are all still perfectly readable. I don't think that the cheapest editions printed these days will dissolve faster than some propaganda booklet generously donated by our Nazi oppressors in the 40's.

I must have underestimated the community ;) I feel pretty stupid right now. I'm deeply sorry for that!

But you know what... recently so many people asked me a question: "What the heck are you reading?!" or "What kind of nerd reads that?!". But the worst thing was when I heard a girl praising her finance for being intelligent and reading very ambitious books. When asked about more details she answered: Dan Brown...

And so it was a very nice discovery to learn that there are people who still reads the classics. My faith is restored

Unfortunately my 50s and 60s sci fi books already have crumbling pages:(

The high acid paper really doesn't last all that long.

As far as I know, GOG never announces releases in advance so even if this was in the pipeline they would not mention it before it actually released. Occasionally, they do put out hints to tease about about a game before release but these are always vague and don't give it away really.

So the truth is, nobody can tell you. Any guesses, etc. are simply that, guesses.