Actually, playing Seven Cities of Gold on a reservation generated some amusement.
There was a semi-realistic semi-3D RPG-style game that I really wanted to get into but never could. This thread caused me to research it, only to find out that it was Alternate Reality that another sub-thread is extolling. I think I was too young and impatient perhaps, but I got so frustrated at dying and having my bank investments go bust so often.
For some reason this also reminded me of another game (not a 4-person one) that also had at the beginning some sort of trading/bartering component, but then you were outside in some sort of vehicle (airship?) searching for components. I can't remember the title or enough details to track it down though. (I remember riding up and down in a lift in the beginning though.)