I am on vacation all next week, so, today will seem like it never ends! That's ok though, because, as time normally will, it'll pass. And at the end of it will be gaming :) I don't see much variation from the normal course of Warlock and Civ IV BTS MP, but, with all that vacation time staring at me, I might take on a longer game.
working all weekend at a contact lens conference - its not what i had down for a good weekend - especially with the good weather and every b****** i can see sat in a pub garden
ill squeeze in what i can - which is some Dom 3 PBEM goodness and maybe start a Dom 3 single player game for my fix
Back in time on Sunday night for some Endless Space with Huw i hope
Technically I shouldn't post because I won't be gaming today (Friday)
Tonight's normal gaming time will be taken up dirnking and watching Scotland get beat at footie against Croatia.
Saturday I intend to finish my Band of Heroes AAR (2 turns left)...and drinking later watching the British Lions (rugby)
Sunday will be drinking - Scotland in Colchester
So some drinking and not alot of gaming this weekend - and I don't even know if I should follow that up with a sad emoticon or a happy one...so here :D :'( ???
No gaming for me this weekend. Driving to see my brother and his wife and other family for our niece's 1 year birthday.
Continue to get beat up by Victoria II, continue fiddling with my TrackIR, continue learning RoF, and eye Van Helsing longingly.
I have made more purchases... I won't get to all of them but I have got the following on point:
1. CK II The Old Gods
2. Xenonauts
3. Distant Worlds
4. Project Zomboid
5. OOTP 14
6. Eador / Fallen Enchantress
7. Learn Dominions 3
8. Vic II
Games Dropped
1. X-Com EU
PE
Going on a new mission abroad...going to switch to my netbook on sunday...Master of Orion 2 will be played that day.
I may play Haegemonia Legions of Iron tomorrow...not sure if i'll have any time.
Tonight going to Depeche Mode concert....thus no gaming today.
Quote from: Anguille on June 07, 2013, 08:01:15 AM
Tonight going to Depeche Mode concert....thus no gaming today.
Nice! Enjoy!
Quote from: Anguille on June 07, 2013, 08:01:15 AM
...Tonight going to Depeche Mode concert....thus no gaming today.
So cool! ;D
Didn't get too much gaming time this week due to work.
Going to continue my current Distant Worlds game tonight. Just reached the first level of warp drives so I can at least get to a few more stars. In the process of building gas mining stations to serve as refueling points for my exploration ships. In my last session I had a successful espionage mission against a pirate faction, and managed to steal their galaxy map. Revealed some good locations for gas mining stations, and the usual locations of steel, lead and iridium resources. All of which I have in plenty from my home system at the moment. It also revealed the location of a few potential ocean worlds for colonization including my races original homeworld. You don't get a bonus from colonizing the "homeworld" but it is cool to see it in game.
I also have Vic 2, Birth of Rome (a new purchase) and Fallen Enchantress on the agenda for the weekend. I downloaded the demos for both CM Fortress Italy and Company of Heroes 2, so those will probably get some play time as well. Going to continue to resist purchasing Xenonauts until I finish playing some of the games I've obtained in the last few weeks. I'll probably fail, but its the thought that really counts, right?
I'll be trying to finish-up my ETW-American Revolution game, I need 5 more territories for the win but one is Quebec and that means fighting the Brits. And for fun, Skyrim and looking for my lawn furniture that TS Andrea blew away. :)
Quote from: PanzersEast on June 07, 2013, 07:59:26 AM
Games Dropped
1. X-Com EU
PE
I see you are already getting into the OOTP14 spirit of things then. Maybe someone here will come along and pick up X-Com off waivers. That said, I'd bat OOTP14 higher than 5th in that lineup of yours.
...I've gotten fairly obsessed with this game...
Well, I have today off work and the house to myself, so I've been playing shitloads of Rift (they started F2P early for owners of the game). With Geek away, I'll probably be playing Rift exclusively until Sunday night, when hopefully he and I will continue kicking AI arse in Endless Space. 8)
Oh, and my Dominions 3 PBEM games of course!
I still haven't divvied out the doe for OOTP 14 - and it's unlikely I will now...perhaps likely waiting for 15
Quote from: sandman2575 on June 07, 2013, 09:35:42 AM
Quote from: PanzersEast on June 07, 2013, 07:59:26 AM
Games Dropped
1. X-Com EU
PE
I see you are already getting into the OOTP14 spirit of things then. Maybe someone here will come along and pick up X-Com off waivers. That said, I'd bat OOTP14 higher than 5th in that lineup of yours.
...I've gotten fairly obsessed with this game...
I've purchased every year and was hesitate about 14, but it is worth the upgrade and usually is every year. Yea, I probably will play it more this weekend if I have time as I have been gearing up with it.
As for X-Com.... it is being sent down to single A... it was replaced by fire ball throwing promising rookie :-)
PE
Quote from: Huw the Poo on June 07, 2013, 09:43:18 AM
Well, I have today off work and the house to myself, so I've been playing shitloads of Rift (they started F2P early for owners of the game). With Geek away, I'll probably be playing Rift exclusively until Sunday night, when hopefully he and I will continue kicking AI arse in Endless Space. 8)
Oh, and my Dominions 3 PBEM games of course!
whats this????? work shy fop - get out to work!
and send your Ermor peasants elsewhere!!!
More god damned mandatory overtime today. Hope to get some Iron Front in tomorrow and ArmA II on Sunday. I want to finish off my Achtung Panzer AAR if time permits and maybe tinker around a bit more with Conquistador.
Quote from: PanzersEast on June 07, 2013, 07:59:26 AM
I have made more purchases... I won't get to all of them but I have got the following on point:
1. CK II The Old Gods
2. Xenonauts
3. Distant Worlds
4. Project Zomboid
5. OOTP 14
6. Eador / Fallen Enchantress
7. Learn Dominions 3
8. Vic II
Games Dropped
1. X-Com EU
PE
Something like the above: CKII TOG and CLOD and the Burning Blue (boardgame), maybe a micro AAR featuring running a CLOD scenario based on a Burning Blue Moment. Possibly a few moments of ARMAIII as well.
Going to a Depeche Mode show is probably the best excuse I've heard for not doing anything else.
Quote from: Gusington on June 07, 2013, 10:45:58 AM
Going to a Depeche Mode show is probably the best excuse I've heard for not doing anything else.
Thanks folks....going to enjoy it 8)
Well 'Everything Counts' and 'People are People' and wargaming could be considered a 'Strangelove' and no one will hold you by the 'Barrell of a Gun' so enjoy the concert :)
I will be probably playing WoT's , Panzer Corps and watching cricket and soccer :)
Quote from: undercovergeek on June 07, 2013, 10:23:19 AM
whats this????? work shy fop - get out to work!
and send your Ermor peasants elsewhere!!!
Look who's talking! You had the whole of December off if I recall correctly! :P
As for Ermor...I've basically given up on that game. Amid several disadvantages, LA Ermor has exactly one advantage and I had failed to capitalise on it before the game had even begun. Stop your whinging, load up on priests and come and get me!
an offer i cant refuse :o
Mainly BBQ and board gaming again for me this weekend. As I've been watching my West Wing DVDs quite a bit this week I may dust off Democracy for a bit of computer gaming if I get the chance.
I'll mostly be playing the in-laws are in town DLC, but I hope to get in some more iRacing and improve my oval lap times and driving skills. Otherwise I've got an itch for some wargaming action and might play some Squad Battles WW1 or some France 14 in preperation to get back into some PBEM action.
I'm probably going to start packing since I'm moving next weekend, so my digital experience will be a minimum, but perhaps some more Angry Birds Star Wars, trying to 3-star every level.
No gaming for me this weekend. Gotta do a short roadtrip to visit me Mum...
Keep playing Call of Juarez : Gunslinger. Not the most inventive game in the world, but it's well made, fun and the narrator is pretty awesome. For $15, it's a steal.
After that, not sure. Maybe I'll pick up Fallen Enchantress or Far Cry 3 : Blood Dragon. Or maybe I'll play something I already have... ;D
I might copy Bison and break out the wheel and pedals for some racing.
I don't do iRacing, but I'm very fond of F1: 2012 despite all the flak people give it.
I'm also strongly considering starting Oblivion back up.
Also probably going to do some Rising Storm and War of the Roses tonight...right now in fact.
I played a little Mechwarrior Online earlier.
But I'll likely be plugging away at Wargame: AirLand Battle this weekend, attempting to improve my mediocre multiplayer skills.
Also started a fresh game of Wizardry 8, so that'll be my non-pressure pasttime.
In a bit of a sci fi mood so it's
distant worlds:shadows (beating down pirates)
Sword of the Stars 2
Man, they have killed War of the Roses. There is almost nobody on.
I'm going to try Chivalry for a bit. Which sucks because WotR is a better game IMO.
Worked from home today, so played some Distant Worlds at lunch.
Couple email turns of CMBN with Grim Reaper
Did some ROF with SDR waiting for Gus.
Hopefully I get some time in with my Distant Worlds game as well as some more Wargame and CK2. I still need to spend some time with Carriers at War which I finally picked up in the sale the other week, and some more time with Panzer Command: Ostfront.
Quote from: Toonces on June 07, 2013, 11:09:03 PM
Man, they have killed War of the Roses. There is almost nobody on.
I'm going to try Chivalry for a bit. Which sucks because WotR is a better game IMO.
What do you mean by they killed it? What went wrong?
But what I think happened is that they killed WotR by: 1) coins/XP to earn things or the ability to buy better things (weapons/armor) and 2) using XP/coins to allow you to buy "perks" that OP your character.
I contrast WotR with Rising Storm and Red Orchestra. Now then, I haven't advanced enough in RS/RO to know if getting a lot more experience makes a big difference, but it seems that you have access to the same weapons and skills no matter your level. So playing longer doesn't confer an advantage. This keeps the playing field level and keeps the gameplay predictable.
WotR has gone to this whole perks/coins/equipment thing where you play more to earn coins and XP that unlock better weapons/armor/perks. This in and of itself wouldn't be a big deal but some of the perks are OP. For example, some of the archer perks allow you to buy armor piercing arrows, draw your bow faster, and zoom your view really far in. This has the effect of making super-lethal archers. There are certainly other perks and weapon/armor combos. These guys have been focusing so much on this aspect that the gameplay is suffering. And it's suffering to the point where there are 5 populated servers, none to capacity, and only one with something like 25 guys on. I contrast this with Chivalry with multiple 64/64 servers and Rising Storm that is similarly fully populated.
I like the idea of earning coin to customize my guy to look different in WotR, but allowing people to buff from playing just doesn't seem to be a viable long term strategy for online gaming. I could be wrong, but WotR is a great game that the developers are killing.
Quote from: Arctic Blast on June 07, 2013, 05:46:29 PM
Keep playing Call of Juarez : Gunslinger. Not the most inventive game in the world, but it's well made, fun and the narrator is pretty awesome. For $15, it's a steal.
After that, not sure. Maybe I'll pick up Fallen Enchantress or Far Cry 3 : Blood Dragon. Or maybe I'll play something I already have... ;D
I am not sure why I haven't bought Gunslinger yet, but I have played the demo more than a lot of recent full game purchases...really a nice game....will pick up the full version soon.
Gah! Finally get a Saturday free to play Iron Front and the host forgot to reset the server. Finally got it sorted but it was only a so-so session today. Oh well.
Not as bummed the I missed it.. maybe we fly tonight (if the wifey doesn't assign me painting duties)
Sorry I missed your post earlier Tuna. I was at the gym and then playing Rising Storm.
Np, I put in some Distant Worlds time
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on June 08, 2013, 01:44:59 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on June 07, 2013, 05:46:29 PM
Keep playing Call of Juarez : Gunslinger. Not the most inventive game in the world, but it's well made, fun and the narrator is pretty awesome. For $15, it's a steal.
After that, not sure. Maybe I'll pick up Fallen Enchantress or Far Cry 3 : Blood Dragon. Or maybe I'll play something I already have... ;D
I am not sure why I haven't bought Gunslinger yet, but I have played the demo more than a lot of recent full game purchases...really a nice game....will pick up the full version soon.
They do a lot of great stuff with the narrator as the game progresses. You'll play through multiple versions of things based on different people remembering differently. At one point, I died in a duel and as I hit the key to try again, he suddenly came up with "Wait, no! I DIDN'T get hit there. Let's start over..."
Quote from: Arctic Blast on June 09, 2013, 01:19:34 AM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on June 08, 2013, 01:44:59 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on June 07, 2013, 05:46:29 PM
Keep playing Call of Juarez : Gunslinger. Not the most inventive game in the world, but it's well made, fun and the narrator is pretty awesome. For $15, it's a steal.
After that, not sure. Maybe I'll pick up Fallen Enchantress or Far Cry 3 : Blood Dragon. Or maybe I'll play something I already have... ;D
I am not sure why I haven't bought Gunslinger yet, but I have played the demo more than a lot of recent full game purchases...really a nice game....will pick up the full version soon.
They do a lot of great stuff with the narrator as the game progresses. You'll play through multiple versions of things based on different people remembering differently. At one point, I died in a duel and as I hit the key to try again, he suddenly came up with "Wait, no! I DIDN'T get hit there. Let's start over..."
That sounds really cool.....if the rest of the game is like the demo mission, I am sure I'll enjoy it.
Quote from: Arctic Blast on June 09, 2013, 01:19:34 AM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on June 08, 2013, 01:44:59 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on June 07, 2013, 05:46:29 PM
Keep playing Call of Juarez : Gunslinger. Not the most inventive game in the world, but it's well made, fun and the narrator is pretty awesome. For $15, it's a steal.
After that, not sure. Maybe I'll pick up Fallen Enchantress or Far Cry 3 : Blood Dragon. Or maybe I'll play something I already have... ;D
I am not sure why I haven't bought Gunslinger yet, but I have played the demo more than a lot of recent full game purchases...really a nice game....will pick up the full version soon.
They do a lot of great stuff with the narrator as the game progresses. You'll play through multiple versions of things based on different people remembering differently. At one point, I died in a duel and as I hit the key to try again, he suddenly came up with "Wait, no! I DIDN'T get hit there. Let's start over..."
Of course I go to buy it from Steam this morning and appears their payment system is having an issue, at least for me.....maybe it is a sign for me not to buy:)
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on June 09, 2013, 09:21:10 AM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on June 09, 2013, 01:19:34 AM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on June 08, 2013, 01:44:59 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on June 07, 2013, 05:46:29 PM
Keep playing Call of Juarez : Gunslinger. Not the most inventive game in the world, but it's well made, fun and the narrator is pretty awesome. For $15, it's a steal.
After that, not sure. Maybe I'll pick up Fallen Enchantress or Far Cry 3 : Blood Dragon. Or maybe I'll play something I already have... ;D
I am not sure why I haven't bought Gunslinger yet, but I have played the demo more than a lot of recent full game purchases...really a nice game....will pick up the full version soon.
They do a lot of great stuff with the narrator as the game progresses. You'll play through multiple versions of things based on different people remembering differently. At one point, I died in a duel and as I hit the key to try again, he suddenly came up with "Wait, no! I DIDN'T get hit there. Let's start over..."
Of course I go to buy it from Steam this morning and appears their payment system is having an issue, at least for me.....maybe it is a sign for me not to buy:)
Nonsense. Buy on, good sir! ;D I actually finished the game last night, and I really enjoyed it from start to finish.
And now I've got
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon downloading. The FC3 shooter engine with a game basically set in the world of 80's action movies? Yes, please!
Quote from: Arctic Blast on June 09, 2013, 06:48:33 PM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on June 09, 2013, 09:21:10 AM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on June 09, 2013, 01:19:34 AM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on June 08, 2013, 01:44:59 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on June 07, 2013, 05:46:29 PM
Keep playing Call of Juarez : Gunslinger. Not the most inventive game in the world, but it's well made, fun and the narrator is pretty awesome. For $15, it's a steal.
After that, not sure. Maybe I'll pick up Fallen Enchantress or Far Cry 3 : Blood Dragon. Or maybe I'll play something I already have... ;D
I am not sure why I haven't bought Gunslinger yet, but I have played the demo more than a lot of recent full game purchases...really a nice game....will pick up the full version soon.
They do a lot of great stuff with the narrator as the game progresses. You'll play through multiple versions of things based on different people remembering differently. At one point, I died in a duel and as I hit the key to try again, he suddenly came up with "Wait, no! I DIDN'T get hit there. Let's start over..."
Of course I go to buy it from Steam this morning and appears their payment system is having an issue, at least for me.....maybe it is a sign for me not to buy:)
Nonsense. Buy on, good sir! ;D I actually finished the game last night, and I really enjoyed it from start to finish.
And now I've got Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon downloading. The FC3 shooter engine with a game basically set in the world of 80's action movies? Yes, please!
Finally allowed me to make the purchase so I am on my way now...just got through the second set of missions....loving it , just like the demo. Its just simple fun with very good gameplay in my opinion. Of course might not be the hardest or most realistic game....but much fun. To me it is like my own personal game of last year which was Sniper Elite 2. The only shooter last year I started and finished every mission, that says a lot to me since I am quick to pull a trigger on a game. I see this game being the same way and I hope they come out with more DLC for it.
As noted a few threads below this one (currently), I had a little Warlock problem caused by a new monitor. So, I fired up CKII. Kushan is trying to get a dedicated MP game going and I thought I should refamiliarize my self with it. I had a save as the Duke of Barcelona. I was on my original ruler. I had doubled the size of my holdings and had an independant Muslim kingdom next door. The days game play saw me tke the kingdom (only a County really), marry a hot little relative of the Kingdom of Galicia and pop out three babies to go along with the five kids I had from my first wife. Pretty sure my guy will be dead soon and I can't wait to see what the rule of my son and heir will bring.
Well I've ended up mostly playing some Shogun 2 and Birth of the Federation with the MPR graphics "patch". In addition, I'm still hoping to get in some beta-testing this evening.
(Also, must find Armada 2526 Supernova disk. Gah!)
Played DW Friday night, along with a few turns of Birth of Rome. After talking with PE on Friday night I bought Xenonauts. Spent most of Saturday playing it. Even with the short time I've had it, I can already say that its going to permanently replace X-Com UE on my playlist.
Also fired up some CK2 last night. Continued my long going Kingdom of Italy game. I declared independence from the HRE, the emperor wasn't happy but he let me go without a fight. Then just for the hell of it, I turned around and declared war on him for some minor province. Things started off pretty well. I was on my way to having 3 main armies with 20k troops or more. Unfortunately due to me being half asleep, my northern force got caught in penny packets and was destroyed. Then the HRE landed 40k troops in Italy (I think came from Africa) and wiped out my Eastern army (Was blocking the eastern approach into Italy). After that I logged off and decided I was just going to go back a save.
As MetalDog mentioned, I'm trying to get a MP game going of CK2. Since its real time, we all have to be on at the same time. If your interested please post your availability in the thread in the Ally/Opponent finder section. http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=6220.0 (http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=6220.0). I'd like to get something going within the next week or so if possible.
Going to end the weekend by watching the season premier of Falling Skies and playing more Xenonauts.
I just grabbed Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy + Commonwealth Bundle for no good reason. ;D
I'm always like 2 years behind you guys in gaming...
Why did I wait so long to pick up FC3 : Blood Dragon?! If you have any appreciation at all for hilariously over-the-top 80's action movies, you need to own this game. The only bad part is that I keep dying because I'm laughing too damn hard.
Well I did play WoT's but also spent a lot of time playing Civ III complete which i picked up again for 74p :) sometimes its easier to buy again than dig out your old discs.
I only got 1 turn of Band of Heroes in...so the AAR still has a turn remaining. I have to say I'm looking forward to moving away from the AAR and onto actually playing the game at normal speed...because the turns (without the AAR stuff) look to be fairly quick playing.
Did I get anything else done? Nope. No drinking Saturday or Sunday either...I was just feeling a bit "eugh".
Quote from: MengJiao on June 07, 2013, 10:44:53 AM
Quote from: PanzersEast on June 07, 2013, 07:59:26 AM
I have made more purchases... I won't get to all of them but I have got the following on point:
1. CK II The Old Gods
2. Xenonauts
3. Distant Worlds
4. Project Zomboid
5. OOTP 14
6. Eador / Fallen Enchantress
7. Learn Dominions 3
8. Vic II
Games Dropped
1. X-Com EU
PE
Something like the above: CKII TOG and CLOD and the Burning Blue (boardgame), maybe a micro AAR featuring running a CLOD scenario based on a Burning Blue Moment. Possibly a few moments of ARMAIII as well.
Things went as expected except that I played a lot more ARMAIII than I expected since the sniper rifles are out in this next alpha version (I guess there was a beta of this alpha, but I've been waiting for the betas to move to alpha rather than getting them before they go out to the standard steam alpha release).
In Burning Blue I've moved on to the main Luftwaffe offensive and its August 16, 1940: 10:30 AM and the sun is SE right behind the incoming raids aimed right at Radars and air fields and ports.
I played around with the sniper rifle in ArmA III as well. It didn't come across as very future tech.
I also played a fair amount of Conquistador. Man that game can be punishing.
I finally finished my Achtung Panzer Shield of the Prophet campaign and wrote up the AAR.
Played a lot of holes of Disc Golf this weekend.... even in the rain and a nice dinner with friends.... but some gaming in there as well....
Crusader Kings II - The Old Gods
Played a lot with a start in Norway 867 AD. I have worked to unify all of Noway during the second generation of my regin and currently have a little over half the provinces needed. Quite a bit of work up until this point, especially when my first ruler died at 45 causing a lot of intrigue and break aways. Next I will focus on an Scandinavian empire.
Xenonauts
The more I have played, the more I continue to like this title. I am still what is considered to be in the early stages of the invasion, but so far it has been fun. Just researching and trying to balance as much as I can.
Project Zomboid
Have not tried this one out again since the latest major release.... updated and I died quicker than I would like to admit.
Distant Worlds
Got a little time in on this one and not as much as I hoped to.... plan to spend some nights this week with it and continue to learn as much as I can. I have a good starting empire right now.
OOTP 14
Great upgrade and have been going through playing around... time to get serious through with a recent team and maybe a historical team. This is a great sports sim, probably the best I have ever played.
Did not play any of the following:
Eador / Fallen Enchantress
Learn Dominions 3
Vic II
PE
PE I'd be interested in what you think are the valued upgrades for OOTP14 over OOTP13
Just to show what CKII can do to mess with your head, I continued playing as the Duke of Barcelona. I had three counties under direct control and seven vassals. Early on, I married my son to an Italian duchess. His son became the Duke of Siena and left my son without land. So, I gave him one of my counties. My original character was very old. However, my heir died before I did and left my new heir as the Italian Duke. Then my original character finally kicked the bucket. That's when things got really bad.
My current character, the Duke of Siena and Barcelona, is a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire. The Kaiser declares war as often as regular people change underwear. So, I am at war often, depleting resources. As most of my vassals are Spanish, they don't like me. And it turns out, neither does the Duke of Spoleto. So I am unable to count on a goodly amount of income and troops from my vassals and I have someone plotting against me to take the Duchy of Barcelona from me. To top it off, my brother, the Count of Siena, is in my dungeon at a -100 relationship with me and I have no access to the resources from the County.
Spoleto's plot succeeds and I give up Barcelona. I still own the County of Albarracin, because it is part of the Duchy of Aragon, and the County of Lucca. My most talented courtier is my Uncle. To curry favor with him, I made him Master of the Horse and found him a talented wife. Shortly after, he asks for territory to govern. So I give him Albarracin.
I am at my wits end. My economy is in a shambles, my army is so small as to be non-existent and I see no prospects on the horizon that I will make it very much longer. I so hate this game :(
@MetalDog
I always try to make sure I have direct control over as many counties as I can without penalty, and I also increase my Stewardship and research Legalism tech to help raise the number of Demesne... Those counties with the largest levies I try to hold... The vassals under me I try to keep those gold diggers happy or your tax from this is less. I am sure you have done these things and sometimes you are just along for the ride.
@ Judge
I'll post back soon once I have started a serious season. I like the UI a lot... some may not but I do. I wanted to jump into the scouting as it has been redone and also look at the revamped International players and test the Trade AI. I'll post back soon.
PE
PanzersEast: Appreciate the advice. I was kind of run along a rail. After my original heir died, his son was the character I was to become. Shortly after the heir died, I died. So, I became my grandson. That character was a vassal of the HRE. After playing a little longer, I was fed up and switched to Lollard religion. When the Emperor finally got around to me (for being a heretical religion), he revoked my Duchy, then one county, then another, after imprisoning me. Not sure how it happened, but, I became my uncle, the Count of Albarracin. The game is still going and I am actually in a bit better position. Not much better, but, better. At least I am Chancellor of the Empire.