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[Martok]

Continuing my campaign (with my custom Sovereign) in Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. 

Am really hoping to get some time in with Rome II as well before the WoS expansion hits. 

In addition, Horizon still needs my attention (and not just because Anguille is nagging me).  :P 

[Anguille]

In addition, Horizon still needs my attention (and not just because Anguille is nagging me).  :P

;) i know we like the same kind of games, many of which are the same....

[JasonPratt]

Finished Shadow of Mordor this afternoon (and finished the next part of my new AAR project tonight.)

Was reasonably pleased with how it tied up some subtle loose ends between the Hobbit and Lotr (and in what happened when Sauron originally got the Ring.)

Was somewhat less pleased by the constant fanboi pandering with memorable dialogue elsewhere repeated in new contexts. Also, there was a strange Chekov's Watcher In the Water which was set up but never appeared. Maybe it's a coming DLC or else a side mission I never played: I couldn't figure out if building the legends of my three weapons was helping them power up in any way other than providing mithril to spend on them.

The sequel hook was certainly ballsy! -- which I won't spoil for people who haven't played or finished it yet, though the story ties up well enough as far as it goes, so don't worry about that. I'm on board for Shadow 2: Mordor Orcaloo.

[Gusington]

How many hours did it take you to finish?

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

It took me 36 hours according to steam.  I finished all the side missions except hunting, eating twigs and vines, and the last 3 outcast missions (couldn't find 'em.)

[Sir Slash]

Out of town for my Son-in-law's Probation Officer training graduation until today. Five hour drive each way. The good side is now I know a Probation Officer who needs to borrow things from me regularly. In case those Committing An Un-Natural Act charges come back around. ^-^ Anyway, I'm working on getting the Germans past the 5th Tank Army in DC: Case Blue, the Voronezh scenario. And Rome 2 because shooting baskets of scorpions at people NEVER gets old.

[Nefaro]

Out of town for my Son-in-law's Probation Officer training graduation until today. Five hour drive each way. The good side is now I know a Probation Officer who needs to borrow things from me regularly. In case those Committing An Un-Natural Act charges come back around.

Sir Slash on a Saturday..




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[Bison]

Played some SWTOR and Dom4.  I did bounce between about 6 other games before I found my gaming groove.

[smittyohio]

Some good old fashioned Fleet Command, World of Warcraft, and a bit at World War II Europe.

[GJK]

World War II Europe.

Which game?

[MetalDog]

Spent most of the day on Civ IV, trying AGAIN to get a grasp on Monarch level.  My first attempt was around 170 Turns as Egypt.  The map was Small Pangaea with me and three AI's to a Time Victory.  Suryavarman was my immediate neighbor.  I built cities to cut him off from moving north and east along the coast while he built north and west.  Three times I had a Settler ready to drop a city only to have that blue bastard cut me off.  He managed to hem me in along my western border, directly against my capital.  The final straw was his take down of a Barbarian city I had been saving for my own on the far eastern tip of the continent.  Using our Open Borders agreement, he moved a force to take the city.  I tried, vainly, to assemble a large enough force myself, but, I failed.  Seeing as I was well on my way to being surrounded, I Resigned.

My next attempt also gives me Suryavarman as my immediate dance partner.  I am Mao Zedong.  This time, however, I bumped the size of the map up to Standard.  That seems to be working out a lot better for me.  Along with my repeat antagonist, Justinian I, Genghis Khan, and Mehmed II are all on the board.  I have kept up in the Tech race, trading landmark discoveries, for boatloads of lesser Techs.  My empire, while third in size, contains a dozen cities. 

Until a handful of Turns ago, I had stayed out of the wars around me.  I control the entire western end of the continent.  Suryavarman is my eastern neighbor.  He has been using espionage to steal tech from me and disrupt my cities granaries and destroy buildings.  I got an event that allowed me to spend 50 Espionage Points to cause the destruction of three tile improvements and destroy several buildings in the city of Angkor Wat.  There was a 55% chance of discovery and negative relations, but, I figured we were in a good enough place that it wouldn't hurt too badly if I was caught.  Several Turns later, I found out I was wrong.

He came across my border and took out the defense I had set to guard my Oil Well.  Seeing as it was my only one, he effectively cut me off from producing anything modern to defend myself with, especially Tanks and Destroyers.  There are four of my cities along our mutual border and he sent stacks to menace each one.  Thankfully, I have been going against my usual strategy of building units as needed and had enough defense force to blunt the attacks.  A well timed Great Spy allowed me to start a Golden Age one Turn after the attack commenced, so I am reaping the benefits of that.  The downside is, I have lost my southern most city, Kushans, and nine units in its defense.  If I can continue to hold off the attack until Suryavarman will end this war, I should be able to regroup and fight another day.  But, it looks like he knows that a war of attrition favors him and I will not be allowed to make it out alive.

In any event, this will be the furthest, so far, that I have played on Monarch.  It's the early Twentieth Century.  I have kept up in Tech and economy.  Not sure exactly what I have learned that I can carry forward, other than, BUILD MORE TROOPS!!!

[smittyohio]

World War II Europe.

Which game?

Heh...  yeah, not the most original of titles, is it?     http://schwerpunkt.wargamer.com/Eurdesc.html

[Huw the Poo]

Not the best of websites either!

[Staggerwing]

Think of it as 90's Retro.  ;)

[Nefaro]

World War II Europe.

Which game?

Heh...  yeah, not the most original of titles, is it?     http://schwerpunkt.wargamer.com/Eurdesc.html

It doesn't have the words "Panzer" or "Tiger" in the title.

What will the Axis fanboys think?