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*sigh* I hate myself for asking this, but I can't help myself...

Do they call you MISTER tibbs?

Apologies to all Sidney Poitier fans.

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hahaha, Actually, thats where I did get the name from.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

And to answer your question, yes they DO!

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Heh. Good on you, then.

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Welcome aboard tibbs! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

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Iowa?
I grew up in West Branch, Iowa.
(and when I got to California some lady told me "we pronounce that ohio out here". I swear to God that she did.)

Gandalf Parker

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Sister lives in Iowa, east side of state (Iowa city). Lot of Iowa jokes told up here in Minnesnowta, only cheese-head Wisconsin jokes are more popular. When I was a kid the jokes were about other countries and such but with ethnic awareness they have turned to less hot-point topics such as States and Pop Culture figures. But no matter what the joke is about, Funny is Funny and demeaning is wrong ! (Where did that come from, my inner monologue states).
P.S. How steep was Dominions II's learning curve or was it a case of skimpy rules documentation that some had issues about ???

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I felt that Dom II didn't have too steep a curve, but the interface was not what one would call initially intuitive. I was lucky enough to find Bruce's walkthrough while trying out the demo so I never had to go an extended period of time without knowing what was going on, but I definitely had to help my friends out with some very basic army commands in the game -- part of that was definitely the manual, as it was mostly text and didn't give you diagrammed game screens or a tutorial to get you started.

As for learning the strategy of the game itself, that can be pretty steep. The game is incredibly deep with a wealth of options -- it takes time to learn how one nation matches up against another, to say nothing of all 18. But half the fun is trying, failing, and learning. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I recommend trying the demo first. Some people really cant get into it. But if you can get into it then it will live for years on your machine.

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Yes well, many people had that problem with Doms 2. It was too confusing at first look. I introduced Doms 2. to my friends [they are all strategy gamers], and they were all whining that the game is confusing. After that I loaned my manual to them, so that they could learn the basics.. 2 days later they all bought the game. That was a long time ago. Since then we still play many TCP/IP games. The complexity and diversity of the game is awesome, this is why we are never bored.

Btw, imho the demo will need some .pdf help file ..the people [potential new players] will need informations about the basics of Doms 3.

*Edit*
typo

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Hi Everyone,

It's nice to see such an active international forum; that bodes well for the game! I'm very new to Dominions. Although I love the genre, somehow I've been missing out and just discovered Dominions having been sent here from a Galactic Civilations 2 forum.

I love strategy games, though I never seem to have enough time to put in to get good at any of them. My favorites are X-com, Fallout Tactics:BOS, the Age of Wonders series, MOO3, Dune II, Dune 2000, Emperor: Battle for Dune, and currently Galactic Civ 2. I also enjoy playing miniature wargames.

As soon as I found the site, I read an AAR and was hooked by the apparent depth and subtleness of the game. I then downloaded Dominions 2 demo and couldn’t stop playing. I can’t wait to get Dominions 3!

My only concern is that I have two very young children, and it might be bad for their health should I be consumed by this…

I'm currently living in Arizona, but have previously lived extensively in Asia and a long while in California.

I look forward to learning more about Dominions from all of you.