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I miss Alpha Centauri. I had the Lokigames Linux version and it eventually became incompatible with library upgrades. I should try to find a Windows version and see how it runs under wine. The best of the Civ games, by far.

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There was way too little flavour in alpha centauri for my tastes.

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I've been playing Carcassonne lately. There's a free java version online under the pseudonym Toulouse.

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http://www.the-reincarnation.com/

STarted a mage *again*...

I keep on playing for a few months, then stopping, then starting...

Seems they've addressed some of the game issues I didn't like though, so maybe I'll stick it out longer this time.

Anyway, a fun little free browser based mages and magic war game. Check it out, it's a bit difficult at the onset, but there are lots of guides/info available at the site.

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this game reminds me of the old (old old OLD) school BBS games I used to play in highschool. It brings back memories just playing it! thanks so much for pointing it out, I really like it.

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Yey, you are the only other one I have seen mentioning this game. I guess this really is an isolated game despite the lively community.

If anyone wants to see what the game looks like, you can go to http://live.myvowclan.de/, take the 'On-Demand', choose language and click until you get a game. These are sort of nice game replays as they have a commentator (not native english) on them. There are also community made game videos running all the time on-air default (unless you happen there during cast).

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SC is fun, but I stopped playing it when I realized I spent 90 % of my time watching 2D icons.

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Supreme Commander is nice in a way, but I don't like some aspects of the game. Just like in Total Annihilation, the AI insists on building ridiculously tough bases and doing little else. It's completely against the way I'd prefer to play the game. And I usually don't like to do multiplayer with strategy games, as most people tend to play in ways I find abhorrent also :P (I once watched my father play Age of Empires 2 online and get rushed by... bombard cannons?!). Dominions is actually the only strategy game I've played online since starcraft... and I found melee maps bored me quickly.

In a way total annihilation was more fun than SC, the units in SC seem too homogenized, they're too similar except for the artillery units. And unfortunately the unit AI seems about as bad about movement orders as it used to be. They could have made the game much more interesting IMO. And yeah, having to play zoomed out too far to watch your units fight is just not fun for me. I like to watch battles play out, it's a big part of the fun for me in playing an RTS. But at the same time, while you pretty much have to play zoomed out if you don't carefully micromanage your units they perform quite underpar. It's a bit depressing. Kind of makes me wish you could set firing priorities for things, like you do in Space Empires. Even with just that it would be a huge step in the right direction.

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I just got into Neverwinter Nights 2. I started the campaign a couple of times, but never got far because I always wanted to start over with a new character. I'm playing as a Rogue/Wizard now and its a lot of fun.

And Dawn of War 2 is great, games are fast-paced and usually over in 15-30 minutes. I try to play a few multiplayer matches in the evenings every now and then.

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I do the same thing with NWN2 - always re-starting a few minutes into it. As a result I have had it on and off the hard drive since I bought it and never made it much past the starting village. I think that's why I prefer the old-school party-based games so you don't regret lacking a certain set of skills. Its too annoying to me to play say a Paladin and then see a chest I cannot open or play as a mage and find a cool weapon I cannot use.