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Hey all...while I wait for the week of the 17th of November, I was wondering if anybody else has any other games they are playing? Or, any other games you know about that are good?

I have been checking into an old classic game, Empire Deluxe Internet Edition. Haven't bought it yet, still trying to decide if I like it....

At any rate, what games are out there where you can pay with credit card over the net, and then d/l the actual game? anyone know of any?

oh, yeah, another one that i am thinking about getting is War! Age of Imperialism....

What are your suggestions???

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Hidden and Dangerous 2. Very decent game, but this is not strategy.

[ October 23, 2003, 16:15: Message edited by: MStavros ]

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Stars!, Celtic Kings, Tranquility, King of Dragon Pass. Was playing in Star Wars Galaxy and GalCiv but I got bored.

And Master of Magic.
Also I plan on getting Age of Wonders: Shadow Realm which seems as close to MoM2 as anyone has gotten.

(and yes I do play games all day, Im retired military. Envy me. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif )

[ October 23, 2003, 16:38: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

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i seen Hidden & Dangerous 2 earlier today....how does that game play?

Also, I had Master of Magic, but couldn't get it to work on XP...

I have the demo for Stars!, but what is the "pull" of that game...I also seen that Wal-Mart now has both Alpha Centauri AND Alien Crossfire.....perhaps I will pick that game up...

Has anyone played Empire Deluxe though?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Alot of our players in the newsgroup came from Stars to Dominions. We told them that if they liked Stars then they would love Dominion, for the same reasons. Its a decent strategy game involving excellent surprising balances.

The only real complaint I had with Stars is that I didnt get in soon enough. By the time I started playing it they had the strategys pretty well locked down for solo, multi-play, 2-race alliances, 3-race alliances, small map, large map, etc etc. That was one of the thrills I had with Dom 1. Getting in early enough to take part in the debates, even toss in a few surprises. Im looking forward to that in Dom2 also.

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gandalf, have you played Space Empires IV Gold? I have heard that SE4 is actually better than Stars!....i have SE4....and the demo for Stars.

But, Stars I just haven't really played much of...just a little bit...

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Hidden and Dangerous 2, it is an awesome tactical third person shooter, but you need a good comp to run it.
It is a totally new game.
Lot of previews are on the net here is one:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/453/453087p1.html

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Never tried 'Primitive Stars!'? That was a refreshing variant. To my knowledge the 'best' strategies for PS! have yet to be devised.

Specials rules for PS! here:

http://www.starbasedelta.com/ubb/For...L/000152.shtml

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let me ask you this....is Stars! worth the money it will cost me to buy it? also, where CAN i buy it?

Too bad Supernova Genesis (is that it?) never came out....looked VERY impressive...

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">YES!

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Dunno - but if I remember well, the answer is in the Stars! FAQ. Or you might just ask in the rec.games.computer.stars newsgroup.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Don't bring this subject up again, you're just hurting me badly. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif