[Sorlakind]

Jumping on the bandwagon:

Hi, I'm 34, portuguese living in Lisboa, Portugal, Europe, World, Universe. Although I have done the odd programming job (Python/C++) I am a research mathematician - working on several stuff, but, in case anyone cares to know, currently working mainly on "Banach 2-modules" and "direct integrals of functors". Due to health reasons, I am stuck at home, which has the nice advantage of giving me more time to play dominions.

Have several other interests, but mainly I am a music listener and an avid omnivorous reader, chewing everything from poetry to theology (I am also a long-time christian, thus the theology thingy).

Been familiar with computers from the time of the infamous ZX Spectrum - ahh fond memories I have. And the games: Elite, Heavy on the magick, Lords of midnight, ... My prefered genres are RPG and Strategy, turn-based mostly. Among my all-time favourites I would list Baldur's Gate II, Final Fantasy VII, Battle Isles III, Warcraft II and Heroes of Might and Magic IV (am I the only one who actually prefered the IV to the III?).

I can't remember exactly how I arrived at dominions. Initially, I was put off by the low-fi graphics, and, especially, the lack of control over tactical battles. It slowly dawned on me that controling battles with armies that can have hundreds of units of tens of different types with a fine-grain control is simply a no-no and, really, a disaster waiting to happen - although I still wished that we had *some* more control, a few more script options and more ways to combine them.

I am regular reader of the this forum - the community is very friendly - but not much of a poster/writer (though the length of this particular post betrays me). I have only played SP and I am definitely a dominions newbie. I am continuously amazed by the depth of the game and the availability of different strategies, as evidenced by the several helpful posts here by the Pointy Hats.

Btw, a somewhat OT question: for a long time I have been nurturing the idea of writing an AAR. Anyone knows how to take screenshots? I am on win2k (and/or linux/ubuntu).

Best regards,
G. Rodrigues