"How it started."

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Gandalf Parker said:
Started with "Conquest of Elysium"
Grabbed Dominions (one) early on and became a fanatical "fanboi" in the usenet newsgroups about it. Kindof strange actually since its not really "my kind of game". But that meant I explored facets of it that the main gaming group didnt.

Fought the changes in Dominions 2 for a long time. But finally developed a trust of the programmers even though I still wish some of the original features had been kept and builtup more rather than removed. Became just as fanatical about Dom2. Especially scripting random maps.

I will probably fight the changes in Dom3 but it will most likely be a shorter "battle" this time.

Gandalf Parker

Almost the same for me. Except that I was maybe 14 years old when I played Conquest of Elysium, and never ordered it. It was still fun...

I was really into fantasy at that point, and Dominions was "cool". I had no close friends with which I could really talk about fantasy, I spent too much time on my computer, and then used too lot of time playing Dominions.

I haven't felt the same kind of exploring feeling with DomII, because I already knew the nations and units so well. But I never thought it wasn't worth the price I payed, or the wait of half a year. I didn't even notice the fact that maps were static at first, but it's understandable, and the news maps were beautiful. I miss the old "story" maps much more. The Coven is much better than the Eye, IMO.