Re: Does anyone play Dominions 3?

From: nexus@panix.com (Jeff Berry)

Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 19:49:11 +0000

In article <Xns9EE16EAB47CEEgandalfparker@199.245.68.61>,
Gandalf  Parker  <gandalf@the.dead.ISP.of.Community.net> wrote:
>Me too. Almost entirely solo play but for medical reasons. Most of the MP
>games are 1 turn a day but there are days, sometimes 2 or 3, that Im
>pretty zombied out

For me a lot of it is weekends.  One a day would be fine, but I'm often
offline on weekends.

>But yeah I love the game on many levels. The strategy is SOoooooo deep.

With lots of variation, which is what I like.  You take someone like
Caelum and think, how can I make this work?  And there's not a single
answer ...

>graphics and sound are kindof last decade but if you are willing to
>sacrifice those to game play its pretty slick.

I am.  Then again, I also love Dwarf Fortress.  You might want to
check that out, too.
http://bay12games.com/dwarves/

>I also love that its a Linux game, ported to Windows and Mac. Everyone

I run on my Mac.  Then again, Mac these days is just a GUI on top
of NetBSD, so that's OK.  My linux machines are just servers and such.

>Hmm.. I should probably mention that I dont play it solo in vanilla mode
>anymore. That did keep me interested for a couple of years (more than
>most games) but now I have a collection of mods that add more More MORE
>MUAHAhahahahhaa!

I've grabbed some of the mods and maps off the Illwinter site, but haven't
really made any myself.

>In Dominions, if it looks like a killer strategy
>then look at it again carefully.
>In Dominions, if it looks like a total waste
>then look at it again carefully.

True, although I do have my favorites.  If I can get Gift of Health
and Enchanted Forest up and running ....

JB
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Jeff Berry - http://www.aspiringluddite.com - food, musings, etc.

References

Does anyone play Dominions 3?
Gandalf Parker <gandalf@the.dead.ISP.of.Community.net>
Tue, 10 May 2011 12:36:45 +0000
Re: Does anyone play Dominions 3?
nexus@panix.com (Jeff Berry)
Tue, 10 May 2011 12:53:15 +0000
Re: Does anyone play Dominions 3?
Gandalf Parker <gandalf@the.dead.ISP.of.Community.net>
Tue, 10 May 2011 17:52:45 +0000

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Does anyone play Dominions 3?
Gandalf Parker <gandalf@the.dead.ISP.of.Community.net>
Tue, 10 May 2011 12:36:45 +0000
Re: Does anyone play Dominions 3?
nexus@panix.com (Jeff Berry)
Tue, 10 May 2011 12:53:15 +0000
Re: Does anyone play Dominions 3?
Gandalf Parker <gandalf@the.dead.ISP.of.Community.net>
Tue, 10 May 2011 17:52:45 +0000