Sharky, yes, I have played several Total War games - Medieval Total War, Medieval Total War II, and Rome: Total War. I didn't care for Rome much, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Medieval games. In fact they got me into Medieval European history. In the first Medieval Total War, a civil war comes about in England in the early 12th century at the same time as the cousin's (Stephen v. Madeline's) war. In Medieval Total War II, a Mongolian invasion happens in the 14th century. The games do their best to stay faithful to history. You can have Crusades or Jihads, Assassins, Spies, Marital alliances, etc. You have to build up trade in both games - the first concentrates on naval routes, and the second concentrates on merchants dealing in rare resources like ivory and gold. Yes, you can turn off the real-time battles (meaning that you have the option to skip them or not). I never cared too much for playing them myself. The turn-based part of the game is more than enough for me. I only played real time battles if I was confident in my ability to win a battle that I would probably lose in AI. Regardless, that is not the point of the game and is totally optional.
Sharky, have you played any of the Total War games? I haven't played the new one yet; it's set in the 18th century. However, they are releasing a Napoleon: Total War in 2010, I think February. They also have a Roman one, which I didn't care for all that much, but I heart Medieval and Medieval II - only the latter of which is still playable on current operating systems, sadly. (And by "current" I mean XP, dunno about newer ones.)
Hi everyone, I'm a newbie. *waves* So yeah, SwapTree. So far as I can gather, it's like user-to-user NetFlix for books, games, and movies, except you get to keep the end product forever if you want. You have game A, but you want game B. So you use their automated system to find someone who has game B, but wants game A. And then the site prints out shipping labels once it's confirmed and you've paid for the postage, which it computes automatically. At least this is how I understand it. I intended to start using it for book swaps a while back, but forgot about it entirely, and I was reminded when contemplating the dismal trade-in price I'd get at GameStop for Dragon Age: Origins, which I just finished playing, versus how much a new game would cost. But I dunno, it's a lot easier to render a game unplayable than it is to render a book unreadable, plus games are a lot more expensive than books, so... I was wondering if anyone had ever used it before.
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