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Here's a multiplayer game of the excellent Field of Glory: Empires I'm playing as Rome against Carthage (Hyde77) and Macedonia ( @RichardYorke1945 ) This is a competitive multiplayer game without being singularly focused on eliminating our rivals, and we'll play the occasional battle in Field of Glory II as well. You can get the game at www.slitherine.com or on Steam.

This is a video of me chatting about my channel and the stuff I've been thinking about when it comes to gaming, while playing a horrific weeby bullet-hell game. If you don't like long, rambling discussions that flit from topic to topic then you can avoid this video, but if you like hearing me chat about games then this should be fun. Topics: 00:00 Touhou Fuujinroku 02:43 GalCiv IV: Supernova's AI updates 05:30 My Top 3 Space 4X Games 06:20 Field of Glory: Empires MP and Shadow Empire MP 06:47 John Tiller's Modern Campaigns - Korea '85 MP 09:33 Lords of Midnight/Doomdark's Revenge 11:50 Field of Glory: Empires Pontus series 12:25 "Play Your Way" and "Organic Difficulty" and Minmaxing vs Roleplay/Sandbox play 17:20 Master of Magic / Caster of Magic 19:38 Underrail 23:50 Savescumming vs Reloading Saves (re: Underrail) 26:04 Are Steam Reviews Damaging Games Development? 31:48 But There's Good Reason for the Pushback from Players (CA, EA, Ubisoft etc) 33: 26 What do you want to see on the channel? 33:55 Brigandine The Legend of Runersia Leave comments, let me know what you think! Cheers!

Here's a multiplayer game of the excellent Field of Glory: Empires I'm playing as Rome against Carthage (Hyde77) and Macedonia ( @RichardYorke1945 ) This is a competitive multiplayer game without being singularly focused on eliminating our rivals, and we'll play the occasional battle in Field of Glory II as well. You can get the game at www.slitherine.com or on Steam.

In this series I'm playing the game through quickly to try to show off more of the midgame content. This time I'm playing as the Iconians, a defensive, Nihilistic ideology civilization with some interesting quirks. Will we see the Terror Star in action? Wishlist GalCiv4: Supernova now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ ACHTUNG: I am an employee of Stardock. This Let's Play is NOT part of that work and I am free to do as I wish with my channel, but you should bear this conflict of interest in mind when viewing this Let's Play. Cheers! Galactic Civilizations 4: Supernova is a superb space strategy 4X game by Stardock. The GalCiv series is by far one of the best of the space 4X genre, notable for its detailed and deep gameplay, wonderful alien faction design, production values that rival AAA studios and arguably one of the best game AIs you can find in PC strategy gaming.

In this series I'm playing the game through quickly to try to show off more of the midgame content. This time I'm playing as the Iconians, a defensive, Nihilistic ideology civilization with some interesting quirks. Will we see the Terror Star in action? Wishlist GalCiv4: Supernova now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ ACHTUNG: I am an employee of Stardock. This Let's Play is NOT part of that work and I am free to do as I wish with my channel, but you should bear this conflict of interest in mind when viewing this Let's Play. Cheers! Galactic Civilizations 4: Supernova is a superb space strategy 4X game by Stardock. The GalCiv series is by far one of the best of the space 4X genre, notable for its detailed and deep gameplay, wonderful alien faction design, production values that rival AAA studios and arguably one of the best game AIs you can find in PC strategy gaming.

In this series I'm playing the game through quickly to try to show off more of the midgame content. This time I'm playing as the Iconians, a defensive, Nihilistic ideology civilization with some interesting quirks. Will we see the Terror Star in action? Wishlist GalCiv4: Supernova now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ ACHTUNG: I am an employee of Stardock. This Let's Play is NOT part of that work and I am free to do as I wish with my channel, but you should bear this conflict of interest in mind when viewing this Let's Play. Cheers! Galactic Civilizations 4: Supernova is a superb space strategy 4X game by Stardock. The GalCiv series is by far one of the best of the space 4X genre, notable for its detailed and deep gameplay, wonderful alien faction design, production values that rival AAA studios and arguably one of the best game AIs you can find in PC strategy gaming.

In this series I'm playing the game through quickly to try to show off more of the midgame content. This time I'm playing as the Iconians, a defensive, Nihilistic ideology civilization with some interesting quirks. Will we see the Terror Star in action? Wishlist GalCiv4: Supernova now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ ACHTUNG: I am an employee of Stardock. This Let's Play is NOT part of that work and I am free to do as I wish with my channel, but you should bear this conflict of interest in mind when viewing this Let's Play. Cheers! Galactic Civilizations 4: Supernova is a superb space strategy 4X game by Stardock. The GalCiv series is by far one of the best of the space 4X genre, notable for its detailed and deep gameplay, wonderful alien faction design, production values that rival AAA studios and arguably one of the best game AIs you can find in PC strategy gaming.

In this series I'm playing the game through quickly to try to show off more of the midgame content. This time I'm playing as the Iconians, a defensive, Nihilistic ideology civilization with some interesting quirks. Will we see the Terror Star in action? Wishlist GalCiv4: Supernova now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ v1.7 of this Early Access space 4X title just released and I'm playing through as the Luxar! Gonna try to get this one finished before the next version comes out, as they're coming thick and fast right now! ACHTUNG: I am an employee of Stardock. This Let's Play is NOT part of that work and I am free to do as I wish with my channel, but you should bear this conflict of interest in mind when viewing this Let's Play. Cheers! Galactic Civilizations 4: Supernova is a superb space strategy 4X game by Stardock. The GalCiv series is by far one of the best of the space 4X genre, notable for its detailed and deep gameplay, wonderful alien faction design, production values that rival AAA studios and arguably one of the best game AIs you can find in PC strategy gaming.

In this series I'm playing the game through quickly to try to show off more of the midgame content. This time I'm playing as the Iconians, a defensive, Nihilistic ideology civilization with some interesting quirks. Will we see the Terror Star in action? Wishlist GalCiv4: Supernova now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ v1.7 of this Early Access space 4X title just released and I'm playing through as the Luxar! Gonna try to get this one finished before the next version comes out, as they're coming thick and fast right now! ACHTUNG: I am an employee of Stardock. This Let's Play is NOT part of that work and I am free to do as I wish with my channel, but you should bear this conflict of interest in mind when viewing this Let's Play. Cheers! Galactic Civilizations 4: Supernova is a superb space strategy 4X game by Stardock. The GalCiv series is by far one of the best of the space 4X genre, notable for its detailed and deep gameplay, wonderful alien faction design, production values that rival AAA studios and arguably one of the best game AIs you can find in PC strategy gaming.

In this series I'm playing the game through quickly to try to show off more of the midgame content. This time I'm playing as the Iconians, a defensive, Nihilistic ideology civilization with some interesting quirks. Will we see the Terror Star in action? Wishlist GalCiv4: Supernova now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ v1.7 of this Early Access space 4X title just released and I'm playing through as the Luxar! Gonna try to get this one finished before the next version comes out, as they're coming thick and fast right now! ACHTUNG: I am an employee of Stardock. This Let's Play is NOT part of that work and I am free to do as I wish with my channel, but you should bear this conflict of interest in mind when viewing this Let's Play. Cheers! Galactic Civilizations 4: Supernova is a superb space strategy 4X game by Stardock. The GalCiv series is by far one of the best of the space 4X genre, notable for its detailed and deep gameplay, wonderful alien faction design, production values that rival AAA studios and arguably one of the best game AIs you can find in PC strategy gaming.

In this series I'm playing the game through quickly to try to show off more of the midgame content. This time I'm playing as the Iconians, a defensive, Nihilistic ideology civilization with some interesting quirks. Will we see the Terror Star in action? Wishlist GalCiv4: Supernova now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ v1.7 of this Early Access space 4X title just released and I'm playing through as the Luxar! Gonna try to get this one finished before the next version comes out, as they're coming thick and fast right now! ACHTUNG: I am an employee of Stardock. This Let's Play is NOT part of that work and I am free to do as I wish with my channel, but you should bear this conflict of interest in mind when viewing this Let's Play. Cheers! Galactic Civilizations 4: Supernova is a superb space strategy 4X game by Stardock. The GalCiv series is by far one of the best of the space 4X genre, notable for its detailed and deep gameplay, wonderful alien faction design, production values that rival AAA studios and arguably one of the best game AIs you can find in PC strategy gaming.

In this series I'm playing the game through quickly to try to show off more of the midgame content. This time I'm playing as the Iconians, a defensive, Nihilistic ideology civilization with some interesting quirks. Will we see the Terror Star in action? Wishlist GalCiv4: Supernova now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ v1.7 of this Early Access space 4X title just released and I'm playing through as the Luxar! Gonna try to get this one finished before the next version comes out, as they're coming thick and fast right now! ACHTUNG: I am an employee of Stardock. This Let's Play is NOT part of that work and I am free to do as I wish with my channel, but you should bear this conflict of interest in mind when viewing this Let's Play. Cheers! Galactic Civilizations 4: Supernova is a superb space strategy 4X game by Stardock. The GalCiv series is by far one of the best of the space 4X genre, notable for its detailed and deep gameplay, wonderful alien faction design, production values that rival AAA studios and arguably one of the best game AIs you can find in PC strategy gaming.

In this series I'm playing the game through quickly to try to show off more of the midgame content. This time I'm playing as the Iconians, a defensive, Nihilistic ideology civilization with some interesting quirks. Will we see the Terror Star in action? Wishlist GalCiv4: Supernova now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ v1.7 of this Early Access space 4X title just released and I'm playing through as the Luxar! Gonna try to get this one finished before the next version comes out, as they're coming thick and fast right now! ACHTUNG: I am an employee of Stardock. This Let's Play is NOT part of that work and I am free to do as I wish with my channel, but you should bear this conflict of interest in mind when viewing this Let's Play. Cheers! Galactic Civilizations 4: Supernova is a superb space strategy 4X game by Stardock. The GalCiv series is by far one of the best of the space 4X genre, notable for its detailed and deep gameplay, wonderful alien faction design, production values that rival AAA studios and arguably one of the best game AIs you can find in PC strategy gaming.

The Lords of Midnight is a truly unique CRPG/Wargame hybrid played from a first person perspective, originally developed for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1984 by Mike Singleton, who sadly passed away in 2012 and who this remake is dedicated to. This new version is by Chris Wild, who has done sterling work in preserving and representing this masterpiece. The Lords of Midnight is a story based strategy game that has remarkable depth, and was a ground-breaking experience when it was released in 1984. I think the gameplay holds up very well today, which will explain why there's still a dedicated fanbase that play it nearly 40 years after it was first released. https://thelordsofmidnight.com/ Pick the game up for free at https://www.gog.com As always, many thanks to Adrian Von Ziegler for his excellent fantasy music: this one is from Queen of Thorns, a fantastic album for wintery, dark roleplaying sessions. https://www.youtube.com/@AdrianvonZiegler

The Lords of Midnight is a truly unique CRPG/Wargame hybrid played from a first person perspective, originally developed for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1984 by Mike Singleton, who sadly passed away in 2012 and who this remake is dedicated to. This new version is by Chris Wild, who has done sterling work in preserving and representing this masterpiece. The Lords of Midnight is a story based strategy game that has remarkable depth, and was a ground-breaking experience when it was released in 1984. I think the gameplay holds up very well today, which will explain why there's still a dedicated fanbase that play it nearly 40 years after it was first released. https://thelordsofmidnight.com/ Pick the game up for free at https://www.gog.com As always, many thanks to Adrian Von Ziegler for his excellent fantasy music: this one is from Queen of Thorns, a fantastic album for wintery, dark roleplaying sessions. https://www.youtube.com/@AdrianvonZiegler

I've not kept up with Shadow Empire's amazing new beta patch development updates, so you get to see me react to what have amounted to some seriously game-changing additions to my favourite game. You'll need to download and install it (for Matrix) or opt into the beta (for Steam). GOG people will have to wait a bit as they don't support regular open beta patches.

The Lords of Midnight is a truly unique CRPG/Wargame hybrid played from a first person perspective, originally developed for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1984 by Mike Singleton, who sadly passed away in 2012 and who this remake is dedicated to. This new version is by Chris Wild, who has done sterling work in preserving and representing this masterpiece. The Lords of Midnight is a story based strategy game that has remarkable depth, and was a ground-breaking experience when it was released in 1984. I think the gameplay holds up very well today, which will explain why there's still a dedicated fanbase that play it nearly 40 years after it was first released. https://thelordsofmidnight.com/ Pick the game up for free at https://www.gog.com As always, many thanks to Adrian Von Ziegler for his excellent fantasy music: this one is from Queen of Thorns, a fantastic album for wintery, dark roleplaying sessions. https://www.youtube.com/@AdrianvonZiegler

The Lords of Midnight is a truly unique CRPG/Wargame hybrid played from a first person perspective, originally developed for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1984 by Mike Singleton, who sadly passed away in 2012 and who this remake is dedicated to. This new version is by Chris Wild, who has done sterling work in preserving and representing this masterpiece. The Lords of Midnight is a story based strategy game that has remarkable depth, and was a ground-breaking experience when it was released in 1984. I think the gameplay holds up very well today, which will explain why there's still a dedicated fanbase that play it nearly 40 years after it was first released. https://thelordsofmidnight.com/ Pick the game up for free at https://www.gog.com As always, many thanks to Adrian Von Ziegler for his excellent fantasy music: this one is from Queen of Thorns, a fantastic album for wintery, dark roleplaying sessions. https://www.youtube.com/@AdrianvonZiegler

The Lords of Midnight is a truly unique CRPG/Wargame hybrid played from a first person perspective, originally developed for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1984 by Mike Singleton, who sadly passed away in 2012 and who this remake is dedicated to. This new version is by Chris Wild, who has done sterling work in preserving and representing this masterpiece. The Lords of Midnight is a story based strategy game that has remarkable depth, and was a ground-breaking experience when it was released in 1984. I think the gameplay holds up very well today, which will explain why there's still a dedicated fanbase that play it nearly 40 years after it was first released. https://thelordsofmidnight.com/ As always, many thanks to Adrian Von Ziegler for his excellent fantasy music: this one is from Queen of Thorns, a fantastic album for wintery, dark roleplaying sessions. https://www.youtube.com/@AdrianvonZiegler

I feel vindicated ranking Monkey Maharaja as an A-tier in my CoE5 Tier List video, as I'm starting to see how strong they are. Not the fairest battle but the Apsaras and ethereal counterparts are quite easy to spam so this isn't a particularly expensive force. Speed-up, slow-down as you like :) www.illwinter.com

Selfless, couragous Markata snipers save the Monkey Maharaja! This bastard was running roughshod over me right through the early game, and this was a sweet way to take him out Speed-up, slow-down as you like :) www.illwinter.com

Do you give up on your strategy game campaigns long before they should be over, or are you struggling to get into that big, expensive wargame you just bought? If so, this video is for you! Here I share some secrets on how I learned to finish, and more importantly, how to enjoy some of the most complex, ridiculously long PC strategy games on the market. These games sit amongst the most beastly titles imaginable, and if you can learn to complete these, you'll find playing other, more reasonable games a doddle. Note: I've deliberately left out a soundtrack, not captioned the games shown or added chapter marks for various reasons. See if you can guess why in the comments below ;) Thanks to Rolf R Bakke for his visualisation of Rob Hubbard's "Sanxion" theme tune from the C64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiXTDZy2Hyg Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 02:19 Preparation 04:41 Gameplay Settings 06:04 Play Slowly, Plan Your Strategy 10:36 Example: John Tiller's Modern Campaigns: Korea '85 17:56 Take Notes, Tell Stories 18:38 Play the Same Game Repeatedly 19:36 Example: Shadow Empire 25:50 Example: Dominions 5 29:08 Do Modern Graphics Help or Hinder Immersion? 31:01 Conclusion

The Drengin aren't looking too hot right now. My industrial efforts continue! Wishlist GalCiv4: Supernova now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ v1.7 of this Early Access space 4X title just released and I'm playing through as the Luxar! Gonna try to get this one finished before the next version comes out, as they're coming thick and fast right now! ACHTUNG: I am an employee of Stardock. This Let's Play is NOT part of that work and I am free to do as I wish with my channel, but you should bear this conflict of interest in mind when viewing this Let's Play. Cheers! Galactic Civilizations 4: Supernova is a superb space strategy 4X game by Stardock. The GalCiv series is by far one of the best of the space 4X genre, notable for its detailed and deep gameplay, wonderful alien faction design, production values that rival AAA studios and arguably one of the best game AIs you can find in PC strategy gaming.

With low MR troops and naked summoned units, we were scratching our heads on how to kill this army, after it kept battlefield wiping everything. Then we accidently stumbled on a solution! From a multiplayer game I've been playing with my friend Coffee. Speed-up, slow-down as you like :)

One of the more ridiculous battles I've seen in CoE5 so far! From a multiplayer game I've been playing with my friend Coffee. Speed-up, slow-down as you like :)