| Medieval: Total War |
| Medieval: Total War is an enormously addictive game by a bunch
called Creative Assembly.
It occupies a space somewhere between Civilization III's abstract
country management, and generic RTS-style combat. Your goal is
to conquer Europe, and the CA bunch gives one three different eras and
ten or fifteen factions with which to do it, each of which has their
own unique units and play style. The expansion pack, Viking
Invasion, gives you another era to play in, with another eight or ten
factions and a bunch of new units.
With all that, replayability is pretty high. What's more, each game is pretty long - a month or more real time to play, sometimes. Combined with a system where your kings and generals live and die and have unique statistics and personalities, playing a game of M:TW can be sort of like writing a book. In fact, people have been known to do things like create family trees for each game they play, just to do it. Me, I'd never do anything like that. No. Never. |
| Stories |
| Or perhaps I would. I've written a variety of fiction based on
games I've played. Here it is.
Aethelstan [Notes 1 2] - The story of Aethelstan, a prince in my first game of Viking Invasion (Saxons/Hard). Kings of the French [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11] - The first of the Tonto Clan PBM Succession Games. Tonto_Marechal and I played as the French, Early/Hard. The Holy Roman Emperors - The second Tonto Clan PBM SG, played by Tonto_Firebird, Tonto_Marechal, and myself as the HRE, Early/Expert. Currently unfinished. The Lives of the Brutii [1 2 3 4 5 Tree]- A Rome succession game by Marechal and myself as the Brutii on Hard/Hard. |
| Odds and Ends |
| Pictures, strategy, and other assorted bits and pieces.
Philippe III's Guide to Rulership - Wherein Phil III imparts the lessons he learned conquering the world. Pictures - Random pictures and stories. |