DaviBones

Hmm, the Soldiers game sounds pretty good, I'll check it out.. As it is, I got sucked into Star Ruler and Age of Wonders... Played the entire AoW campaign through, which I've never had the patience to do. It's a really well done (fantasy) strategy and tactical system, although my only two complaints are that you run out of things to research really fast and the AI is horrible tactically, but strategically... well, I struggled. (on medium ) Of course they fixed both of those in AoW 2... which I'm about to go play. Woohoo! Also, sorry for the mix up FullAuto. I do really like both of your reviews though, so thanks. Aren't we all a little bit obsessive expert?

I'll try em out. Thanks for the suggestions, and hey, thanks for those reviews you've written! That's what got me into SotS, and that's one of my favorite games I've ever played. Combat Mission looks a bit complicated, hows the learning curve?

The crave for strategy, that is. I'm looking for a new strategy/tactics game I haven't played. I'm waiting for SotS 2 and Skyrim to come out and it'd be nice to have a good thinker's game to while away my time in between school. My favorites have been SotS (for the strategy), Jagged Alliance 1 and 2 (for the tactics) and UFO: Aftermath and Afterlight (for the story and excellent mix of tactics and strategy, especially in Aftermath). I tried Aftershock, it was pretty... erm.. shocking. as in shockingly bad. Again, strategy + tactics would be ideal... I tried browsing the forums, but there weren't a lot of gameplay descriptions. My priorities are first and foremost, good gameplay, followed by good immersion, preferably in a fictional setting, but historical works too if it's both fun and informative. My third priority is the age of the game (anything before about 2000, like most of X-COM, is awkward for me to play, I can't describe it). Feel free to offer anything that doesn't quite fit into those priorities, I realize this life on planet earth isn't always going to be perfect. Also feel free to flame me for my decidedly selfish first post