06-12-2013, 10:41 PM
It has been about a year since my last post in this thread (or anywhere else on this site.) I won't get into the details, but I had been dealing with the loss of two direct family members and another indirect one in the space of 2 years, and the accumulated weight of all that got to me.
I am ready to kick my PBM career off again, now, though I might start a little slower than before.
2 updates and 1 new item to report:
First, the Renaissance moderator has continued sending me newsletters, and I got a friendly ping from one of the major players who gave me a little history of my position. I need to get with the moderator, apologize for my long silence, and figure out what I need to do to get back in his game and cover his inconvenience (of having to deal with a dropout.)
Second, that Victory game went ahead without me as well. I will do a similar circling-back with Rolling Thunder Games to see what I owe them for grabbing a position and then disappearing. (Mind you, they gave me the most difficult position to start with -- Bulgaria.) I got a friendly ping from another player in that game as well. So I hope to set things right and see if there is a new game on the horizon which I can join.
Finally, Vern from Empyrean Challenge (now called Cluster Wars) is getting back on HIS horse. His "pre-alpha" test game had come to a stopping point, and he and his team have incorporated a slew of updates and improvements since then. They are launching "game 2" now -- first turns are out and due back 6/20. I believe there are 20 positions in the game, and all are filled. But (as we have seen in this thread), dropouts are common and new positions will not be materially behind if taken over within a turn or two.
My brother is waiting in the wings to join this game by taking over the first dropout. If anyone here has read anything on this site about EC and wants to give it a go, I recommend contacting Vern and lining up for those dropouts yourself.
The game is a monster of a space-empire game. It's economic at first, but with serious military aspects later on -- to the point where one player posted to the effect that this game is more about information and tactics than about economic power (though size does matter.)
I'll be running my first turn later tonight, and will blog about it here.
In summary -- sorry for dropping out of the scene for a while. I hope to make up for that with some quality gaming (and posting), especially with the inspiration of this new EC/CW game!
I am ready to kick my PBM career off again, now, though I might start a little slower than before.
2 updates and 1 new item to report:
First, the Renaissance moderator has continued sending me newsletters, and I got a friendly ping from one of the major players who gave me a little history of my position. I need to get with the moderator, apologize for my long silence, and figure out what I need to do to get back in his game and cover his inconvenience (of having to deal with a dropout.)
Second, that Victory game went ahead without me as well. I will do a similar circling-back with Rolling Thunder Games to see what I owe them for grabbing a position and then disappearing. (Mind you, they gave me the most difficult position to start with -- Bulgaria.) I got a friendly ping from another player in that game as well. So I hope to set things right and see if there is a new game on the horizon which I can join.
Finally, Vern from Empyrean Challenge (now called Cluster Wars) is getting back on HIS horse. His "pre-alpha" test game had come to a stopping point, and he and his team have incorporated a slew of updates and improvements since then. They are launching "game 2" now -- first turns are out and due back 6/20. I believe there are 20 positions in the game, and all are filled. But (as we have seen in this thread), dropouts are common and new positions will not be materially behind if taken over within a turn or two.
My brother is waiting in the wings to join this game by taking over the first dropout. If anyone here has read anything on this site about EC and wants to give it a go, I recommend contacting Vern and lining up for those dropouts yourself.
The game is a monster of a space-empire game. It's economic at first, but with serious military aspects later on -- to the point where one player posted to the effect that this game is more about information and tactics than about economic power (though size does matter.)
I'll be running my first turn later tonight, and will blog about it here.
In summary -- sorry for dropping out of the scene for a while. I hope to make up for that with some quality gaming (and posting), especially with the inspiration of this new EC/CW game!