Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2010-01-01 Thread Willem
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest? HiDarren,As Time of Conflict has not been released yet and is still in private beta I don't think a detailed description is in order. It is a war game loosely based on technology of around 1940. Yo

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-31 Thread dark
--- Original Message - From: "Phil Vlasak" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest? Hi Zack and Thomas, A week ago David Greenwood posted this message about his newstrategy game, Time of Confl

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-29 Thread Darren Harris
Hi, I quite agree. Take core exiles for example. It's a game that really does fulfill a lot of my gaming wishes as it were. The community is friendly, the game is fantastic. Below are some specific points I've made with reference to ce but you can apply a lot of these points to games in general i

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-29 Thread Scott Chesworth
Agreed Tom, I wasn't judging the genre on one title, more like trying to say that one title wetted my apitite for the genre but I'd need something with a lot more depth to be hooked. Here's hoping... On 12/29/09, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Scott, > Unfortunately, SoundRTS, like many accessible game

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-28 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Scott, Unfortunately, SoundRTS, like many accessible games, is only a stripped down and simplified example of a real time strategy game. SoundRTS is by no means as complex or feature filled as something like Warcraft. While I do like SoundRTS I'm also acutely aware that it falls short of wha

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-28 Thread Scott Chesworth
u what is happening on the map at each turn. > Of course all this can change before the release. > Phil > > > - Original Message - > From: "Darren Harris" > To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 11:30 AM > Su

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-28 Thread Darren Harris
: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest? HiDarren,As Time of Conflict has not been released yet and is still in private beta I don't think a detailed description is in order. It is a war game loosely based on technology of around 1940. You have cities and terr

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-28 Thread Phil Vlasak
ounds telling you what is happening on the map at each turn. Of course all this can change before the release. Phil - Original Message - From: "Darren Harris" To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] strateg

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-28 Thread Darren Harris
ubject: Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest? Hi Zack and Thomas, A week ago David Greenwood posted this message about his newstrategy game, Time of Conflict. A couple of months ago we started beta testing a new game from GMA Games called Time of Conflict. As it sometimes goes, the Time o

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-28 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Zack and Thomas, A week ago David Greenwood posted this message about his newstrategy game, Time of Conflict. A couple of months ago we started beta testing a new game from GMA Games called Time of Conflict. As it sometimes goes, the Time of Conflict beta testers came up with great ideas on

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-27 Thread William L. Houts
I would love to play games like these. --Bill - Original Message - From: "Mauricio Almeida" To: Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest? I would certainly be up for it mauricio -Mensagem original- D

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-27 Thread Hayden Presley
ubject: Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest? I would certainly be up for it mauricio -Mensagem original- De: Zachary Kline Para: gamers@audyssey.org Data: Domingo, 27 de Dezembro de 2009 12:35 Assunto: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest? Hi All, This is a topic I'

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-27 Thread Mauricio Almeida
I would certainly be up for it mauricio -Mensagem original- De: Zachary Kline Para: gamers@audyssey.org Data: Domingo, 27 de Dezembro de 2009 12:35 Assunto: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest? Hi All, This is a topic I've mentioned on list before, but I've never gotten a to my m

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Well, the kinds of games Zack and I are talking about fit into the real time strategy genre. If you have ever played SoundRTS that's a simple example of what we are talking about, but, of course,the mainstream games of this type are far more advanced than SoundRTS. For example, let

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-27 Thread Charles Rivard
, December 27, 2009 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest? Hi Charles, Okay, let's see what I can explain here. Yes, the rules are complex. Yes, such games are often quite lengthy. Let me take Civilization as an example, as it's one I'm reasonably fam

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-27 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Charles, Okay, let's see what I can explain here. Yes, the rules are complex. Yes, such games are often quite lengthy. Let me take Civilization as an example, as it's one I'm reasonably familiar with. You play it on a grid which represents a map with different kinds of terrain: forests, desert

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-27 Thread Charles Rivard
birth, and not around computer gamers, I know nothing of them. --- In God we trust! - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest? Hi Zack, Oh, I u

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-27 Thread mike maslo
Zach: I would be interested -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Zachary Kline Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 2:35 PM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest? Hi All, This is a topic I've

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Zack, Oh, I use to love those kinds of games. Still do come to that. I do remember playing Age of Empires, Civilization, and I've listened in as some friends have played Galaxy Civilization, and I really do like those kinds of games. SoundRTS is cool, but has a long ways to go before it rea

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-27 Thread Darren Harris
Hi, Yes I for 1 would be very interested if a game like this came out. My favourite type of games are like x-beyond the fronteer, elite, core exiles that sort of thing. I'd go for something like that in a heart beet. That's 1 type of game that isn't available for totally blind people to play. So y

Re: [Audyssey] strategy games: any interest?

2009-12-27 Thread Michael Feir
I would certainly be interested provided that there were enough chance-based and random elements like events to keep things interesting. I don't like Chess at all but will cheerfully play Backgammon for hours due to the randomness in that game. I'd love to play something like Civilisation or He