Back in the game

[Nelson]

I didn’t play for months after it arrived. It needed too much work.

Empire is in much better shape now than it was. CA stayed with it.

[Yoyoma1910]

I find that I tend to be a gamer who picks up a game after the initial hoopla has passed, which is a double edged sword:

On one hand, the game is generally fully realized by the developers at that point, and I don't have to deal with all the bugs and twitches that come with something fresh out the oven.

But on the other hand, it becomes more difficult to have a conversation on the game with other players, as most have moved on.

One reason I enjoyed MTW was because the conversation on the game was still going strong years later. Kind of makes me sad that it's not the same here. Now I'm starting to really get into the strategies and subtleties of the experience, but it seems the conversation is for the most part dead.