What a great game ...

**Andres** · 08-22-2006, 10:24

Originally Posted by Jxrc

Suggest you re-try it once in a while. It is totally worth it.

Ah, Medieval Total War.

It's been so long... All those hours of my youth wasted on a pc game...

Good advice Jxrc. One day I'll reinstall it, so I can waste even more hours of my life on it

**caravel** · 08-22-2006, 10:50

I'm currently not wasting enough of my life on it. My wife has not, as yet, said anything like the following:

1) You're always on that stupid game!!!
2) What about me?
3) Maybe you should shower?
4) Try not to move the ambulance is on the way.

At present I'm on an Aragonese/Early/Expert Campaign. At war with the French due to me trying to stop them from taking Aquitaine from the English, failed in that but took Aquitaine for myself the following year. So now I hold Aragon, Navarre and Aquitaine. Valencia I missed by a year, the spanish shot in there before me. Not a problem though, as this time I don't want to go down the predictable Spanish and Almohad elimination route.

**gaijinalways** · 08-25-2006, 16:05

Unfortunately, I will have to find a way to play on the sly as my wife already invoked 1# (subtly implying 2#) as well as asking me to help with chores more often (no, I haven't stopped going to work yet). It's easy to get carried away and when you get multiple battles, it's hard (can't leave my pc on pause too long). Recently my last victory followed by an autoresolve (wife wanted to eat out, asap) then the MTW program promptly crashed, oh joy wiping out a nice victory aganist the HRE.

I also didn't play for about a year and a half (too busy), but most annoying, my wife brings up an 'age' thing as a reason for not playing. Hey, she watches dramas during my pc playing time, so what difference does it make

?

Oh sigh, I guess I'll just have to work 'longer hours' and bring my laptop

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**gunslinger** · 09-01-2006, 17:00

Originally Posted by gaijinalways

It's easy to get carried away and when you get multiple battles, it's hard (can't leave my pc on pause too long). Recently my last victory followed by an autoresolve (wife wanted to eat out, asap) then the MTW program promptly crashed, oh joy wiping out a nice victory aganist the HRE.

May I suggest the VI expansion pack? Among other things, it offers the option to save your game while you are in the pre-battle screen. That way when you finally say to yourself, "Ok, this is really my last turn," and the AI (or your wife) launches a sneak attack, you aren't stuck accepting the results of an autocalc.

VI also lets you choose the order in which your reinforcements will enter the battle. These two features alone make it worth the trouble to me.

You should be able to pick up VI for a song nowadays.