The "What are you playing?" topic.

[Xiahou]

I wanted the Trilogy just for the widescreen support. I'll look forward to playing it, but next up for me is Muramasa.

[seireikhaan]

Might and Magic 6: Mandate of Heaven

All kinds of pixelated goodness.

Ok, so the graphics are kinda brutal, but what it comes down to- I like playing the game, and it makes me come back for more.

[johnhughthom]

Crusader Kings.

You ever judge a game by it's title? I always thought Crusader Kings would just be EU in the Holy Lands.

I think I care more about my virtual family than my real one.

Now when will that woman give me a son??!!

Playing Deus Vult with the VIP mod.

[Jolt]

I think I care more about my virtual family than my real one.

Awesome thing I did for myself was when my first leader managed to get the Holy Roman Emperorship (By then he was Emperor of the Spains and of the Roman Empire (Byzantium), Protector of the Holy Sepulchre, King of Portugal, Aragon, Léon, Castille and Navarra, Egypt, Jerusalem, Mauritania and Africa.) His name was "D. Estevão I". Curiously he was the son of the first character I ever saw in CK with my very own first name (He too was King of all those places, except Egypt, Jerusalem and Africa, the former two he conquered in his three zealous crusades which eradicated the giant Seljuk Turkish empire.)

I proceeded to use a special program to trace back all his ancestors from Estevão I. Sort of an "Imperial Lineage". My dynasty was a Portuguese one "De Braganças", hailing from Braganza. Obviously in the Imperial blood of Estevão ran the genes of all the Royal Iberian famillies at the start of the game. The Berenguers from Aragon and the Jimenez from León, Castille and Navarra. However after the death of the Emperor, things went downhill as the Emperor died without a male heir, and his only daughter married to a de Bragança which was of a seniorest branch of the dynasty (The split happened long before that date, since the Heir of the Kingdom was excommunicated at the time the King died, so he couldn't inherit the throne, which fell to the second son of the King. Than both branches eventually grew, with the senior one was eventually dilluted with Russian ethnicity). In the end, the duaghter married the direct senior heir of the familly, and their son (Unfortunatly of Russian ethnicity) became King, succeeding the Emperor. The empire was gigantic by that time and after the Emperor's death, the Empire was plagued with rebellions. Unfortunatly, my computer had to reformat and I forgot to save that save game. :P

[johnhughthom]

I'm aiming on becoming King of Ireland, your scale of achievements are a bit ambitious for me yet I think.

I restarted twice, first game my twelve year old daughter commited suicide because she didn't get on with her eight year old sister... (first time I have ever been genuinely disturbed by a game, couldn't play that any longer). Second game two days in the Pope died and Leinster became Papal controller, they excommunicated me immediately (no idea why) and at least twenty people claimed my title, I was gone in a year...

My current game is much better, created the Duke of Ulster and I have two vassals two years in, still no son though...

[Prussian to the Iron]

in my stainless steel campaign, my Aragonians are starting to really kick some Moorish ass. Nobody even knows badass until they watch the enemy get annhilated by Aragonian top-tier swordsmen (cant remember the name)