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I've finally finished an epic 102 episode long Shadow Empire Let's Play series over at eXplorminate. It's a long one so fully aware that it's a big time commitment, but on the off-chance there's anybody who is interested that hasn't already seen it, I've linked it below.

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I think for experienced players it might be of interest in showing people how to manage very large games featuring hundreds of units, with multiple concurrent fronts. At the end I had something like 70 zones to manage.

I was watching it (probably not all of the episodes, but a lot of them [:D]).
There is not much ytb content for SE, so its always nice. Shorter series (40-50 episodes max) would be probably best[:)], pbem even better.

I honestly didn't intend to start such a long series, and the next one will be on a smaller map because it's completely unreasonable to expect people to sit through that. I did get a regular 200+ viewers which I'm really grateful for though!

I found the bigger maps really shine the game and your hours-long talks about logistics really shine the gameplay.
Hope you add some of the graphical mods for your next games. They really uplift the game.

Wow, congrats on finishing such a long and helpful series!

Thanks folks, I'm pleased people enjoyed it.

I actually take more care over my game when I'm doing a Let's Play, and before this I really didn't like playing very large maps on any 4X game as I tend to lose interest, so this one really taught me how to appreciate the details and that kept me engrossed the whole way through. There's really only Distant Worlds: Universe that grabs me in the same way, and it's a credit to Vic that he's made such an amazing game that I'd enjoy every minute of such a long campaign.

I reckon I'm a lot better at the game now too, and starting to understand some of the nuance that I didn't really pay much attention to at the start, particularly combat resolution and leader skills. When I do another one I'm going to be much more focused on efficient empire management and characters too.

Thanks for the Let's Play. I've watched maybe a couple a dozen episodes. Was very entertaining I learned quite a bit I must say, which I can apply in my first real playthrough I'm doing at the moment.

This was/is an outstanding series, highly recommended.

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Thanks guys, I appreciate that!

I want to play another already, I reckon I will start one in the next few days.

Wow very impressive will watch as I play for tips!