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ORIGINAL: pasternakski

I grew up in a rural environment where the primary pastimes were card games and drinking beer.

From about age three, I played games called "euchre," "pepper," "pinochle," and others that were created (and modified) to give farmers and other simple folk a vehicle for social interaction and just plain fun. The idea was to keep things simple (throw out half the deck, for example, and play to about 10 points or so) and fast-paced. One of the great realizations I came to was that the limited number of cards helped farmers who had lost fingers in farm implement accidents hold the hands they were dealt.

Not having to count farther than five or six helped them stay involved, too, particularly after consuming several Falstaff, Schlitz, or Hamms.

Those were the days ... pool was good, too, but frequently beyond the capabilities of the locals. You've never seen anything until you've seen a guy with one thumb and no fingers try to form a bridge for his pool cue.

ORIGINAL: Hoplosternum

I play a lot of different games. It depends whether I am playing solo or against others.

Apart from WitP/UV the only game I PBEM is Age of Wonders. But I play a lot with my old boardgaming friends by LAN. Thats often RTS games as each game only takes an hour or so. We also play longer games such as Space Empires IV, Civ 3, Imperialism II, HOMM 3 etc. Plus some shooters [X(] like Unreal tournament for the odd half hour.

I play a few boardgames of course. Dune, 1870, Pueto Rico, Slapshot, Cosmic Encounters, Titan, Settlers of Catan and Civilisation all played now and again.

For solo computer I like some of the old classic 3X games like Colonisation, MOM, MOO and Alpha Centauri. I don't normally play Shooters but at the moment I am trying to blast my way through Doom 3. My almost total lack of hand eye coordination and my tendency to panic when the screen flashes between red (my marines blood [X(]) and black (the darkness) as I get mauled by a Pinky Demon [:(] means I doubt I shall get very far in it. It just depends on my mood and how much time I have to play.

ORIGINAL: Jaws43

Non-war games... what are war games? I guess CM and Steel Panthers are war games. Here are some simulations, Role-play and FPS. Most of them have a military character[:)]

IL-2 FB/AEP, Lock-on, SpellForce, DTM-2, GT-4 Prologue, Joint Ops, Call of Duty, MoH series (playing Pacific Assault Demo right now on the Guadalcanal[:)]) BF series, Soldiers Heroes of WW2, Steel Beast 2 (Alpha version) and waiting for Rome Total War, Half-Life 2 (Day of Defeat mod), Full Spectrum Warrior, Call of Duty United offensive, IL-2 Pacific Fighters, and GT-4.

My free time goes for WitP 50%, CM series 30% and the rest is for the other games[;)]

ORIGINAL: Titanwarrior89

oh, Jaws- What is the MOH series? [:D]

ORIGINAL: Jaws43

Non-war games... what are war games? I guess CM and Steel Panthers are war games. Here are some simulations, Role-play and FPS. Most of them have a military character[:)]

IL-2 FB/AEP, Lock-on, SpellForce, DTM-2, GT-4 Prologue, Joint Ops, Call of Duty, MoH series (playing Pacific Assault Demo right now on the Guadalcanal[:)]) BF series, Soldiers Heroes of WW2, Steel Beast 2 (Alpha version) and waiting for Rome Total War, Half-Life 2 (Day of Defeat mod), Full Spectrum Warrior, Call of Duty United offensive, IL-2 Pacific Fighters, and GT-4.

My free time goes for WitP 50%, CM series 30% and the rest is for the other games[;)]

ORIGINAL: Titanwarrior89

You ever play MOO3? Was a hard one too get into.[:D]