I'm having way too much fun playing Sid Meyer's Alpha Centauri (including the expansion). Surprisingly, I'm not the underdog this time. Traditionally I have sucked at turn-based strategy, but for this game I've actually been in the lead until recently. Now I'm #2. I think I might actually win the game. Okay, so I'm playing at the lowest difficulty, and as the Gaians, but still.. This is great.
Yes, I see it. I want to play by myself a little longer, but having you for an ally would be wonderful. My dear Pact Sister just started attacking other "friends" of mine and I had to tell them to stop it. Now everyone is at peace, except against that religious twit.
Oi! I love playing as the religious twit. On lower levels, at least, where I can get away with the major technology handicap. I was never a good AC player, somehow I'm more sloppy with my terraforming, build order and unit choices than I am in Civilization. Odd, because the games are so similar in concept. For some reason I feel like I have more grasp of what's happening in Civ.
For a first-time player, I seem to be doing awesomely. It helps a little bit to have read the books, but I think I would have picked up things more or less instictively even without them. I guess I'm just more at home on Chiron than on Earth.
And are you ready for me to join you (cooperative) yet or do you want to play by yourself more?