The Stompers of Comps
Writeups of cooperative multiplayer games, by myself and the other players involved.
#1: Sins of a Solar Empire 2v2, with Josh
Competitive multiplayer AARs:
Let’s Play the Empire: Total War Multiplayer Campaign!
Episode I: The War Begins (France)
Episode II: Havoc on the High Seas, Losses in the Low Countries (Great Britain)
Game diaries
In which I tackle multiple aspects of gameplay, share cool things that happened to me, and give some feel for what it’s like to play these games.
Wargame: European Escalation (ongoing): (1) The Panzer General’s grandson: an introduction to W:EE; (2) Attack, defence and the art of Wargame
Crusader Kings 2 (guest series, ongoing): (1) One hour with CKII; (2) Feudalism: domain thing; (3) How to lose CKII: a very short guide.
Conquest of Elysium 3 (finished): (1) First impressions; (2) The verdict.
Demon’s/Dark Souls (ongoing): (1) Co-op, (2) “Progress”, (3) What difficulty has to do with behavioural finance; (4) Impressions of Dark Souls.
Distant Worlds (finished): (1) First impressions: the galaxy is a big place; (2) How the opening moves play out – a mini-Let’s Play; (3) The verdict.
The Witcher 2 (indefinite hiatus): (1) First impressions; (2) Strengths and weaknesses (as of early Act 2).
Persona 3: Portable (tentatively finished): (1) Impressions/overview; (2) Roleplaying and time management; (3) Setting; (4) Combat system (the quick and the dead) ; (5) Initial thoughts on the ending.
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (finished): (1) character profiles; (2) four things it does better than FFT (and one it doesn’t); (3) how I used different character classes in battle; (4) an unfortunate mishap later in the game; (5) the verdict.
Europa Universalis III (occasional): (1) The Byzantine Empire and puzzle-like gameplay; (2) The Manchus, hordes, and the consequences of deficit spending.
Total War: Shogun 2 (finished): (1) Initial impressions, (2) Diplomacy, (3) The verdict.
Civilization V (finished):(1) How the city-states capture the feel of real-world great power politics; (2) Overall thoughts; (3) One year later.
