...at playing strategy games I seem to have completely lost. I keep building these lovely cultured empires and then watch them get destroyed by the enemy because I forget to upgrade my longbowmen to riflemen. Very sad. For the past few days, I've been absorbed in Dwarf Fortress, which is sort of the Roguelike answer to Civilization and similar games. Hopefully, the "Oooh, shiny!" will ...

... I've played is Suikoden Tactics, which was not difficult, but very clunky and slow. On the PC I've been playing Civilization IV, where I've discovered any skills I had at playing strategy games I seem to have completely lost. I keep building these lovely cultured empires and then watch them get destroyed by the enemy because I forget to upgrade my longbowmen to riflemen. Very sad. DQ

... that was. Before long, relentless Japanese counterattacks had driven the supporting U.S. Navy from inshore waters. The Marines were on their own. As Platoon Sgt. Mitchell Paige and his 33 riflemen set about carefully emplacing their four water-cooled .30-caliber Brownings on that hillside, 65 years ago this week -- manning their section of the thin khaki line that was expected to ...

... first attack of Operation Marne Husky. A dozen darkened transport and attack helicopters took off and headed south along the Tigris River, carrying a full company of infantry -- about 120 young riflemen with night goggles and weapons loaded. Their objective was a hamlet several dozen miles away. At about 11 P.M., the force landed and rapidly surrounded several small structures. The ...

...truppe verso un nemico lontano quando hai superiorita', mettiamo hai i knights e il nemico i longbows, e nel momento in cui arrivano, magari 30 turni dopo, il nemico si e' upgradato a riflemen. Questo a Marathon succede piu' raramente. Vittoria di conquista e dominazione non l'ho mai ottenuta, sara' che con la politica di "dar via la tecnologia" piu' vecchia prima che gli altri ...

... verso un nemico lontano quando hai superiorita', mettiamo hai i knights e il nemico i longbows, e nel momento in cui arrivano, magari 30 turni dopo, il nemico si e' upgradato a riflemen. Questo a Marathon succede piu' raramente. Giocare ad alta velocita' predilige invece, per contro, le altre strategie, anche se in generale da un punto di vista del micromanagement possono comunque ...

... anger." "It's not repressed anymore," she warned, breathing heavily as the toll for her frenetic actions of the last few hours demanded redress. He glanced back around the corner. The company of riflemen were looking for their now cubed and deep-fried quarry, and beginning to call for help to fight the fires. "Well, that's all of them. A quick lesson -" Nabiki shook her ...