The game is done. Queen Victoria reigns victorious, putting all comers to shame in nearly all respects. She secured a place as the world leader in Science, Military Might, and of course Culture- the means by which we technically won the game. We...

Time to Loot Journal: March 2021

by Naithin | Mar 31, 2021 | Journal | 0

Another month has flown by. Before we know it, we’re going to be looking down the barrel of another year done. Yay Christmas! Although perhaps I am getting a little ahead of myself given the beginning of the year always seems to move faster...

Long Live the Queen – Eyes to Mars (Turns 391-400)

by Naithin | Mar 18, 2021 | Civilisation | 2

My word, the world has changed since I last was trusted with the reigns. We’ve become an absolute monster of a Cultural powerhouse for one. To such an extent that I wonder whether this may end up being our path to victory ahead of science,...

Time to Loot Journal: September 2020

by Naithin | Oct 2, 2020 | Journal, Other Games | 2

It’s hard to believe we’re so far through the year. Just three months remain before we flip 2020 the bird and put it firmly in the rear view. Yet as hard as it is to conceive of how little of 2020 remains… It’s also been...

Long Live the Queen – Dream of Mars (Turns 321-330)

by Naithin | Sep 27, 2020 | Civilisation | 0

Right! *Cracks knuckles* Since it was last my turn, I’ve switched to a new PC and so redownloaded and setup Civilisation VI again. I’m sure I’ll find the odd default setting against my preference I’ll need to change as I go,...

Time to Loot Journal: July 2020

by Naithin | Aug 1, 2020 | Cities: Skylines, Civilisation, Journal, No Man's Sky, Other Games | 0

July is over. August is here! Normally — it would be the time of Blaugust. And it still is, in a manner of speaking, but we also did classic Blaugust earlier in the year as Blapril. So rather than a repeat, Blaugust this year is a...

Long Live the Queen — Gilgamesh Had it Coming (Turns 241-250)

by Naithin | Jul 5, 2020 | Civilisation | 9

Our military strength is 622, with the next nearest only sitting at 343. And they’re our friend. Right. Enough is enough. Gilgamesh is about to get a rather nasty surprise. Namely — I’m going to take Adab and Eridu from him. They...

Time to Loot Journal: May 2020

by Naithin | May 31, 2020 | Cities: Skylines, Civilisation, Deep Rock Galactic, Journal, Other Games, To the Moon | 5

New Zealand has seen at least the promise of a return to normalcy this month. We’ve run a consecutive streak of 9 days with no new cases. There is in fact only 1 active known case in the country. While there is still an acknowledgement that...

Long Live the Queen — War and Peace (Turns 161-170)

by Naithin | May 30, 2020 | Civilisation | 0

Since my last turn, war has come, gone, and come again. You can read all about it in the posts linked here. The people of England also found religion. You would think this might temper our warmongering instincts, at least a little. Especially...

Long Live the Queen — Science and War (Turns 81-90)

by Naithin | May 8, 2020 | Civilisation | 3

Here we go! Back around to me, and the world has seen some exciting changes since I was last in the saddle. You can find a list of everyone’s turn stories here if you want to get caught up but the one most important fact: At the beginning of...

Time to Loot Journal: Blapril 2020

by Naithin | May 1, 2020 | Cities: Skylines, Civilisation, Deep Rock Galactic, Journal, Mount & Blade 2, Other Games, WoW | 2

While not something I’m going to dwell on — I think I will at least acknowledge that the COVID-19 lockdown is finally getting to me. Not in any serious, major ways. Rather just I note that my motivation levels are down, with each day...

Long Live the Queen — Establishing an Empire (Turns 1-10)

by Naithin | Apr 28, 2020 | Civilisation | 9

The Civilisation VI blogger succession game is here! And we have a whopping 8 players at this stage. For the sake of those reading along, I’m going to (more or less) jump right into the action. But if you’re a player, I have a section...

Civilisation Blogger Succession Game — Setting the Rules

by Naithin | Apr 26, 2020 | Civilisation | 12

Right! The game is afoot! Well; almost. Time to set the rules a little more firmly than we did following yesterday’s post. We had a few areas where people had a preference of a sorts, but not everywhere. So I figure the most interesting way...

Civilisation: Succession (Game) Planning

by Naithin | Apr 25, 2020 | Civilisation | 21

Sidebar: Civilisation or Civilization? I mean… Being in a country that spells via British English, Civilisation is right. But then, this is in reference to a particular game which is called Civilization. So would the latter be more correct?...