This thread will track my progress through the game.
Here's the setup: (from memory)
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[b]Distant Worlds Extended Mod[/b]
[b]Race:[/b] Human, but with some ship images that I made myself from the Star Blazers Universe (because they're cool)
[b]Galaxy:[/b] Huge, 15x15, 1400 stars. Everything on "normal" (aggression, colony distance, pirates, etc etc)
All races start at a Pre-Warp level of technology.
35 alien races (I wanted to use all of the extended races from the mod that I could, so this is going to be a complicated galaxy!)
All storylines turned on.
No victory conditions. Going to play as long as it's fun and see if I can survive...I've heard about things like the Shakturi and the World Destroyers...so I know a *little*. I think the game will be more fun for me if I learn about them first hand without spoilers.
The AARs are all text with screenshots (which will be links are to my blog where I'm hosting it). I am currently putting up a new post every Mon, Wed, and Fri, but if there's interest I can see if I can do it faster (I have plenty of posts in the pipe already).
(I will begin posting links to the AAR once I get permissions to do so (I need have to wait a week after my 10th post to these forums before I can post links) In the meantime, what follows is the URLs that you can copy and paste into your browser.
Part 1 - Baby Steps
Part 2 - Extortion and Treachery
Part 3 - Back to Square One
Part 4 - Bootstraps
Part 5 - Building a Navy
Part 6 - Retaking the solar system
Part 7 - Rebuilding
Part 8 - Diplomacy and Sabotage
Part 9 - Spies and Piracy
Part 10 - Election
Part 11 - Revenge
Part 12 - Making Contact
Part 13 - Colonization
Part 14 - Powerful Pirates
Part 15 - Implacable Sentinel
Part 16 - Peace through Video Games
Part 17 - Adding Colonies
Part 18 - Big Pirates
Part 19 - WAR
Part 20 - Red Enforcer
Part 21 - Space Battles
Part 22 - Offensive
Part 23 - Punch and Counterpunch
Part 24 - Harassment
Part 25 - Last Stand
Part 26 - Conclusion