What! I had the player get ambushed in quests in a mod in E:wom! As you said, really simple, I just put the player's starting positions in the middle of the map and then 12 or so "defenders" (quest enemies) around the player.

Sharing tactical battles in mods is a pain right now though, they have to go into a very specific folder... but we can talk about that after release!

hope you guys get some vacation time after all your work!

Best countdown vid EVER. You gave us beta testers all a solid look into our efforts and the results of those efforts in real time.

But we all know that finding the problems is only 1%. The other 99% goes out to everyone introduced in that vid + all the others that weren't. Huge applause for your efforts!!

 Really excited for Oct 23 now!!

 ps. I'm a ctrl-N'er. Without 'snaking' to rivers and forests, I like my starts to include them as options to have the improvements available for my capital.

what was that about releasing an update today?

I just wanted to say I had a free copy comming to me becuase I pre ordered orginal war of magic, but I end up buying copy on steam also, why becuase I think this is good gener of games feels old school some what, sure things I dont like about game but theres alot of things I do like and I wanted to support move to steam so thats why I did.

I belive in supporting things you belive in so I bought extra copy one for me and one for my freind.

I heard there was talking that stardocks bought out MOO for space games I hope its true!

Now if someone would just make old style RPG games like old gold box TSR DnD games use to be like 3d movement and then turn based combat. lol

Keep up good work stardock

Thanks, Brad, for this "Countdown: 7 days to Release" video.  Another fascinating look behind the scenes ...

And thanks, again, to all of the Stardock folks on the FE Design Team, who have worked hard, for so long, to turn out this excellent product.

Incidentally, this looks like a great place to work!  I mean, I know everyone works hard; but challenge is good ... and at the other end, you should have the Fulfillment and Satisfaction of knowing that you have solved problems, contributed to a complex team effort, and succeeded.  Congratulations on finding great jobs, in a great office!

Finally, (No shame here!) I too am a devout  "Ctrl - N'er".  Apparantly, I can now claim Cari (Elf) as a patron saint (patroness saint) in this regard.  Hooray!  For the life of me, I can not see why this is controversial.  As I have stated in other Discussion threads, I want choosing my starting point, to be one of the  "Meaningful Decisions"  that I make early in each game.  And sometimes I do it just for variety , not simply for optimization.  In a recent game, I started with a 2-3-3 (on a desert map) for the sake of emphasizing:  low population, coupled with higher resources and magic. 

Why not role the dice to get the game you want ?!?   That's what dice are for ...  and Ctrl-N  too!  

You fix my grammar and give me hair.  You, sir, are a miracle worker!

Agreed.  Good luck over there!  Being able to see some behind the scenes stuff was awesome. 

Close, it's gotta be Cobra... "you're the disease, I'm the cure"

Very awesome to be able to see everyone and put faces with the name.  Also, in the last part with Derek...I liked the huge Stardock "Big Gulp" cup...can we get one?

Very excited to see this released and will be something Im looking forward to playing when I get back from the field!

Like so many others's before me said, excellent vid of a very dedicated team. Keep going this last week guys. I'm actually really looking forward to the campaign, a mode I usually ignore in 4x games.

I nver use ctrl+n. It's just making the game easier for yourself, why would one want that? I like the challenge of a not so optimal starting location.

These videos are fantastic.  What a wonderful company and the game itself is really shaping as the true successor to Master of Magic.  I'm enjoying it so much and it is so polished.  Bravo!

- Sword

Ok so now that the game is released any chance that we will see a GALCIV3?