Damn I love those game examles.

If you are willing to take the time to make one, you could probably make your own game example, provided you know how to format pictures and write a story or at least a debriefing.

I know I'd love to read game examples/after action reports written by the community!  That was probably one of the best parts of the days leading up to Master of Orion 3, all the beta testers posting their AARs and stories about their games.

If you are willing to take the time to make one, you could probably make your own game example, provided you know how to format pictures and write a story or at least a debriefing.

Unfortunatley, I have tried writing some myself for Civ IV and have failed misserably, they are just not interesting. The main reason why I like them is because I love to get inside the player's mind and know why they do a certain move, and see their process of playing the game.

If you read through the dev journals you will she more examples. https://www.galciv2.com/Journals.aspx?AID=0&p=5&s=1&d=DESC

Wow thanks for that link, I had not read that. That is so great, I cannot seriously wait for the expansion, even if it just included this feature   

I did one myself, but all of two people bothered to read it, so I didn't bother to do another.

I did one myself, but all of two people bothered to read it, so I didn't bother to do another.

What you mean is "all of two people bothered to comment about it". I find myself reading some AARs but not commenting because I want the story to "flow". When you get 25 comments in between postings, it gets annoying (to me, the reader). Of course, I'm sure that some feedback to the author is always appreciated.

I guess I wish that the "story" posts by the author can all be in a thread and all the comments in another thread so that you can read the story straight through without the interruptions.

I've got an AAR in the works, but I want to have it completely written up before I post it. The reason is because it really sucks if you run out of steam to finish the writeup, and you just stop the story halfway through (seen this on many AARs). So if I have it all done, I can easily post them 1 day apart or something, but still make sure everything is in decent shape first.

You can find them in one of the forums, can't remember which. However, there are some up if you click on Databank -> Game examples

Here is a collection of game play examples that have been posted to the forums since 2006/02 by Stardock and others:

2006/08/02 The Diary of an Empire - Taken from the Private Journal of Alan Bradly

2006/07/30 The Terran Dominion - A faction of the passive Terran Alliance breaks away to form the Terran Dominion, sworn to ensure the survival of the human race – and the human race alone.

2006/04/25 The Thalans' Long Struggle

2006/04/23 The Galaxy is on Fire - The Rest of Galaxy Unites to Deal with the Growing Drengin Threat

2006/04/18 Do as I say...not as I do...

2006/04/14 AI Audit for v1.1

2006/04/05 Duel with the Drengin (game ver. 1.1 beta2)

2006/03/30 Society Phoenixus, Helping Evolution Along...

2006/03/23 Yor Ascendant

2006/03/23 Cultural Domination

2006/03/21 Computer AI in Transition, the Journey to v1.1

2006/03/01 The Dread Lord Menance - The Dread Lords are currently only available in the campaign or in scenarios, but stay tuned, they'll be making their way into sand box mode (user controlled option). So how tough are they? Find out in here...

2006/02/21 The Drengin-Human Wars XXII - The Drengin are the ruthless overlords of much of the galaxy. In skirmish after skirmish they have been bested by the Terran Alliance. But it was only a matter of time before the Drengin adapted to human strategies...

2006/02/19 Terran Ascension - The Terran Alliance is the new power on the block. They may seem like nice guys but look out, the talking monkeys from Sol III also are quite effective at the art of war...