Delphinian

Just a quick addendum to my previous message sent earlier today. I realized after I clicked the button that I made it sound as if I didn't know SE had an on-line section. That was not my intent. Actually what I meant to include was that it asks first for a CD key which I don't have since I purchased the D2D version. And when I managed to get past that screen by entering nonsense, it was unable to locate even a single server no matter how I filtered it! As this is a niche audience you are catering to I don't find that necessarily surprising, but it goes hand in hand with my questions on community. Perhaps there are groups running private server-based online games? If so maybe you or someone else can get me some contact info so I can see about getting involved. Otherwise am I to assume the online part of the game isn't working as of yet? Sorry if there was any missunderstanding because of my original post.

A couple years back I tried BC but never had the opportunity to really get into it as my work and kids just kept getting in the way. But now I have more time and I recently picked up the UCSE version. What an amazing difference between it and the last version i saw! It's beautifull and sounds great! Admittedly I'm only just now past the tutorial and am starting out to see how well the game plays over time, but I feel like I'm missing something. Is there an on-line version of this game or is that still only in the design phase? Is there anywhere I can read about what's coming next? I'd love to see more of a strategic influence in the game...that is, strategy that means something in the long run of the game. Indeed it may already be here in UCSE but I'm just not far enough into it yet. And finally, as it appears not too many players are actually using these forums, do you know of any links to forums and or lists where I might find more people who actually play the game? It wpuld be great to have access to a real community of players where one could compare and question each other.