I just remember my first play through... I tried to get one of each mana type... and raise that armageddon counter... managed both on a large islands map... but had my strongest troops being mages while horsemen of the apocalypse were flying around killing everyone...  interesting but really odd game. (you gain lots of unhappy faces and unhealth as the AC rises, as long as the horsemen stay alive, as well as nasty events, hell terrain and general horror and death...)

Also, for mana, you benefit from having more than one of each mana type- free upgrades to mages (2 mana gives I, 3 gives II and 4 gives III at archmage, so death 4 would give 'death I' at adept creation, death II at mage upgrade III at archmage, the ability to become a lich and also +4 unholy damage for any death 'affinity' units (like wraiths getting stronger with death mana, druids with nature etc. While 4 mana nodes spread between fire, water, earth and air would give nothing free except allow you to build a wonder increasing summon strength.
...still fun to see what they all do though at some point. Best way is to demand vassals give you their mana on capitulation, that way you can quickly gain lots of mana types at the point you would have won (vassals can't refuse the first demand, future demands can cause wars). Also, I like some of the modmods at the moment... not all of them are as 'clean' with some missing text or broken bits... but new races are fun once you've tried those that take your interest.

Dragon: Orgins & Trine

They called the Thunderchief 'the Thud'.....the sound it makes when it hits the ground due to a glide ratio little better than an F104.  Its other nick was 'Lead-Sled'.

Glides like a brick and is a bastard to land.

So far I've managed one actual landing [on a runway]....I always seem to run out of approach/speed/height/lift/anything....and at best end up on the grass.

Still....I've managed to skin it a little, tweaking what I can....

Re-discovered Civ IV and also picked up Tropico 3 on sale (looks great... haven't gone past the tutorial though... Civ IV's one more turn syndrome took over the weekend).

Let me see....Sins of a solar empire, Runescape (I know very kiddy game but hey once you spend more than half a year in playtime, you just can't stop), Team Fortress 2, and audiosurf, it was fun, not to mention I had a long weekend....

I played a game called Cleaning Up Flood Damage.  Real fun game.  It's a simulation where you sweat your butt off cleaning up flood damage in a garage, den, and basement- oh and bonus points for the workroom and sidebuilding.  Fun, fun, fun here in Tennessee, especially in 90F degree heat and humidity. 

Actually, I did start playing some Torchlight.  It's meh-- a little like Diablo and a lot like Fate.  It is kind of addicting and much more fun than moving tons of furniture and flood damaged carpet and flooring. 

Sorry to hear you still cleaning up. I can relate though, been working out at the Opryland gutting the place. If you need anything, dont be afraid to ask .

Man, Opryland got hit hard didn't it?  I drove by Opry Mills about a week after the flood and it was weird seeing a mile or two mile swath of brown where the flood receded.  As for me, I think I was lucky just to have some basement flooding instead of the whole house going underwater. 

I have seen some bad floods before-- been through 2 or 3 dozen tornadoes a few hurricanes-- but I have never seen a storm system put down 3or 4 inches of rain in 15 to 20 minutes.  That part was unreal.  The house I am in sits partway on a hill and there was a literal river gushing out of the side of the hill.  Looked like a geyser.  I am not really sure I can accurately describe what took place during the floods; I don't think I'd do it justice.  There is also a creek that goes way off from the property that turned into a huge whitewater rapids.  I was worried about it at first as it got bigger and bigger, then that buttload of water started to shoot out of the side of the hill forming its own river going down the side of the house (cause of the basement flood).  I went into the basement and water was just surging from the walls and under the floor. Thank God for Shop Vacs and large floor fans. 

Oh, and thanks for the offer but insurance took care of the floor.  Yay, new floors.  I pretty much have everything cleared out or moved that needed it.  I will say that floods are a major pain in the ass. 

Eschalon Book II.

Good game and is in the style of an Ultima like game. Something that's been missing in PC games for a long time.

Kitten Sanctuary! We love that game in our household.

I was looking sideways at that since it released, because I'm pretty sure Book I was in a bargain bin in Best Buy 8 or 9 years ago.

been playing half life 2 a bit since i got it, not getting anything but vale stuff on steam since its not worth getting other things, Garrys mod is pretty fun as hell but can get boring after a bit might have to buy it for my friends to make it well worth playing! 

Book I was released November 2007, you're probably thinking of something else.

If you're interested you can download a demo of Book I & II from the developers website.

I binged on Master of Orion II.