[General Discussion] If you could only play one game for the rest of your life...

If I could have the same amount of fun playing a single game originally, extended indefinitely, then I'd have to go with this:

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However, if I'm hedging my bets, then I'd agree with zOrg (and his foul shadowy allies), that Dwarf Fortress is the way to go.



Free, under constant development, offering procedurally generated content that's new every time, and with a roadmap for the future that offers a lot of promise for the Civ lover in me.

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# III.A.1: Having civ/site leaders organize armies and continue world gen wars (Core45,Core46)
# III.A.2: Making dwarf mode sieges come from actual armies on the map (part of Core26)
# III.A.3: Improving dwarf mode sieges (requires Caravan Arc Preliminaries I) (part of Core26)
# III.B.1: Improvements to dwarf mode squad control
# III.B.2: Ability to send your army or part of your army out into the world map (part of Core27)
# III.B.3: Ability to attack enemy sites (part of Core27,Core35)
# III.B.4: Ability to attack enemy armies at non-site locations on the world map/midlevel tactical views and decisions (requires III.A.1) (part of Core27)
# III.C.1: Ability to travel with an army in adventure mode (requires III.A.1) (part of Core65)
# III.C.2: Ability to receive a group and perform army-related tasks in adventure mode (part of Core65)
# III.D.1: Handling basic succession for all positions during regular play (part of Core63)
# III.D.2: Allowing conflict over succession, schisms and contested claims to entity positions in world gen (part of Core63)
# III.D.3: Allowing such conflict in regular play (part of Core63)

Jam it back in, in the dark.