The Online Medieval War Game Evony

Yesterday, I mentioned the online game Evony. I also mentioned that I spend a lot of time on it. I do. I admit it. I spend a lot of time on the computer working on my blog. In between tasks, I can click over to the game and do something, then go back and complete my next blog related task.

I would like to take this opportunity to explain to you what Evony is and why I like it. I used play Facebook games (Mafia Wars, Farm Town, Bejeweled), but they quickly became boring. What I like about Evony is that things change from day to day. You are playing against people who’s decisions can have a big impact on that you do.

Let me back track a bit, and explain the game. Evony is a medieval warfare game. You have to build a city from scratch, increase and train your troops, and acquire resources. You can attack other player’s cities or attack barbarian cities. Attacking a Barbarian City is usually done to collect resources and experience for your heroes. When you attack another player’s city, you may not be up against just that player. If the player is in an alliance, you are putting yourself up against all of the members of that alliance.

Alliances are key to this game. You have to be in a supportive alliance, and you need your alliance to be friends with some other big alliances. Members of the same alliance can reinforce each other’s cities, share resources, and coordinate joint attacks on enemy alliances.

I don’t spend a lot of time on this game during the week. Most of my time is spent home schooling, going to appointments, cooking, cleaning, and working on my blog. I do tend to keep myself logged in during the day. This is to allow me the ability to check in and do something, then I can go back to something else. This past weekend was a different story. I had to delver Girl Scout cookies to the mothers in my daughter’s troop. The battery in the truck died, and my husband had to come get us.

Once I got home, I spent the rest of the day in war mode. I was fighting enemy cities. I has the computer and was not turning it over to my husband. He wasn’t happy. Sunday, I spent a little time in the morning defending other alliance members. Then I went back to war. I loved it. What I did had an impact on another player.

I attacked a city a few times and his alliance members threatened me. Big mistake. If they had nicely asked me to stop, I would have considered. I was threatened to stop or be destroyed. I didn’t stop. Several of them launched an attack on me. Fortunately, their cities were not close by and I had time to get reinforcement troops from another alliance member of mine. My attackers scouted my city before their attack hit and saw the reinforcements. They recalled their troops. The city I was attacking went into truce mode. If you have a Truce in your item supply list, it can be used to put your city in truce mode. No one can attack you for 12 hours and you can not attack anyone during that time, either.

Soon, I teleported back to my home country and was mostly done for the day. I had to do a Girl Scout Booth with my daughter. I had things to do around the house. I checked in here and there, to work on rebuilding troops and resources lost during war. This game might not be your cup of tea, but I like it. By the way, that is not a screen shot of my city. It's a screen shot from the tutorial. If you want to find me online at Evony, my lord name is Taless and I can be found on server 101.

One Sick Plus Girl Scout Cookies Equals Dead Battery

It has been a crazy weekend. My son did good recovering from his biopsy, but came down with a stomach bug. At first, I thought it was a complication from the procedure. He was vomiting. A lot. I called the Pediatric Surgeon on call at the hospital that he had the biopsy done, and he didn’t think it was related. He thought it could be the pain medicine or a stomach bug. My little boy didn’t start getting sick until Thursday evening and the procedure was Tuesday.

Of course, I had to leave a message for the doctor and he called me back at 4:30AM. I was not happy to be woken up at that time, especially since I had stayed up late waiting for him to call. I was relieved that it wasn’t a complication of the biopsy. I took my son off the pain medicine, but that didn’t help. It was a stomach bug.

It has been tough on my little boy. He would be really hungry and eat a little bit, then it would come back up. It got to the point that he refused to eat anything. Slowly, with crackers, sprite and sympathy, my little boy started to get better. By Sunday, he was eating and drinking again. So far, no one else in the family shows signs of having caught his stomach bug.

I also had to deliver Girl Scout cookies to the moms in my daughter’s troop on Saturday. Of course, it snowed Friday night. One of the moms didn’t show up and I haven’t been able to get hold of her. Sunday was Cookie Booth day for our little troop. It actually turned out to be a pleasant experience. We didn’t sell as many as we had hoped, but the girls had a great time.

I managed to piss my husband off by hogging the computer to play Evony. He really hates the game. He thinks I spend too much time on it. He’s probably right, but I enjoy it. He watched racing all weekend, except for when I had to call him to come get me because the battery in the truck died. At least we received our tax refund money Friday, so we had the $100 it took to buy a new one.

I have several reviews that I need to get working on this week and I still need to finish the book I am reading. Did I mention how sore I am from moving cases of cookies from place to place? Bayer has become my new best friend. That was my weekend. How was yours?