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Every once in a while I find a game IOB with original shrink wrap still 100% intact at a Goodwill, and the feeling is sublime. A couple of years back at the Portland, OR Goodwill on Burnside, I scored a copy of Master Levels for DOOM for something like $5.00. Not original DOOM but cool nonetheless. I've found Descent, Freespace, and my personal favorite, Deus Ex GOTYE. Honestly, I would probably die if I found the original Diablo (for that magnificent manual) or Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero (1992 VGA version).

My wife is a graphic designer who does package design and we would both love this! I still have the large format boxes from the 1990s. SO NOSTALGIA! What if there was a box to go with it? Or even a MANUAL! There are few games that deserve a place of honor on a shelf containing the last of the fucking Mohicans, Rimworld definitely does. I would be unable to contain myself if there were a readily available old-school large format box for this game!

People always talk about their succesfull/unsuccesfull colony on a biome, but then always forget to mention which storyteller and difficulty they were playing it. That makes an imense difference.

Sorry about that, I was playing Randy Random on the normal difficulty setting, the one that says, "The way Rimworld is meant to be played."

Has anyone managed to make a successful ice shelf colony in sub-freezing temperatures? I've come so very close a few times. The last colony I made had four people. I managed to successfully research hydroponics, build a hydroponics room in a highly defended fortress with heaters in every room. My power systems were outputting plenty of power to last through the winter, as I had decided that winter would best be reserved for only the collection of food and textiles and no new construction. It was early in the fall when temperatures began dropping to -30 F and below, but all was well in my mighty little fortress until, BOOM. Fire in the battery room. Yes, THE battery room. I'm still laughing about my foolish decision to put all of my batteries in one room. My colonists valiantly tried to fight the blaze, but with temperatures in the room exceeding 1500 F, they only succeeded in nearly killing themselves with horrible burns. So it was left to one noble soul to save the fort. He could not cook, he couldn't cut plants, he couldn't perform any kind of medical assistance, but he could mine, and he could build. We had managed to keep the battery room itself intact, albeit without batteries. I knew I had only the daylight hours to work before we all died. He left the base in a hurry to mine compacted steel, it was always in short supply being the only viable construction resource in the vicinity. Suffering frostbite in his hands and feet, he carried on, but it was all in vain. I hadn't the time to rewire the base, and hadn't the foresight to use switches on my systems which consumed the greatest amounts of power. In the end, he managed to mine enough steel to layout and build three batteries before going to bed and sleeping for the last time. It was a sad and tragic bit of fun for me. How have your experiences panned out?

Hello everyone out there! It is a distinct honor and a privilege for me to be a part of this community. I heard about Rimworld on the steam forums, someone mentioned this title in a thread discussing the Spacebase DF9 debacle and I Googled it immediately. I bought it the same day and haven't looked back. I've found my niche. I love games that tell stories like this. I love Dwarf Fortress, but let's be honest, as awesome as it is, it isn't exactly relaxing to sit down and play a game with that level of depth and complexity. I love Gnomoria too, but it just a little too watered down. Rimworld, however, is at the exact perfect median point between the two games with some of its own wonderful complexities. Tynan, I hope you won't see this as me simply comparing the two games to your masterpiece. Rimworld astounds and mystifies me. I get bored with games within a matter of a dozen hours or so, but Rimworld continually captivates me. Even two or three alphas ago, when I first purchased the game, I felt as though you could have just decided the game is complete any day and I would be more than satisfied. With all the sincerity I could possibly muster, thank you! Thank you so very much for creating this master work.