It could be that it's simply taking a while to get everything set up. Kickstarter can be used to draw a lot of money from a lot of different directions, takes a bit of work setting up all the legal mumbo jumbo and bank routing.
The original SotS is a very solid game with a lot of options for map customization. very enjoyable imo and I too enjoyed the Masters of Orion series. SotS 2 started out VERY buggy but has slowly been remodeled/finished and is fairly playable now. Warlock: Masters of the Arcane could be entertaining for you, but I found the maps to be rather small and VERY crowded if you play with a serious number of enemies. Endless Space which comes out in July looks to have some serious potential, but my spare cash in July is already spoken for... having a son means fireworks, and I'm the best show in town (says more about the town than me lol.) I'm always on the lookout for good 4x style games, but the genre has slowly given way to war strategy games instead.
Has anyone considered the possibility of a Three Kingdoms Total War? The period practically THROWS itself into the design style of the total war games. A Fantasy Total War is the least likely of the prominent ideas, simply because the strategic map would play so much like a lot of other turn based fantasy strategy titles, probably best to stay away from that... Rather like the new Warlock game only with TW battles... which would actually make it very VERY similar to an ancient game called Masters of Magic. Ok, so maybe I would like a Fantasy one, just because I adored MoM. Greek Total War is another that practically throws itself into the design mold. I suspect the only thing driving them away from that one would be a somewhat limited variety of units, but it would lend itself to smaller warfare paradigms which would be useful later for a modern version (i.e. raiding, urban combat, etc.) The Greeks were my favorite faction from Rome, so I'd naturally like to see a TW about them. The original Rome hinted at the period, but it's one that could be fleshed out with surprising ease. After all, if they want a doomsday weapon to slap you with in the late game, the Persians are right there. Realm Divide in Shogun 2 still irks me, VERY poorly done. The wife brought up an excellent idea... A Nordic Total War. Not sure how well this one would fit the TW design style, but I could see something centering more around the fearsome reputation of the sea raiders circa 800-100 AD. Course, I'm just a big fan of war axes, so you may want to disregard this one ;)
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