Good thing you reminded me of Sin of a Solar Empire. The new expansion was just released, wasn't it? I played it a ton half a year ago.
I've played Civ 2 & 4 to death through my childhood up to now. I still find myself installing it once a year, and playing it a month, before growing bored with it.
I don't mind war games, as long as they have more aspects to them. Like Civ4, Victoria, Sin Of A Solar Empire, Stronghold, Lord Of The Realms III, Shogun: Total War.
I played Viva Pinata a bit, and it was okay, but it never quite caught my interest. Maybe I never gave it a real chance, idk.
Dinosaur Tycoon = DinoPark Tycoon? It looks exactly like Zoo Tycoon which I got a few days ago, because it seemed like a lot of people would list it in their top 10s over tycoon games. After I got it installed, it just seemed too slow paced in the campaign mode for me. The objective would be like "hire this guy, now do nothing for the next 10 minutes to prove you can keep this animal alive". Seemed really dull.
Merchant Prince is a good series, I'm just looking for newer games that might have slipped my eye, like Hospital Tycoon (which unfortunately had ton of potential, but was really really awful)