Besides games which are already out. But won't play until I finish all of the games I'm presently playing.
1. Sea Dogs 2
http://seadogs2.bethsoft.com
The first had glaring omissions, (Cardboard NPCs, tedious trading model, lack of random missions ala pirates, poor ally AI) But the sequel appears to be addressing many of these issues (You can pick a fight with anyone in town, a random quest generator, better ai, revised trading model with supply and demand) plus it's gorgeous. I few downsides though, you have to play as one of two characters (I think), and there is only one grand campaign. Seadogs had 4.
Knights of the old Republic. A bioware Starwars RPG. :drool:
Mideval Total War. I understand it's almost gold