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I was thinking today that it's odd that air wargames are all extremely finickity and full of stuff to track - many have written orders, most involve meticulous tracking of heights, speeds, and ammunition. Are there many examples of "cinematic" style dogfighting games that're aiming to be quick and breezy?
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Apr 24, 2024 21:04
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Before it became a bloated mess the X-Wing tabletop game was based on Wings of War, which is pretty good. It might be out of print though so finding a copy could be hard.
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Apr 24, 2024 21:22
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Blue Max is fun enough as board game style action but I truly can’t remember how complex it is. Wings of War is great but miserably unavailable.
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Apr 24, 2024 22:48
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Really? I saw loads of it in Australia a couple of weeks back. Of course I also found expansions for West End Games' Star Wars game that went out of print in 1998 so maybe things are skewed there...
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Apr 24, 2024 23:01
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spectralent posted:I was thinking today that it's odd that air wargames are all extremely finickity and full of stuff to track - many have written orders, most involve meticulous tracking of heights, speeds, and ammunition. Are there many examples of "cinematic" style dogfighting games that're aiming to be quick and breezy? It also has stuff for level-bombing, dive-bombing, strafing, and similar right in the basic rules (as opposed to a supplement like most other rule sets). I reviewed it for Goonhammer back in the day if your interest is piqued: https://www.goonhammer.com/goonhammer-historicals-review-bag-the-hun/ I just recently got it to the table for my regular gaming group, doing a quick scenario of Spitfires vs Bf-109s over the English Channel:  It's a ton of fun and once you get the hang of it plays pretty quickly. And like all Lardies games it does cinematic/narrative really well. Ilor fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Apr 29, 2024 |
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Apr 24, 2024 23:56
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They really should be paying you for all the great advertising you do for their games 
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Apr 25, 2024 00:08
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Arquinsiel posted:Really? I saw loads of it in Australia a couple of weeks back. You can very easily find Wings of Glory, the modern miniatures-sales-driven version by Ares games. The older simpler card-based version, Wings of War, was published in English by Fantasy Flight from 2004-2011 and is now out of print.
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Apr 25, 2024 02:41
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JonBolds posted:You can very easily find Wings of Glory, the modern miniatures-sales-driven version by Ares games. The older simpler card-based version, Wings of War, was published in English by Fantasy Flight from 2004-2011 and is now out of print.
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Apr 25, 2024 15:13
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tomdidiot posted:They're sunk into a recess and I can't get under the magnet to snap hem off. I have had luck with a 2mm micro-chisel and slowly cutting a narrow trench into the material in the side of the magnet and eventually getting underneath and levering it out. You'll have to rebuild the gap afterwards so this may or may not be practical. I've re-aligned magnets from Titans I rescued from eBay in this way. However those do have well defined sockets with flat (and hidden) edges so a little damage will not be visible.
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Apr 28, 2024 16:54
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Endman posted:They really should be paying you for all the great advertising you do for their games
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Apr 29, 2024 15:57
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Studio Tomahawk's V for Victory is coming out in June and I cannot wait! I love Muskets & Tomahawks, so this is a natural day one buy for me.
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Apr 29, 2024 16:13
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3 Action Economist posted:Studio Tomahawk's V for Victory is coming out in June and I cannot wait! Oh hell yeah, that's exciting, however: quote:For those who don't know what V for Victory (which is pronounced "Five for Victory" if you ask) is [...] This annoys me more than it rightfully should (I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason for it)
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Apr 29, 2024 16:17
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I asked those Frenchmen if this one would finally get a PDF release and all I got was a "no" Le owned
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Apr 29, 2024 17:58
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Count Thrashula posted:Oh hell yeah, that's exciting, however: 
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Apr 29, 2024 18:04
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Z the IVth posted:I have had luck with a 2mm micro-chisel and slowly cutting a narrow trench into the material in the side of the magnet and eventually getting underneath and levering it out. You'll have to rebuild the gap afterwards so this may or may not be practical. Pin drill a hole next to the magnet. Then freeze the piece. Gently insert a dress makers pin into the hole and wiggle. Freezing temps make super glue brittle.
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Apr 29, 2024 18:54
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Count Thrashula posted:Oh hell yeah, that's exciting, however: This is totally perplexing. Are they just loving with us?
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Apr 30, 2024 21:25
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They have never done PDFs because apparently PDF=piracy. Never mind that other than Frostgrave, I think Saga is the most common wargame pdfs that I have seen floating around. Grogs gonna grog.
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Apr 30, 2024 21:53
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I was really excited until the brief said it was a 30-a-side reinforced platoon WW2 game where you have missions with objectives. I love SAGA, but that sounds worryingly like every other WW2 28mm game in the universe.
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Apr 30, 2024 22:08
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Robert Facepalmer posted:They have never done PDFs because apparently PDF=piracy. The combo of No PDFs + never actually having rules consistently in stock has made my decision on Saga for me.
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Apr 30, 2024 23:20
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We're also still waiting on the 2022 FAQ lol
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Apr 30, 2024 23:31
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Lumbermouth posted:The combo of No PDFs + never actually having rules consistently in stock has made my decision on Saga for me. Good thing boot PDFs don't seem to be hard to find. Hell, for a decent amount of time, Scribd had a copy that looked like it was made from the publishing document (crop marks, Distiller header and footer).
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May 1, 2024 00:15
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I don't think he advertised it very well, but Madox Minis/War Bear Studios/whatever he goes by just launched his Napoleon's Campagne de Russie kickstarter which includes something like 280 3d-printable 28mm mini STLs plus whatever stretch goals they hit, which looks like it's going to be most of them. If you like the Russian Campaign, this is AWESOME. I'm excited. It's only $63 all in for the early bird tier, so jump on it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/warbearstudios/napoleons-campagne-de-russie-russian-campaign
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May 1, 2024 18:57
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Holy poo poo, they did not advertise it well as I love that guy's stuff and didn't know about it. I'm in for both forces!
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Count Thrashula posted:I don't think he advertised it very well, but Madox Minis/War Bear Studios/whatever he goes by just launched his Napoleon's Campagne de Russie kickstarter which includes something like 280 3d-printable 28mm mini STLs plus whatever stretch goals they hit, which looks like it's going to be most of them. If you like the Russian Campaign, this is AWESOME. I'm excited. It's only $63 all in for the early bird tier, so jump on it. Button counter twitch in my eye. They do look quick to paint though, which is a plus. E: the French army looks, IMHO, much better suited for a 1813/14 campaign than Russia. There are some smaller issues that will not upset anyone but a very dyed in the wool French collector, but the uniforms are the "Bardin" 1812 regulation uniforms that were not worn by the troops marching into Russia. The differences, especially in the jacket design, is quite noticable. As a generic, later 1st Empire army that doesn't take ages to paint? Probably a good option! As a Campaigne de Russie army? An unfortunate label. lilljonas fucked around with this message at 07:37 on May 2, 2024 |
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May 2, 2024 07:28
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That's valid - I'm mosrly getting it for the Russians. I already have Piano Minis' (superior) pre-1812 French, so good to know I can safely stick with those.
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May 2, 2024 11:30
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lilljonas posted:Button counter twitch in my eye. Why is Napoleon crossing the Alps in Italy in Russia?
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Cessna posted:Why is Napoleon crossing the Alps in Italy in Russia? He crushed past Moscow and is working his way across the Urals?
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lilljonas posted:Button counter twitch in my eye. They do look quick to paint though, which is a plus. Yeah, I used to subscribe to his Patreon but the uniform inaccuracies that are never fixed seem to be becoming more and more frequent.
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