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I finally got to play my first game of C&C Napoleonics the other night. We played the first scenario, Rolica (First Position), with me as the French and my wife controlling the Anglo-Portugese force. She eventually won, 5-3, which was a lot closer than I thought it was going to go at first. We both made a lot of mistakes and missed some rules here and there, but I enjoyed it a lot and am hoping to play again soon.
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What's your favourite game to play solitaire? And how satisfying are the COIN games as solo experiences?
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Oct 27, 2014 07:48
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We talked about that a couple pages back but basically The Barbarossa Campaign and Navajo Wars are the thread darlings.
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Oct 27, 2014 18:40
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Morholt posted:We talked about that a couple pages back but basically The Barbarossa Campaign and Navajo Wars are the thread darlings. I will again pimp the awesome Thunderbolt Apache Leader. It is one of my favorite games and I hope to break it out again this weekend.
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Oct 27, 2014 18:45
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Going to give Navajo Wars another go this week. I am so bad at it. The solitare system is really neat though. Being subjugated by New Mexico really sucks.
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Oct 27, 2014 18:50
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CNN Sports Ticker posted:What's your favourite game to play solitaire? And how satisfying are the COIN games as solo experiences? I think the COINs are fairly fun as a solo experience. It does have AI flowcharts, but I honestly don't use those, I just play as all four factions and try to think out the best moves. It's interesting, but obviously multiplayer is where the real meat is. I'd give solo play a B.
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Oct 27, 2014 21:02
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Re: solo games, I've read up on the Silent War series a little bit, and they sound pretty cool if you're into chit flipping. I think the fact that it's solo only, but still has you leaping at shadows kind of adds to what I imagine submarine combat to be. I haven't played either of them, and I could imagine them being kind of heavy in rules, but it caught my eye.
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Oct 27, 2014 21:36
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The problem with Silent War and especially Steel Wolves is that in the end it both tries to have too broad a scope and too narrow a scope. It tries to do the combat and at the same time the wider submarine war. It's an impossible game to play IRL because of its scope. The only realistic way to play it is on Vassal.
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Oct 27, 2014 21:52
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I feel like a single sub hunter game could be the ticket there. I have no idea if that's a real thing, but I want it to be.
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Oct 27, 2014 21:55
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Lord Frisk posted:I feel like a single sub hunter game could be the ticket there. I have no idea if that's a real thing, but I want it to be.
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Oct 27, 2014 21:57
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I'll check that out. Maybe I'll make enough noise in-thread to make you post. Thanks for the heads up.
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Oct 27, 2014 21:59
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Tekopo posted:It's called The Hunters, I'm running an LP of it although I'm having difficulty getting motivated to get the updates out now that I've done 50 patrols. It should also be getting a reprint from GMT in the next month.
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Oct 27, 2014 23:19
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rchandra posted:I was leaning towards [getting TAL], decided to go for it -- no longer in stock, curse my indecisive nature. Navajo Wars it is! Now the store tells me Navajo Wars is no longer available, between the time I ordered and they went to fill it. But they can get me Thunderbolt-Apache Leader instead, if I can wait a few weeks. I think that's good news overall. Speaking of solitaire games, did the LP of Fields of Fire ever happen? I remember hearing about somebody starting one but can't seem to find it.
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Oct 28, 2014 04:08
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rchandra posted:Now the store tells me Navajo Wars is no longer available, between the time I ordered and they went to fill it. But they can get me Thunderbolt-Apache Leader instead, if I can wait a few weeks. I think that's good news overall. I want to do a LP of TAL but ... commitment. FOF - died due to commitments, work or family events I forget exactly. I was lost but it looked nice enough to buy if the reprint ever goes forward.
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Oct 28, 2014 04:15
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So I noticed that my FLGS has a "family games!" category on their website. Most of them are variants of Monopoly, Clue etc. And then there's this  edit: I told my wife, "you'll never believe what I found under family games". And she replied, "it's not the napoleon game is it?"
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Oct 29, 2014 09:54
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Fading Glory is really good btw
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This looks kind of funny
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Oct 29, 2014 13:51
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My regular Twilight Struggle friend asked me about playing another card driven wargame, Rome v Carthage, but he couldn't remember the name. Maybe that was the name. There could well be many buy any idea what game he is referring to.
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Oct 29, 2014 19:02
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Fat Turkey posted:My regular Twilight Struggle friend asked me about playing another card driven wargame, Rome v Carthage, but he couldn't remember the name. Maybe that was the name. There could well be many buy any idea what game he is referring to. http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7480/sword-rome maybe? edit: Yeah its probably Hannibal, I'm dumb. Yas fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Oct 29, 2014 |
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Oct 29, 2014 19:14
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Fat Turkey posted:My regular Twilight Struggle friend asked me about playing another card driven wargame, Rome v Carthage, but he couldn't remember the name. Maybe that was the name. There could well be many buy any idea what game he is referring to. Probably Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage. One of the early CDG that helped popularize the genre, though it's very much a wargame, as opposed to Twilight Struggle. My favorite part is the card-based battle system, though there are some dice involved. The Power Struggle system in 1989 is very similar, if you've played that.
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Yeah that's almost certainly it. Seems a bit tricky to get hold of although BGG had a Swiss seller for $60. Yeah I gathered it was a proper wargame and step up from TS but I've been wanting to expand into wargames so this may be good. Means I can YouTube it for more info. Thanks!
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Oct 29, 2014 20:20
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DVG just kickstarted their newest game tiger leader. I know it's stupid but I want the minis..
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Oct 30, 2014 02:20
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Bah, I was hoping for a WW2 "Leader" series from them, but I was expecting airplanes!
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Oct 30, 2014 02:59
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I bought combat commander with the gmt 50% sale and I am really enjoying it a lot. Rules are simple and the card system is pretty great. I love that there are actually strategies now around the dice rolling/card drawing in addition to everything else.
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Oct 30, 2014 07:09
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That's one of the reasons I like it so much. You can't deduce the optimal strategy and then hope the dice cooperated. It's got more texture.
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Oct 30, 2014 09:13
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drat, $72 for the base game without minis? It sounded like a win, but I think I can grab any of the other "leader" games for substantially less.
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Oct 30, 2014 12:49
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I was just looking at that myself and I will probably wait for retail pricing. Not to mention I really want one of the D-Day games next.
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Oct 30, 2014 12:54
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I've got Fire in the Lake coming to me tomorrow  I played through most of the walkthrough book for Andean Abyss on VASSAL to kind of get an idea of what I'd be getting into. FitL is basically the same, just with a different setting/characters/map, right? All the COIN games have the same basic playing style?
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COOL CORN posted:I've got Fire in the Lake coming to me tomorrow Ahahahahahaha oh god no. Andean Abyss/Cuba Libre are COIN 101/102. A Distant Plain is COIN 301. Fire in the Lake is the COIN master thesis. Fire in the Lake includes all kind of poo poo that AA never touches, including:
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Oct 30, 2014 23:20
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Welp! Sink or swim I guess.
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COOL CORN posted:Welp! Sink or swim I guess. Speaking of this... Empire of the Sun looks incredible but my only experience with wargames is Fading Glory and Twilight Struggle. I've looked over the rule book and it seems manageable, so my question I guess is it worth taking the time to learn? My opponent would have the same level of experience as me.
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Yas posted:Speaking of this... Empire of the Sun looks incredible but my only experience with wargames is Fading Glory and Twilight Struggle. I've looked over the rule book and it seems manageable, so my question I guess is it worth taking the time to learn? My opponent would have the same level of experience as me. The tricky thing is learning everything about the operations. If you got in touch with Tekopo or myself we could teach you the game. It has a lot of moving parts, a lot of things to understand, but it's learn-able.
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Does anyone know if there are any good video tutorials/resources to learning Virgin Queen? I've been trying to make my way through the rulebook, but it's honestly proving to be an uphill battle every step of the way.
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COOL CORN posted:Welp! Sink or swim I guess. If it helps I started with A Distant Plain after being told it was most complicated one (Fire in the Lake wasn't out yet) and it was totally ok to learn. FitL should be fine, the tricky part is more working out what exactly you need to be doing to get yourself closer to victory and not accidentally hand victory to your 'ally'.
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Malefic Marmite posted:Does anyone know if there are any good video tutorials/resources to learning Virgin Queen? I've been trying to make my way through the rulebook, but it's honestly proving to be an uphill battle every step of the way. This is the video I watched when first learning Here I Stand, nearly all the mechanics here (except religion) are the same. Once you learn the basics you can move on to the VQ specific things like marriages, religion, patronage, espionage and world map piracy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pzV31ootI0 Learning the rules will probably take at least one game with lots of mistakes so make sure everyone knows that. Decide who will play what powers beforehand and tell each person to read the section specific to their power. Virgin Queen is probably my favorite game so I definitely think it is worth it to power-through and figure it all out. I have consulted the rule book so many times that I can probably tell you what page every rule is on.
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So here's an odd request. I saw that there's a Hell Dorado figure called Ashoka from the Lost Faction. He's a badass looking gatorman. I'm wondering if anyone actually had this guy, or has it in person and can give me details about the relative size of him? I was wanting to put him with some of my Hordes Gatormen, but I don't know if Ashoka is super tiny, or too big, or what. The Hell Dorado website has pretty much nothing as far as information.
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Thanks for the link and advice. It's very much appreciated.
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Swags posted:So here's an odd request. I saw that there's a Hell Dorado figure called Ashoka from the Lost Faction. He's a badass looking gatorman. This thread isn't really miniature based wargaming, probably better off asking this one here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3253037
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COOL CORN posted:Welp! Sink or swim I guess. My copy arrived earlier this week. It's easily the most complicated game I've ever bought, but I'm already finding that it's not nearly as bad as it appears. Everything kinda makes sense thematically which kinda helps, and there's a pretty decent tutorial walkthrough that I just got through this afternoon. Really looking forward to getting a proper game in with some friends.
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CaptainApathyUK posted:My copy arrived earlier this week. It's easily the most complicated game I've ever bought, but I'm already finding that it's not nearly as bad as it appears. Everything kinda makes sense thematically which kinda helps, and there's a pretty decent tutorial walkthrough that I just got through this afternoon. Are you talking about the included Playbook walkthrough or something else? I'd like to see it if it's something else. I just played through the first few rounds of the Playbook, and it's (understandably) a lot less in-depth than the Andean Abyss Playbook. I really enjoyed that one because it would say, "okay, now stop and read this section in the Rule Book and then come back." I guess with this game being volume 4, the Playbook wouldn't be as dumbed-down I suppose. Either way, I have a good idea of what's going on and it's fun so far!
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