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GMT Games posted:We are pleased to announce that the game Cuba Libre Reprint Edition in your order number [0-9]{6} (quantity 1 at price $48.00) has changed status to: Made the Cut With P500 the way it is, and for a reprint, I'm not sure that is meaningful but it can't hurt.
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rchandra posted:With P500 the way it is, and for a reprint, I'm not sure that is meaningful but it can't hurt. Did the GMT email come with the regexp?
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Jan 19, 2016 13:56
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Sekigahara is up to 425! I wish there was a "this is how many backers there were when YOU came in" cause I'm curious now. I think it was 375? Only 75 more! Comon!
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Jan 19, 2016 16:24
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The most recent GMT update has Cuba Libre printing in March and the expansion, Invierno Cubano, in June-August. I need my insurgency now, dammit!
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Jan 19, 2016 20:50
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Finally I can tell people to just get Cuba Libre without sound like an rear end in a top hat.
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Jan 20, 2016 08:26
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How is D-Day Dice? I'm looking for a solo dice chucking game.
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Jan 20, 2016 08:54
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Kind of repetitive and very luck based. It was interesting when I gave it a go a whole while back but it didn't really catch my attention for long.
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Jan 20, 2016 08:55
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Tekopo posted:Kind of repetitive and very luck based. It was interesting when I gave it a go a whole while back but it didn't really catch my attention for long. That's to bad. So there aren't that many ways to mitigate bad rolls?
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Jan 20, 2016 09:01
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Selecta84 posted:That's to bad.
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Jan 20, 2016 09:07
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Tekopo posted:It's basically Yahtzee, so if you don't mind the bad roll mitigation in Yahtzee then you shouldn't have a problem. I played with a Print&Play that they had when their KS was out, maybe you can find it and try it out yourself. I didn't know there was a PnP. I will try to find that to test the game before buying it. The game is oop in Germany and I saw it relatively cheap second hand.
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Jan 20, 2016 09:13
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Oldstench posted:Did the GMT email come with the regexp? Yes, more tasteful than the MSPainted black bar the general thread got. Now all I need is for the Canadian dollar to recover 
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Jan 20, 2016 10:20
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Selecta84 posted:I didn't know there was a PnP. I will try to find that to test the game before buying it. I found D-day Dice really freaking hard, even as a coop. I don't think we ever got past the second or third scenario.
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Jan 20, 2016 14:00
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c3i arrived at my office early, gonna pick it up tomorrow  (sorry tomdidiot  )
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Jan 20, 2016 16:36
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I'm a sucker for monster games - I just ordered Tannenberg, the introductory mini-module of the SPW Der Weltkrieg series.
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Jan 20, 2016 21:05
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I just use online shops to track new wargames tbh. There are a couple of geeklists on BGG as well.
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Jan 20, 2016 21:07
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Oh my god, DVG is working on "Warfighter: WWII"
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Jan 21, 2016 17:49
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Tekopo posted:Finally I can tell people to just get Cuba Libre without sound like an rear end in a top hat. After reading the C3i article about COIN complexity, Falling Sky also looks like its going to be a good way for people to get into the series. There was a deliberate decision to dial back the complexity after Fire in the Lake (which I still haven't gotten a chance to really play ).
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Taran_Wanderer posted:After reading the C3i article about COIN complexity, Falling Sky also looks like its going to be a good way for people to get into the series. There was a deliberate decision to dial back the complexity after Fire in the Lake (which I still haven't gotten a chance to really play In terms of actual gameplay, how different are the COIN games from one another? Because I'm really interested in the Falling Sky setting, but I own FITL and have Cuba Libre on P500 order.
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Jan 21, 2016 19:12
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This one in particular will do a bunch of stuff quite differently.
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Jan 21, 2016 19:14
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CaptainRightful posted:In terms of actual gameplay, how different are the COIN games from one another? Because I'm really interested in the Falling Sky setting, but I own FITL and have Cuba Libre on P500 order. They're mostly the same, though they each have their particular quirks. In particular, Falling Sky doesn't use the Support/Opposition system of the other titles, and uses a more complicated battle system like Liberty or Death.
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Jan 21, 2016 20:09
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Plan Orange clipped sleeved and ready to go 
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Jan 21, 2016 23:20
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I am really digging Ran. My main complaint is more than half the scenarios are just "fight it out". I like objectives : ( Do any of the GBoH, or I guess any games like them feature more objective based scenarios?
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Jan 22, 2016 00:13
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The General posted:I am really digging Ran. My main complaint is more than half the scenarios are just "fight it out". I like objectives : ( Caesar at Alesia/Alexandria/Gaul and some of their supplements involve capturing or holding specific locations. Anything involving sieges, cities, or river crossings might be what you are looking for.
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Jan 22, 2016 00:26
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Taran_Wanderer posted:After reading the C3i article about COIN complexity, Falling Sky also looks like its going to be a good way for people to get into the series. There was a deliberate decision to dial back the complexity after Fire in the Lake (which I still haven't gotten a chance to really play For us who aren't going to spend $30 on the newest issue is there anything else of note about COIN or thoughts?
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Jan 22, 2016 01:18
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Liberty or Death came today 
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Jan 22, 2016 01:46
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Erghh posted:Caesar at Alesia/Alexandria/Gaul and some of their supplements involve capturing or holding specific locations. Anything involving sieges, cities, or river crossings might be what you are looking for. That's exactly what I'm looking for. I need more than just "crash side A into Side B."
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Jan 22, 2016 02:31
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The General posted:That's exactly what I'm looking for. I need more than just "crash side A into Side B." Ironically, I love those kinds of scenarios. So Ran plays well solo?
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Jan 22, 2016 03:50
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It plays very well solo. One scenario has hidden troops. But I figure I'll figure something out for that when it becomes time.
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Jan 22, 2016 03:55
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The General posted:That's exactly what I'm looking for. I need more than just "crash side A into Side B." Hear that. GBoH hits those situations but they don't usually collect them in one spot. Caesar in Alexandria was sort of odd in that respect with its ancient urban warfare. It was a different experience anyway. Gregovia does assault/defense too but requires Conquest of Gaul to play. Chandragupta offers some of it too. Definitely a different setting. Might be easier to find than some of the others. If you're feeling brave find the Caesar Civil War set and break out the Battle of Munda.
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Jan 22, 2016 04:03
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Objective based gameplay seems to come up more in later periods where there are fewer pitched battles.
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Jan 22, 2016 04:18
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cenotaph posted:Objective based gameplay seems to come up more in later periods where there are fewer pitched battles. For medieval and early modern yeah. There's also the element of designer choice in trying balance everything and show off different bits like field battles, sieges etc. Since it came up, GBoH does fine solo. Most games out there are probably played that way. If you're looking for solid line bashes the mega editions of both SPQR and Alexander have them plenty. (Also not affiliated with GMT it's just the system is for me what ASL is for others  . Been kind of in a burnout phase though.)
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In terms of time period, I find the ACW to be really good for objective-based play. So many of the battles that took place weren't these large, planned, set-piece engagements; they were raids, turning movements, breakouts, breakthroughs, counter-marches, etc. When big battles did happen, it was usually because smaller forces bumped into each other almost by accident and ended up committing extra forces. Lee had no intention of fighting at Gettysburg, for instance, and explicitly told A.P. Hill (the first division commander to report contact) to avoid engaging Federal troops entirely. Whoops. I don't know if these kinds of scenarios are reflected in the ACW chit-and-counter kinds of games so much, but you definitely see it in the tabletop miniatures world.
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Eighth Turn 3 card plays I play my last card, War in Europe, as a 3OC Offensive with the South Seas HQ. I want to move more units out of Japan to reinforce the South Pacific. I also want to take back Eniwetok, so I'm going to try to kill two birds with one stone. From Japan, CV Akagi, BB Hiei, and Ed Army attack Eniwetok and 1AD and 18th Army move to Ulithi. The Allies make their intel roll and activates C Pac HQ to react to Eniwetok with 38 A/N attack factors as well as reinforcing the ground unit with a Marine Brigade. I keep forgetting how long the reach of the C Pac HQ is, and was expecting him to be able to respond with less here. Fortunately, he only rolls a one, and is unable to reduce any of my units. Sadly, I only roll a three, and just reduce CV Enterprise. I also lose Air Naval combat, so my amphibious assault is repelled.  My opponent moves his naval units to Espiritu Santo and 7AF LRB to Nauru. My naval units move to Truk and ED Army goes to Rabaul.  The Allies then plays War in Europe, bringing War in Europe to +1. He then curses me for the Panama Canal attack, as his reinforcements will get delayed anyway.
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Jan 22, 2016 17:00
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BGG apparently running out of wargamers
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Good news, one of the Busho in Ran has figured out how to actively withdrawal without causing his troops to panic, or having to kill himself after its done. "No boss, I wasn't running away, I was regrouping so maybe we wouldn't get slaughtered." "Hmm.... I'm going to allow this, and see how it goes. But don't anybody else think about doing it."
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Does B-17 Queen of the Skies count as a wargame? Because I just had an incredibly lucky first mission. The only thing that would have made it better would be if I had hit the target more, but the plane didn't get hit and nobody got hurt!
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gradenko_2000 posted:Does B-17 Queen of the Skies count as a wargame? Because I just had an incredibly lucky first mission. The only thing that would have made it better would be if I had hit the target more, but the plane didn't get hit and nobody got hurt! I'd say it does. It falls in the camp of solitaire wargame dice-chuckers such as The Hunters: German U-Boats at War, Patton's Best, B-29 Superfortress, etc. They're fun time wasters and tell really interesting stories, even if they're not traditional hex-and-counter wargames.
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Testing criteria for wargames: Is it about war? Is it a game? If yes to both, it is a wargame! 
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Tekopo posted:Testing criteria for wargames: Does it kind of look like a game that could be about war? Eh we'll let it in.
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