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Tekopo posted:Cool, do you want to take the part of the Japanese? Might make it easier. You'd have to do Operation Z/IAI though, since I do want to showcase it. Yeah, I'm a bit more familiar with the Japanese, so that should be fine. Haven't done Turn 1 yet, but I guess it shouldn't be too hard.
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As someone who owns but has never played EotS other than a few aborted attempts at learning it in Vassal, I'd love to see an annotated game.
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Just ordered For the People, Washington's War, and Empire of the Sun. Also pre-ordered Falling Sky. Jebus help me.
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Caedar posted:Just ordered For the People, Washington's War, and Empire of the Sun. Also pre-ordered Falling Sky. Jebus help me. Welcome, friend. This is equal parts a hobby group and a support group. Edit- whoops thought you were a new wargamer. My statement stands though! Edit2- I have US Civil War coming in the mail tomorrow. I've tried learning via vassal but maybe the cardboard will help me learn it better 
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I just got NW: India Pakistan, Normandy '44, and Operation Dauntless, as well as C3i 27 and 29. I finally got around to rooting around in Operation Dauntless today and  I gotta gush about this a bit, bear with me.This is the work of a dedicated, passionate, talented, complete lunatic. As Tekopo pointed out earlier there are a retarded amount of numbers packed onto the counters. The crazy thing is that there is 160 drat pages of stuff in this box and only like 30 are actually rules. The playbook has almost 20 pages of play examples, all with huge, color, annotated pictures and a couple pages of general tips and strategies. The scenario book is insane with more extensive historical and strategy notes for the scenarios than I've ever seen before. It includes a poo poo ton of tutorial scenarios each with their own advice and variants. 4 of the tutorials are on their own cards with a 'read sections blah blah and dive in' kind of thing going. They even include a list of rules you'll probably forget about or overlook. And they even recognized that you might want to skip going whole hog on the infantry rules and skip to the armor so the second card has two armor tutorial scenarios that skip several of the infantry tutorials. And the icing on this ludicrous cake is the reference book which is 50 goddamn pages of footnotes, design notes, history lessons, and write ups of the vehicles and weapons used in the campaign. The 'selected sources' covers the entire back of the book.  I should note that the vast majority of the photographs in these books were taken from the operation itself or at least of the units involved. The scenario book at least has a caption section that describes every picture noting, for instance, that the names painted on this tank are the names of the driver and commander's girlfriends. On top of all that the player aids and counters are better than average, even for GMT. And the system and game looks really fun too  I feel like after reading all this and playing the whole campaign is basically the equivalent to doing a serious research dive into the operation. Looking forward to this maniac's future output.
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Like many posts in this thread, I'm entirely unclear whether I'm incredibly excited or repulsed.
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Solitary and simultaneously disgusted and aroused - the natural state of the wargamer.
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COOL CORN posted:Welcome, friend. This is equal parts a hobby group and a support group. If you remember, I expressed some dislike for chits with lots of numbers on them a month or two ago. Now, after staring at these chits many, many times, that disgust has turned into lust. Who am I?
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Well, I got Haakka Paalle, for Advanced Squad Leader. A module involving Finns. For a game I have not played in five years. But it's the last module. And I have all the other ones. How could I not get this one? Particularly since I was already buying Star Wars Rebellion, and this got me free shipping. Oh yes, I also have an Oregon Laminations 2.5" Deluxe Counter Cutter on its way to me. So that I can cut counters. For games I never play. Some times I sincerely question whether I'm retarded.
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SlyFrog posted:Oh yes, I also have an Oregon Laminations 2.5" Deluxe Counter Cutter on its way to me. So that I can cut counters. For games I never play. That's one sweet counter clipper. You will buy games just so you have an excuse to use it.
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Apr 8, 2016 06:56
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drat you GMT where my ADPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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Caedar posted:If you remember, I expressed some dislike for chits with lots of numbers on them a month or two ago. Now, after staring at these chits many, many times, that disgust has turned into lust. Who am I? 2/4/6 (01)
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silvergoose posted:2/4/6 (01) Goddamit I was just thinking that
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StashAugustine posted:Goddamit I was just thinking that I have no idea how the numbers on the chits are laid out, so I gave a reasonable guess. I'm still chuckling over it, though.
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silvergoose posted:2/4/6 (01) idgi
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Oldstench posted:idgi You should see or read Les Miserables.
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Downloaded the Operation Dauntless VASSAL mod to see how bad the counters were. I figured they can't be THAT confusing. HMM... I rescind my statement edit -- so the 2/Pz12 has an AT value of 18 with an AT range of 7 and a Fire Control of +4 and an armor of 10 and a Combat Strength of 5 and Ranged Attack Strength of 5 and a Ranged Attack Range of 7 and a Tracked Movement Allowance of 14. No problem! 
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Apr 8, 2016 15:28
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Hmmm so it should have been 2/4^6/01, then?
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silvergoose posted:You should see or read Les Miserables. Not going to put myself through that just to get a joke.
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Oldstench posted:Not going to put myself through that just to get a joke. "Prisoner Two Four Six Oh One / your time is up and your parole's begun..." It's, like, the first or second song in the musical.
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COOL CORN posted:edit -- so the 2/Pz12 has an AT value of 18 with an AT range of 7 and a Fire Control of +4 and an armor of 10 and a Combat Strength of 5 and Ranged Attack Strength of 5 and a Ranged Attack Range of 7 and a Tracked Movement Allowance of 14. And its combat strength is halved in both Combats and Assaults when attacking into close terrain since the number is in a red box.  My regular wargaming group broke up and I'm dealing with it by buying Operation Dauntless, Falling Sky and ADP. Now the plan is to lure unsuspecting people with Falling Sky's pretty map and make them play the other COINs once they're hooked. I have no idea what I'm gonna do with Operation Dauntless though.
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kalthir posted:And its combat strength is halved in both Combats and Assaults when attacking into close terrain since the number is in a red box. Sit in a dark corner, stroking it like a cat? I know that's what I'm gonna do!
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StashAugustine posted:Yeah Rebellion looks a little iffy If you think I am not going to give my 14 year old son the chance to evaporate my planets with a giant Death Star miniature, you are wrong. It is a father's duty.
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COOL CORN posted:Downloaded the Operation Dauntless VASSAL mod to see how bad the counters were. I figured they can't be THAT confusing. Grognimium
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They don't seem all that confusing to me, but I played Red Winter. Obviously the game probably lacks all that beautiful simplicity of the original, but just maybe it has not been hosed up?
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Tevery Best posted:They don't seem all that confusing to me, but I played Red Winter. Tevery Best posted:beautiful simplicity 
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Considering the requirement for solo play some board gamers have (me included for war games!) are there any good Android apps or, at a pinch, PC versions anyone can recommend. Not sure if I fancy rolling the dice on the tastes of the Android games thread.
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Davin Valkri posted:"Prisoner Two Four Six Oh One / your time is up and your parole's begun..." They're also both extremely good, especially the novel as hugo goes off on huge tangents explaining relevant aspects of the period in minute detail. Perfect for this thread really
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andrew smash posted:They're also both extremely good, especially the novel as hugo goes off on huge tangents explaining relevant aspects of the period in minute detail. Perfect for this thread really That fuckin bishop chapter.
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Fat Turkey posted:Considering the requirement for solo play some board gamers have (me included for war games!) are there any good Android apps or, at a pinch, PC versions anyone can recommend. Not sure if I fancy rolling the dice on the tastes of the Android games thread. While not a PC version of a board game, Panzer Corps certainly has a board game feel to it. Perfect for solo play, difficulty can be customized and the DLC adds loads of content. I believe there's an iOS version but I don't know if its updated. Order of Battle: Pacific is similar, but with a few different mechanics and a more unforgiving difficulty curve. Both games are turn-based WW2 games with individual units that could easily be replaced with counters (although I dont think anyone has modded it to such a degree)
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Jobbo_Fett posted:While not a PC version of a board game, Panzer Corps certainly has a board game feel to it. Perfect for solo play, difficulty can be customized and the DLC adds loads of content. I believe there's an iOS version but I don't know if its updated. Order of Battle: Pacific is similar, but with a few different mechanics and a more unforgiving difficulty curve. Both games are turn-based WW2 games with individual units that could easily be replaced with counters (although I dont think anyone has modded it to such a degree) Is it the same one were embarked land units can duel with battleships on the high seas?
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JcDent posted:Is it the same one were embarked land units can duel with battleships on the high seas? Nope, embarked units are in transports that are lucky if they have guns at all. OoB:P does have armed landing vehicles if you take a special perk for your army, but they aren't capable (or a match) against actual combat ships. Otherwise, there are amphibious tanks, but dont expect them to sink the Yamato.
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Nope, embarked units are in transports that are lucky if they have guns at all. OoB:P does have armed landing vehicles if you take a special perk for your army, but they aren't capable (or a match) against actual combat ships. Otherwise, there are amphibious tanks, but dont expect them to sink the Yamato. I was asking about the Panzer something. One of the recent Panzer Generalish games made it possible for embarked units to attack. So, you know, artillery duels between embarked guns and british shipping. gently caress that game. Then again, and with all due respect to your LP, the only time PG ever came close to clicking, for me, was with Armageddon, and I'm sure that's because it abstracts less. One tank is one tank.
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I played a full 10-conference game of Churchill against the bots this weekend. I still think it's a great game, but the bots need work. I played as Roosevelt and won under Condition 2 fairly easily. Since the bots make no effort whatsoever to keep the score close, I just had to make sure both Axis powers surrendered and that I kept ahead of Stalin. I let Churchill win 8 conferences. It was still a challenge to make sure all surrender conditions were met, but not too tough. Maybe someday I'll get to play against real humans.
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JcDent posted:I was asking about the Panzer something. One of the recent Panzer Generalish games made it possible for embarked units to attack. So, you know, artillery duels between embarked guns and british shipping. Hmmm... not sure which game it is, to be honest. I know its not possible in Panzer Corps. WRT abstracting, yeah PC gets pretty odd with it since it only states the strength of the unit but maps can vary wildly in size.
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GMT just charged my credit card for Falling Sky. We're getting close!
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Hmmm... not sure which game it is, to be honest. I know its not possible in Panzer Corps. Panzer Tactics HD, unless I've gone crazy. I might be mistaking for some F2P phone game.
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I'm finally starting to dig into The US Civil War, and I'm seeing the brilliance of the design but.... good lord, I have no idea where to begin strategy-wise, and whenever I try to dig into the rules, my eyes just glaze over. Phew, this one's a doozy, but I'm determined!
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