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I read through the (1st ed) helicopter rules once and decided right there that I'd never touch the Vietnam scenarios.
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Filthy casuals dumbing down our game. Watch me homebrew an enhanced 4-page version of the old prisoner rules. I'll call it POWfinder.
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Assigning 'Shift Fire' to a flare always felt incredibly silly anyway. e: it's still possible! Obfuscation fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Apr 4, 2017 |
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Apr 4, 2017 15:43
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And it should be, as Cease Fire is a superior flare command (it shuts down all the leftover ammo-munching MGs and de facto shifts fire of those dudes who still have someone to fight). Also, I hope this: quote:You may also develop a standard operation procedure (SOP) for signals you prefer and use it to save time between missions. Is supposed to mean freestylin' is still legit, as I have some personal favorites not featured there ("If under fire, retreat backwards" is bueno af, also map-specific movement presets). However, now there's nothing written about the single conditional clause limit. 
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I'm sitting here like "wtf is Fields of Fire and why won't these guys shut up about it." What is this solo-only game where cards are terrain and everything looks ugly as sin and why is everyone speaking so highly of it?
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I'm not sure highly is the right word.
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COOL CORN posted:Oh my god they revamped the way pyrotechnics work, you have to pick from a list of options now, not just "choose what this colored smoke means and just play it out however you feel" If they're getting rid of all the vagueness, maybe that means a computer implementation is possible!
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al-azad posted:everything looks ugly as sin and why is everyone speaking so highly of it? Have you ever played a wargame
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COOL CORN posted:Have you ever played a wargame I only play beautiful wargames, thank you.
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Basically it's a solo tactical wargame covering WWII, Korea and Vietnam which has a really good implementation of chain of command and a really really bad rulebook
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al-azad posted:I only play beautiful wargames, thank you. Nice to have another Titan fan onboard!
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Speaking of beautifully ugly does anyone have any World in Flames experience? I bought what was meant to be 5th Edition from ebay but wound up receiving 5th ed maps, counters and CRTs but 4th ed rules, scenarios and production pizza. Waiting for a response from the guy but in the meantime are these things gonna be compatible with each other? (yes i do plan on trying to play it)
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I haven't played it myself but from what I've heard of it, WiF is deeply dated and I don't really see a reason to play it when either of Totaler Krieg or Unconditional Surrender are much more playable/enjoyable.
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It was super cheap and its a famous Thing too. I'm working up to TK but wanted a monster now dammit! Edit: how is Dai Senso? Sleekly fucked around with this message at 09:29 on Apr 5, 2017 |
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Apr 5, 2017 09:23
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Sleekly posted:It was super cheap and its a famous Thing too. On the other hand, the war in China is handled pretty well and is quite interesting, and there's a much bigger focus on China than many other PTO games.
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Was really tempted to buy the collectors wif but I hate strat level, hate rules porridge, hate uber long games so probably not going to bother.
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Sleekly posted:Speaking of beautifully ugly does anyone have any World in Flames experience? The answer as always is go read this still-in-progress-after-2-years LP: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3692085
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World In Flames owns, but get the Final Edition. Also Fatal Alliances owns by proxy
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It's hard to believe that nobody involved with the design and production of the WIF cover art noticed it looks like a cock and balls.
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CaptainRightful posted:It's hard to believe that nobody involved with the design and production of the WIF cover art noticed it looks like a cock and balls. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has thought this. If I recall correctly, it's a Rodger MacGowan design. He's pretty active on Facebook so you could just ask him!
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I can do a full effort post on Dai Senso when I get home tonight, but the short version is that it's a very different take on the Pacific War than anything else and your mileage will definitely depend on how much you're willing to accept the decisions made on abstracting certain elements. I would say that with the current errata you're not likely to run into the major balance issues until you're very experienced, but there is an expansion kit coming that really does a much better job of fixing things. Unfortunately, the designer is one person with a full-time job, so no one knows when it will actually release. Without the expansion kit changes I can only give it a half-hearted recommendation as an interesting but flawed game unlike Totaler Krieg which I highly recommend. Edit: I'm enjoying the WIF LP because the guy running it is putting in an incredible amount of effort and doing a high quality job, but if you're thinking about getting the game, just note that in the current turn Japan had more production than the Soviets. blackmongoose fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Apr 5, 2017 |
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Speaking of Pacific, Fire in the Sky is some of the most yin-yang experience this side of fields of fire. You have this cool, artsy, minimalist, top tier box cover:  And this is the graphic design inside of it:   It's just baffling. Lichtenstein fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Apr 5, 2017 |
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Apr 5, 2017 20:38
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Lichtenstein posted:garbage Holy poo poo.
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Someone on Facebook posted a picture of the new BCS game, Baptism By Fire, saying their copy came in the mail. But now I can't find it! edit-- oh it's on Boardgamegeek. My point is, MMP is knocking it out of the park on cover design these days. I hate Rodger B. McGowan (i.e. old GMT) cartoony designs. 
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Apr 5, 2017 20:57
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I love that WiF LP as well. I was thinking playing with an old edition would help me decide on FE or not. Also its totally a cock and balls. Hoping I can find a 5th Ed rulebook and production pizza online to 'complete' this set. Shame about Dai Senso. I love that theater and i thought its a companion game to TK it may be as highly regarded.
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My only problem with the BCS Bulge game is that it's too big, but meanwhile BbF looks too small to be interesting. Oh Goldilocks, when will I find the wargame that is just right?
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Lichtenstein posted:Speaking of Pacific, Fire in the Sky is some of the most yin-yang experience this side of fields of fire. Holy poo poo, those counters  
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Obfuscation posted:My only problem with the BCS Bulge game is that it's too big, but meanwhile BbF looks too small to be interesting. Oh Goldilocks, when will I find the wargame that is just right? They're doing BCS Crusader next....
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tomdidiot posted:They're doing BCS Crusader next.... Yessssssssss Give me all the desert action
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COOL CORN posted:. I hate Rodger B. McGowan (i.e. old GMT) cartoony designs.
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cenotaph posted:You heard it here first, folks. COOL CORN hates ASL. 
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Question: I'm still playing Prussia's Glory II and having some rules issues here and there along the way. This issue in particular I think might be generic to some kinds of hex wargames so I'm hoping someone has some insight here. Basically - how does assigning units to combats work? There seem to be a handful of rules that are tripping me up in this scenario when taken together: 1) Every Engaged inf/cav unit on both sides must participate in Close Combat 2) Other than cavalry doing a Sweeping Charge units will be involved in one combat per turn 3) All Engaged inf/cav in each combat's hexes will be involved in the close combat 4) All attacking hexes must be adjacent to all hexes being attacked So let's assume that the active player, due to some poor strategy and a failed sweeping charge on the opponent's last turn, has units in three hexes (A, B, C) in a shape like this ">" - that is, one central hex B and then units at 8 (C) and 10 o'clock (A) - and the opponent has a similar shape "}" with four hexes (D,E,F,G) adjacent to that on the right side - two hexes (E,F) adjacent to the active player's middle unit, and then one additional unit at 10 o'clock to the top unit and one at 8 o'clock to the bottom unit, all adjacent and Engaged with the active player's top and bottom flanks. So...in this situation: A is Engaged with D and E B is Engaged with E and F C is Engaged with F and G How does this get resolved? All Units have to fight all hexes they're Engaged with in a single CC, and you can't have multiple combats targeting the same defending unit outside of the Sweeping Charge phase, so the whole big lump has to be handled as a single CC, but this violates rule 4 above - A isn't adjacent to F or G and C isn't adjacent to D or E. Sorry I'm so dummm 
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the droopy eye pointing in an entirely different direction than the other is what makes this masterpiece: 
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I know a guy who has that tattooed on his arm. He runs a pretty well-trafficked online ASL store.
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WAR DOGS OF SOCHI posted:the droopy eye pointing in an entirely different direction than the other is what makes this masterpiece: I thought the fact that it's a heroic portrait of an SS officer is what makes it a classic.
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Tekopo posted:Why ASL: not even once
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Obfuscation posted:I thought the fact that it's a heroic portrait of an SS officer is what makes it a classic. yes, there's that, too.
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Grognards: the worst nards.
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COOL CORN posted:I know a guy who has that tattooed on his arm. He runs a pretty well-trafficked online ASL store. does his tat include the SS collar tabs?
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