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COOL CORN posted:tl;dr- buy all the Der Weltkrieg games, it's the best WW1 system Thats a funny way to spell Paths of Glory
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I’m down for a roads and boats style logistics wargame that uses drawn overlays.
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Is anyone of aware of some good resources for wargame "tactics", so to speak? Up till now I've been playing games that are more abstracted or at a high level, like Cataclysm, Triumph and Tragedy, or Asia/Europe Engulfed. Or Empire of the Sun that's more air/naval and the territory is fairly restricted as far as land units go. And solo games as well. So, for something like Ardennes '44: I know historically what happened and the two sides are trying to improve on that in the game. But when looking at the board, is there an analogy to something like chess tactics where you can generically look at the state: things like terrain, combat factors, positioning and other things to decide what the best moves are, prep for a coming move, or prevent incoming trouble? That would typically apply to any hex and counter war game, in general? Is there a "baby's first wargame" that would help?
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Aug 1, 2018 14:25
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going from Unconditional Surrender! to Armistice! is an underappreciated naming convention
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Rockker posted:Is anyone of aware of some good resources for wargame "tactics", so to speak? If you want to get into old Avalon Hill wargames, you can read all of The General online and absorb some of the strategy articles: http://www.vftt.co.uk/ah_mags.asp?ProdID=PDF_Gen
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GMT has strategy articles from time to time on their website as well, ex: http://www.insidegmt.com/?p=20881
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Thanks, I'll give those a read.
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Aug 2, 2018 04:39
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Hey I’m on vacation in Quebec City and I found a pretty good condition copy of Rise and Decline of the Third Reich. Is it any good? I picked it up on impulse and everything is intact/untouched.
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Taintrunner posted:Hey I’m on vacation in Quebec City and I found a pretty good condition copy of Rise and Decline of the Third Reich. Is it any good? I picked it up on impulse and everything is intact/untouched. I know nothing about the game itself, but Roberto Bolaño wrote a novel about a dude who is a "champion" player of it. It's currently on my to-read list.
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It’s a solid game, but dated. If you google The General magazine PDFs, you can read about 100 strategy articles on it. It was remade into GMT’s A World At War.
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Taintrunner posted:Hey I’m on vacation in Quebec City and I found a pretty good condition copy of Rise and Decline of the Third Reich. Is it any good? I picked it up on impulse and everything is intact/untouched. It’s good, though more in a “it’s a classic” sense. Despite the age that it shows, there’s still a fairly active online community.
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Taintrunner posted:Hey I’m on vacation in Quebec City and I found a pretty good condition copy of Rise and Decline of the Third Reich. Is it any good? I picked it up on impulse and everything is intact/untouched. Its bad, you should drive west on the highway for about 5 hours and drop it off at my house, thanks.
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Taintrunner posted:Hey I’m on vacation in Quebec City and I found a pretty good condition copy of Rise and Decline of the Third Reich. Is it any good? I picked it up on impulse and everything is intact/untouched. Is the mapboard mounted or paper? Mounted it's first edition, paper it's the second edition. Either way a fun game that is easy to learn and teach.
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NC Wyeth Death Cult posted:Is the mapboard mounted or paper? Mounted it's first edition, paper it's the second edition. Either way a fun game that is easy to learn and teach. Incorrect, it's always been mounted. Second edition has updated counters, third edition has some map changes, fourth edition says "Third Edition" on the box but has fourth edition rules.
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Thanks for correcting me, I thought there was just Decline... and Advanced. I went and looked at my copy of Decline and it IS apparently the third edition.
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Good: finally getting a grail game Bad: cataloguing 5+ sheets of counters to make sure everything’s there 
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COOL CORN posted:Good: finally getting a grail game I'm curious about whether it plays much different from GBOA.
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Cataclysm is back in stock at Cardhaus
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CaptainRightful posted:I'm curious about whether it plays much different from GBOA. As far as I can tell all the base rules are the same, but there are additional rules for tribunes, consuls, legions, etc. There’s a loving ton in this box though. 14 scenarios!  ITS COMPLETE. and the guy even included errata counters too! Whew, my back hurts.
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holy poo poo are those all loose counters you put back in order on their sheets like a puzzle?
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Dadbod Apocalypse posted:holy poo poo are those all loose counters you put back in order on their sheets like a puzzle? ...yes. I wanted to see if anything was missing
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Now that I've moved into a house, I have a large room I can use just for music and gaming. I'd like to build a cheap yet sufficient wargaming table topper for a slightly too small table (36" x 60"). I have 2 questions for those who have built such things: 1. 48" x 72" seems about right. Maybe 84" long? Confirm/deny? 2. I'll probably just do thick plywood on the bottom and plexi on top, but what surface material should I use in between? Felt? Neoprene?
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CaptainRightful posted:Now that I've moved into a house, I have a large room I can use just for music and gaming. I'd like to build a cheap yet sufficient wargaming table topper for a slightly too small table (36" x 60"). I have 2 questions for those who have built such things: Have a look at Ikea if there is one close to you. They have a number of different configurable table top sizes and types of material that you may be able to put together to suite your needs. I've been thinking about getting some butchers block from there and seeing if i could setup a nice table for this very reason.
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Pavlovs house arrived today and I just wanna say gently caress all the people who thought their selfies would fit into this game. There was a pledge level where you could be on a counter and so now there are like 4x more counters than you need and people sent in all these grinning selfies and ugh just ugh. I know i can ignore them but the waste shits me
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I love Facebook wargamers so much Sleekly posted:Pavlovs house arrived today and I just wanna say gently caress all the people who thought their selfies would fit into this game. Dan Verssen bloating his games via a cashgrabbing Kickstarter??? Well I never!!! 
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my dude, you bought a DVG game; what did you expect?
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“I know I can ignore them” is basically my DVG mantra so at least he’s learning. It’s a shame, Pavlov’s House got good buzz before Dan bought it
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I'm hopeful it'll still be fun. Digesting the rules now. In TAL people got their names on the box which is still silly but at least you don't have some lady with impeccable hair serving a gun. Or the dude with the baby on his lap lol Sleekly fucked around with this message at 06:21 on Aug 7, 2018 |
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I'm playing (and teaching) A Distant Plain for the first time tomorrow. Any advice? We're aiming for no more than five hours including explanation-- would the medium-length scenario be best?
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I noticed my LGS has Combat Commander battle pack 1 and 2 available at the moment. How good are the battle packs?
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Krazyface posted:I'm playing (and teaching) A Distant Plain for the first time tomorrow. Any advice? We're aiming for no more than five hours including explanation-- would the medium-length scenario be best?
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Eh, three of us have played Cuba Libre a couple times.
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Krazyface posted:Eh, three of us have played Cuba Libre a couple times.
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Chazani posted:I noticed my LGS has Combat Commander battle pack 1 and 2 available at the moment. How good are the battle packs? Paratroopers is just scenarios, but Stalingrad is the best content in the series. Not to say paras is bad, but it doesn't have any special rules or new counters.
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I'm a little inspired by Grey's new LP: is there an ASL scenario with a clearly identifiable breakdown across platoons? I guess technically all of them should be if you checked closely enough?
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gradenko_2000 posted:I'm a little inspired by Grey's new LP: is there an ASL scenario with a clearly identifiable breakdown across platoons? I guess technically all of them should be if you checked closely enough? Identifiable in what way? Edit: Every scenario has the below info on its sheet  In VASSAL, you can label stuff to make it easier to figure out who is what and where. Jobbo_Fett fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Aug 10, 2018 |
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gradenko_2000 posted:I'm a little inspired by Grey's new LP: is there an ASL scenario with a clearly identifiable breakdown across platoons? I guess technically all of them should be if you checked closely enough? Generally, games like ASL have generic units to be as modular as possible.
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Just gave Longstreet Attacks! a try. Never played that particular chit pull system before. I liked the events and stuff, the map is gorgeous, and I'm just not convinced hex and counter can ever be as good as simmons games or sekigahara. Maybe I just like gamey wargames more than simulation wargames, if that makes sense. For a bit more content, we played the round tops scenario, I was Union and my opponent Confederate. He started by completely wiping out my non-Vincent troops without me really getting to do anything about it, then I waited for him to come attack me on little round top, I repulsed him a bit, and we had to call it after four turns with him having just barely pushed me off the top. It's just hard for me to figure out how to use hex n counter to do anything, I just wish it was easier for me to figure out how to actually form a line, or attack, or defend, or anything, in any of these systems that aren't NT, GoG, Sekigahara. 
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silvergoose posted:Just gave Longstreet Attacks! a try. Never played that particular chit pull system before. H&C games encompass a lot of different games with different subtleties. They can end up being very different just with ZOC rules and how supply works, etc, much less activations and all. For example, in the Roads games you must form a continuous line of divisions because there is no ZOC effect on movement, whereas with the '44 series of games, ZOC bonds are strong enough that you literally cannot cross a one-hex gap between two units. Many games sit in between- this is a good way to determine how important it is to set up a line.
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One of my favorite times of the weekend: sitting with my morning coffee, making my moves in various ongoing games of Titan. If I could only take one game with me on a deserted island, Titan would be it.
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