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gradenko_2000 posted:the "Shot Preview" feature of Xenonauts 2 is loving incredible and is worth the price of admission for that alone Yeah Xenonauts 2 is amazing. It's great how it's familiar to someone who played the first game and yet a lot of good stuff got added in.
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BadOptics posted:Yeah Xenonauts 2 is amazing. It's great how it's familiar to someone who played the first game and yet a lot of good stuff got added in. I'm not sure how I feel about the infinite respawn mission with the cleaners. It's good that the Devs have addressed concerns about timed missions and are implementing a slider to accommodate players tastes. I also miss the Armoured Cars, I feel they have much more character than the MARs drone
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JA3 definitely gets better after the... midway point? Not sure what I'd call it but you know what I mean. Also I love Barry more and more each day. Most recent patch seemed like it might have done a bit more than in the notes. Can't say for sure but ammo seems a lot less tight. Already thinking about how I'd want to approach things on a replay at max difficulty (book it to pantagruel maybe for, er, communism - not just because it has two mines). Also going to Pantagruel with Igor (and Ivan) has a sweet ref. Cuttlefush has issued a correction as of 11:30 on Jul 24, 2023 |
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is mike in JA3 or did he have a canonical death in JA2?
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bedpan posted:is mike in JA3 or did he have a canonical death in JA2? I think the latter, though pretty sure there are references to most of the mercs that don't show up.
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how do i get the communists to give me diamond money do I need to do the pamphlet side quest
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Stairmaster posted:how do i get the communists to give me diamond money do I need to do the pamphlet side quest you have to sell newspapers? lmao they have communism nailed
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protip: the biff mission requires you to fight off 3 waves of bad guys not just one e: oh this is like the endgame stuff what the heck did I do to trigger this Stairmaster has issued a correction as of 20:13 on Jul 25, 2023 |
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Stairmaster posted:how do i get the communists to give me diamond money do I need to do the pamphlet side quest just get 100% loyalty in the northern town and they give it to you, show the pamphlet to the brothel owner to turn it into a communist porn-mag that you can show to named npcs that you can talk to for an extra loyalty bonus MinutePirateBug has issued a correction as of 20:05 on Jul 25, 2023 |
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An interesting intervoew about Twilight Struggle and its future https://www.youtube.com/live/mEuK5Nw9rOA?feature=share
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The preview scenario of GMT's Mr. President is insane: Situation – Mid-2010s. The United States and Venezuela are on the brink of war (or, in the Moderate and Hard scenarios, are already at War). In the wake of the death of Hugo Chávez in 2013, the Venezuelan government, led now by Nicolás Maduro, has become increasingly authoritarian, cracking down on dissent and imprisoning political opponents. The United States has increased diplomatic and economic pressure on Venezuela in an attempt to force Maduro to step down. They have even moved troops and aircraft into the region to provide firepower to support their threats. However these efforts, and the rumored CIA support for a strong anti-Maduro opposition, have only served to further destabilize the country and harden attitudes in Venezuela against the Yanqui Imperialists who are attacking them. Amidst the chaos, Maduro and his generals assume an increasing amount of control over all aspects of Venezuelan life. They use their vast oil reserves as a weapon, denying US companies drilling rights and opening the door to additional Russian and Chinese economic and military advisors. Fearing a US military intervention, they set out to give the US a bigger headache to focus on, using their oil money to increase funding to FARC, while fostering and supporting other terror groups across South and Central America. Fearing the US military buildup, they also begin to seek access to WMDs for self-protection. In Central America, facing increased challenges from terror groups and drug cartels now flush with money and weapons, Central American governments struggle even more than they did historically to contain both groups. Thus they create a Mexican-drug-war-style situation on an accelerated timeline. Together, these two regions in chaos create what many in Washington declare to be a “Clear and Present Danger” to US interests. How will you, as the newly-elected US President, respond to these challenges?
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Frosted Flake posted:Amidst the chaos, Maduro and his generals assume an increasing amount of control over all aspects of Venezuelan life. They use their vast oil reserves as a weapon, denying US companies drilling rights and opening the door to additional Russian and Chinese economic and military advisors. Fearing a US military intervention, they set out to give the US a bigger headache to focus on, using their oil money to increase funding to FARC, while fostering and supporting other terror groups across South and Central America. Fearing the US military buildup, they also begin to seek access to WMDs for self-protection. This is clearly a CIA plot and you should threaten to cut funding. How many turns until you get JFKed?
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pouring one out for the poor US companies being denied drilling rights
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Easy: The US has not yet gone to War. Venezuela is a lvl 2 Rogue State and there is a Lvl 4 Terror Group in a very unstable Central America, but how to deal with them is up to the player. War is certainly an option, but not the only one. Moderate: The US is already at War with Venezuela. We postulate here that your predecessor, whose name you curse daily, committed US forces to War to try to solve “the Venezuela problem” militarily. Your predecessor did so against the advice of advisors who thought going to War near the end of his term was unwise, and would potentially leave the next President with a big mess to clean up. Well, it did. There is also a Lvl 4 Terror Group in a very Unstable Central America. Hard: This is very similar to Moderate, except that there is also a Lvl 1 Rogue State in Central America (instead of the one that starts in the Middle East in the Sandbox Scenario). To be consistent with the Main Sandbox Scenario’s standard of “starts with two Wars,” you are also at War with the Rogue State in Central America. Setup: Add a Russian Influence marker in South America. Optional Difficulty Addition: Because I never want you all to get bored playing Mr,. President and I know that a few of you( I’m looking at you, Rick!) find wars too easy to win…. You can increase the difficulty of this Scenario (or any of them, really) by starting the war as a “Guerrilla War” instead of an “Air-Ground War.” This storyline in this case is that your predecessor started the war and US forces had some initial success taking key strategic points in and around Caracas. But a large portion of the Venezuelan military and their leaders retreated to long-established jungle bases and began a well-financed and prepared guerrilla insurgency.”
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Frosted Flake posted:There is also a Lvl 4 Terror Group in a very Unstable Central America. lol wonder who put that terror group there
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Jesus Christ thats too Lib brained
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Cuttlefush posted:lol wonder who put that terror group there What part of "Add a Russian Influence marker in South America" don't you understand?!
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Frosted Flake posted:What part of "Add a Russian Influence marker in South America" don't you understand?! i thought it was, uh, grain?
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How does the scenario play out if you do absolutely nothing?
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Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:How does the scenario play out if you do absolutely nothing? If a Rouge state grows to Level 4 you lose, because they can no longer be subjugated under American imperialism
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why does that make you lose whats a level 4 rogue state whats their backstab crit bonus
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because freedom loses 
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Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:why does that make you lose The game is called Mr. President. You're not supposed to do good things, you're supposed to be the president of USA.
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A Level 4 Rogue State on the board at the End of a Turn leads to auto-loss, per pg 7 of the rulebook.  
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I do appreciate that the scenario doesn't mess around with "freedom" or "democracy". The Venezuelans aren't selling oil to us, go loving kill them.
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is military master actioan 6 milling them against russia tempted to report this card as having a typo reaptedly. should be autowin
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theres a mr.president mod on tts now but it doesn't have the manual E: GMT has it on its website https://gmtwebsiteassets.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/mrpres/MRPRES_GoverningManual_WebSize.pdf Stairmaster has issued a correction as of 23:16 on Jul 28, 2023 |
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I never want to hear a bad word about The Campaign for North Africa again.  
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wtf.... it did not seem like it would have so much poo poo
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Listed, I love GMT, I am not usually one of those guys, but... just make it a loving computer game at that point, right?
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Incidentally the computer version of Twilight Struggle on Steam is really good.
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"But at what cost???" would be a good title for the CSPAM approved version of this game
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Zeppelin Insanity posted:Incidentally the computer version of Twilight Struggle on Steam is really good. The AI was atrocious last I tried it but it's great multiplayer
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Frosted Flake posted:Listed, I love GMT, I am not usually one of those guys, but... just make it a loving computer game at that point, right? A good board game needs some design elegance. Compare say Paths of Glory simulating all of WW1 to whatever this deranged poo poo is.
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