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The General posted:The box is big and looks impressive on your shelf. Beside all the other games you don't play. i'll put it next to my copy of Source of the Nile, then
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Fat Samurai posted:It was a bad joke that doesn't hold up to close scrutiny very well. Me and my copy of FitL that's sitting on my shelf looking cool (and little else) appreciated it!
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Nov 25, 2015 18:54
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My copy of A World At War (which isn't even punched) and the Warfighter Footlocker (which I play all the time) both look really good on my shelf. Definitely conversation pieces. Except the conversation is basically, "what's all that?" "Oh, war board games, it's something I do to kill time." "Oh... alright whatever" edit-- Right beside my copy of Awakening the Bear that someone threw in a huge box with no padding, and it arrived to me mostly demolished. 
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Nov 25, 2015 18:57
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the Cruel Necessity of stockpiling boardgames
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Nov 25, 2015 19:01
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i mean, is the solitaire play with fitl not any good, is that why you never play it? because i still have time to cancel my order if it, like, sucks and stuff
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Nov 25, 2015 19:02
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corn in the bible posted:i mean, is the solitaire play with fitl not any good, is that why you never play it? because i still have time to cancel my order if it, like, sucks and stuff The flowcharts are pretty good, and I had a lot of fun with it solitaire. Though, of course, it is better with other people.
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Nov 25, 2015 19:05
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I have no idea if the solo is any good. I cant work out the game by myself. I can kinda understand what the actions do. But I can't figure out the why. Or what I'm trying to accomplish, and etc.. So following the flow charts is kinda hard, when I've just no idea.
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Nov 25, 2015 19:07
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COOL CORN posted:The flowcharts are pretty good, and I had a lot of fun with it solitaire. Though, of course, it is better with other people. well, that's good, then. i usually don't buy big wargames even though i love playing them because it really is almost impossible to get a group together to simulate ww2 for ten hours. solo-capable stuff is good. i mean, i always dream that i'll find three other people who reeeeeeally like the vietnam war and also board games but i never have e: I've owned a copy of Tenjo for literally a decade and never played it. I'm not making that mistake again
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Nov 25, 2015 19:07
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I'm stalking Bolt Action plastic germans so I could buy them once the 50% off plastic comes in, even though I should be spending that dosh on counterfeit space marine legs, or counterfeit tiny tanks, or more Heroics and Ros (the poor European's GHQ) or actually saving up for group purchase of SAGA even thought I know nobody plays Bolt Action, nay, historicals around these parts (which in turns means the whole God drat country). I'M WORSE THAN THE LOT OF YOU.
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Nov 25, 2015 19:09
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COOL CORN posted:edit-- Right beside my copy of Awakening the Bear that someone threw in a huge box with no padding, and it arrived to me mostly demolished. Sounds like what happened to the Wehrmacht! 
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Nov 25, 2015 19:09
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:Sounds like what happened to the Wehrmacht! ayyyyy
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The General posted:I have no idea if the solo is any good. COIN games, unfortunately, are the kind you have to play through a time or two just dicking around so that you have some inkling of WHY you're doing things. The actions themselves are pretty self-explanatory using the player aids.
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Nov 25, 2015 19:11
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Incidentally, what the gently caress is in that box? It's a card game!
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Nov 25, 2015 19:14
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corn in the bible posted:i mean, is the solitaire play with fitl not any good, is that why you never play it? because i still have time to cancel my order if it, like, sucks and stuff I played the medium length game solo one time as US, and got demolished almost immediately. I got hit with not one but two Têt Offensives back to back from the VC bot. It's now the only one in the series I hesitate to play alone.
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Nov 25, 2015 19:17
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KomradeX posted:I played the medium length game solo one time as US, and got demolished almost immediately. I got hit with not one but two Têt Offensives back to back from the VC bot. It's now the only one in the series I hesitate to play alone. Wha? Do the Bots not follow the rules? Because once you Tet you lose it unless you get one of the cards with the event that puts it back in your hand.
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Nov 25, 2015 19:20
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Fat Samurai posted:Incidentally, what the gently caress is in that box? It's a card game!  Not my picture, but room for all the cards + upcoming expansions, and room for the new mounted mapboard, rulebook, scenario book, and two counter trays.
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Nov 25, 2015 19:27
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I have played Fire In The Lake solo--using the bots for the other 3 factions--several times and enjoyed it immensely. However, playing it that way takes a full weekend day, even just playing the short scenario. The game and the COIN system are excellent, and the bots are probably the most thorough ever created. But I look forward to playing it with humans in a more reasonable time frame.
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Nov 25, 2015 19:31
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Das_Ubermike posted:Wha? Do the Bots not follow the rules? Because once you Tet you lose it unless you get one of the cards with the event that puts it back in your hand. There's an event which allows them to execute it again.
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Nov 25, 2015 21:08
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Das_Ubermike posted:Wha? Do the Bots not follow the rules? Because once you Tet you lose it unless you get one of the cards with the event that puts it back in your hand. Bots always do op+special actions IIRC.
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Nov 25, 2015 21:13
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Panzeh posted:Bots always do op+special actions IIRC. Isn't there a list of events they'll take?
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COOL CORN posted:Isn't there a list of events they'll take? Yeah there are some instructions for that, but when they do ops, it's always op+special, there are no limited ops or just plain ops.
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Nov 25, 2015 21:39
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So I thought about getting myself something from the Band of Brothers series, but it turns out they will be doing a second printing with mounted boards and poo poo that got delayed juuust enough so I won't be able to gift it myself. The war on christmas continues!
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Das_Ubermike posted:Wha? Do the Bots not follow the rules? Because once you Tet you lose it unless you get one of the cards with the event that puts it back in your hand. Yup that's exactly what happened, it was the General Uprising card and when the VC were able to take their next turn it was the actual Têt card.
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Nov 26, 2015 11:02
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Do Not Resuscitate posted:I've got a little ol' game called Vietnam: 1965-1975 that someday...someday...someone will play with me. But until then, the ugly as hell box sits on my shelf and waits...and waits. It's weird, the colour of the title for that game is a really 90's slime green, despite the game coming from the 80's. Also there is something really reassuring about buying ugly-rear end games that are older than you are.
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MikeCrotch posted:Also there is something really reassuring about buying ugly-rear end games that are older than you are.
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I only play new designs, I'm the wargaming hipster.
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Tekopo posted:I only play new designs, I'm the wargaming hipster. So I gather you wouldn't mind donating some 8-year old Rachel Simmons games for my little Napoleonic museum?
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Lichtenstein posted:So I gather you wouldn't mind donating some 8-year old Rachel Simmons games for my little Napoleonic museum?
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Are any of the hexwar games on iOS worth getting? Seems like there's a Black Friday sale on quite a few.
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Do Not Resuscitate posted:What's up, Vietnam buddy? I've wanted to play that SO BAD. Can you measure the map's footprint so I can figure out if it'll fit on my game table?
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Tekopo posted:I only play new designs, I'm the wargaming hipster. Oh yeah, I only PLAY new designs. That's because my friends are heathen philistines who do not understand the beauty in decades old drably coloured nato symbol counters.
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MikeCrotch posted:Oh yeah, I only PLAY new designs. That's because my friends are heathen philistines who do not understand the beauty in decades old drably coloured nato symbol counters. Look at this guy, actually playing his games
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COOL CORN posted:I've wanted to play that SO BAD. VG Vietnam is pretty much "search and destroy" simulator 1985. It's got some interesting stuff but it's very geared toward being SnD after SnD. SnD is most of the game.
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Nov 26, 2015 18:35
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Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Games > Traditional Games > Wargames Tread: You have no friends and your table is too small
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Nov 26, 2015 19:04
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TIL: Amphibious attackers in EOTS defend at half strength.
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Nov 26, 2015 21:41
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Yeah, it really makes amphibious landings brutal. Every now and again as Japan I get the idea of surprise landing troops somewhere and quickly realise I just can't spare the manpower to the inevitable flip.
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Fat Samurai posted:Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Games > Traditional Games > Wargames Tread: You have no friends and your table is too small Too real... It's TOO REAL...
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The War Store sale had me looking at some of the folio and mini-folio games from Decision Games. CSI doesn't seem seem to stock very many of them and discussion on BGG is pretty limited. How are they? (I also saw they publish a sprawling WW1 game called Der Weltkrieg--is the starter pack worthwhile?)
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