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Post by scalydemon on Sept 26, 2015 16:25:25 GMT -6
Careful kesher, you are going to end up with a full closet and a bunch of these soon
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Post by coffee on Sept 26, 2015 22:05:17 GMT -6
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Post by kesher on Sept 27, 2015 17:08:30 GMT -6
Oh, yes indeed...
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Post by makofan on Sept 29, 2015 13:16:27 GMT -6
Arena of Death is Dragonquest First Edition combat rules. It is pretty amusing - we could not get a character to win three straight combats before some lucky crit would kill him
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Post by makofan on Sept 29, 2015 13:17:28 GMT -6
Careful kesher, you are going to end up with a full closet and a bunch of these soon Hmm, I own many of these
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Post by kesher on Sept 29, 2015 18:43:45 GMT -6
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Post by Otto Harkaman on Oct 1, 2015 3:24:31 GMT -6
Found most of TFT off of torrents and other hidden internet places, working from the start on learning Melee. Here is a picture of my cyberboard gamebox that I am working on.
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Post by makofan on Oct 1, 2015 7:53:12 GMT -6
This year I have played about 20 games of Civilization, based on the computer game Civ:4. It almost always comes down to the wire. Last night I won an economic victory with Spain, one turn before the Arabs would have won a cultural victory. The deciding blow was a 7-on-7 army battle on the second-last turn
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Post by coffee on Oct 2, 2015 7:08:05 GMT -6
Found most of TFT off of torrents and other hidden internet places, working from the start on learning Melee. Here is a picture of my cyberboard gamebox that I am working on. This is very cool. I've wanted to learn Cyberboard (and VASSAL for that matter) for a while now, but the learning curve is pretty steep for me. Maybe this would be the one to push me into learning it! This was one of my first wargames, after Ogre.
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Post by scalydemon on Oct 3, 2015 8:37:53 GMT -6
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Post by Otto Harkaman on Oct 4, 2015 4:31:35 GMT -6
This is very cool. I've wanted to learn Cyberboard (and VASSAL for that matter) for a while now, but the learning curve is pretty steep for me. Maybe this would be the one to push me into learning it! This was one of my first wargames, after Ogre. It took me a long time to learn also, I enjoy building the games in Cyberboard but I confess I've never actually played against someone. So maybe we could help each other out and play some combat matches in melee sometime. I had promised owlorbs to play Alexander the Great in VASSAL but got diverted with other things. They keep adding things to VASSAL making it a bit much for me at the moment. I think there is a cyberboard gamebox for Ogre, it would be another good game to try.
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Post by stevemitchell on Oct 4, 2015 13:25:40 GMT -6
I played GMT's new game Triumph & Tragedy. This covers high-level economic, military, and political conflict in Europe from 1936 through 1945 There's no requirement for any side to go war, but if they feel they are not winning in other terms, they always have the option. . . .
In my game, the Axis was coming on pretty strong through peaceful means, so in 1940 the USSR declared war on them. The Axis had gone out of their way not to antagonize the West before then, so they greatly resented the "Stab in the Back" when the West declared war on the Axis in 1942. At the end of the game, though, the Axis still led the West by a single victory point, while the USSR lagged far behind. Interesting system, and a fun game!
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Post by tkdco2 on Oct 4, 2015 17:04:52 GMT -6
I played the Eclipse board game recently. It starts off slowly until you get the hang of the game, then the play speeds up a bit. Still a long game.
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Post by coffee on Oct 5, 2015 7:31:55 GMT -6
This is very cool. I've wanted to learn Cyberboard (and VASSAL for that matter) for a while now, but the learning curve is pretty steep for me. Maybe this would be the one to push me into learning it! This was one of my first wargames, after Ogre. It took me a long time to learn also, I enjoy building the games in Cyberboard but I confess I've never actually played against someone. So maybe we could help each other out and play some combat matches in melee sometime. I had promised owlorbs to play Alexander the Great in VASSAL but got diverted with other things. They keep adding things to VASSAL making it a bit much for me at the moment. I think there is a cyberboard gamebox for Ogre, it would be another good game to try. I'm going to have to check out Cyberboard again! (my old version was 3-4 computers ago...)
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Post by Mike on Oct 7, 2015 2:43:00 GMT -6
Check out Caverna. Dungeon-building dwarf sim.
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Post by scalydemon on Oct 7, 2015 23:23:14 GMT -6
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Post by scalydemon on Oct 9, 2015 23:02:09 GMT -6
Pic from this evening's game. This game came out in 1975, so there are still people playing it 40 years later I was victorious as Prussia, fun system to try
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Post by scalydemon on Oct 9, 2015 23:08:34 GMT -6
I played GMT's new game Triumph & Tragedy. This covers high-level economic, military, and political conflict in Europe from 1936 through 1945 There's no requirement for any side to go war, but if they feel they are not winning in other terms, they always have the option. . . . In my game, the Axis was coming on pretty strong through peaceful means, so in 1940 the USSR declared war on them. The Axis had gone out of their way not to antagonize the West before then, so they greatly resented the "Stab in the Back" when the West declared war on the Axis in 1942. At the end of the game, though, the Axis still led the West by a single victory point, while the USSR lagged far behind. Interesting system, and a fun game! I know some friends here that are very into this game at present as well. I may have to check it out based on recomendations
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Post by derv on Oct 11, 2015 17:30:44 GMT -6
.....then Caesar's War (pic below from our game). Very fun, best $10 I have spent in a long time. I picked this up through Noble Knight based on your recommendation. Just got it in the mail yesterday. I'm looking forward to playing it with my son.
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Post by scalydemon on Oct 11, 2015 19:33:23 GMT -6
Awesome, hope you guys enjoy. I recommend adding in all the optional rules, such as roman camps etc
Here is a good video review
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Post by scalydemon on Oct 12, 2015 23:22:40 GMT -6
I have a new office/man cave set up that I set up a nice coffee table in for the sole purpose of being able to have a wargame set up to study the rules of. Sort of an on deck circle. Looking at this game now on the table. Germantown shop.decisiongames.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=84 I have never played anything American Revolution before. It is a new mini game from Decision games. I also picked up the Saratoga one. Note the cool fog effects chart and rules for the Brits & Hessians being able to fortify the 'chew house' into a bastion.
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Post by owlorbs on Oct 13, 2015 12:10:04 GMT -6
Currently I have SPI's War of the Ring set up. I'm going to teach my long time wargaming buddy the campaign game this week. This weekend I have a game of Silver Bayonet (GMT 1990 edition) scheduled with a young wargame opponent who wanted to play for the upcoming 50th anniversary of the events. I recently finished a brief 6 hour game of Civilization (Avalon Hill) where I was victorious as Crete in a 4 player contest that incorporated the Western Expansion Map and the Trade Card Expansion.
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Post by scalydemon on Oct 17, 2015 18:09:39 GMT -6
Got a play in last eve of Decision Games new mini-game 'Germantown' pictured above.
The revised 'Musket & Sabre' mechanics worked well enough and the map was nice, but I took issue with the Brit/Hessian victory conditions and the movement rates in the game. The Chew house rules also sucked. All in all I give it a 6.5
Oh well, not the worst 2 hours I have spent by a longshot
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Post by derv on Oct 18, 2015 7:44:20 GMT -6
Played Ceasar's War yesterday. My Barbarian son kicked my Roman butt.
Today, we may take a trip in time to Custer's Final Campaign or Jackson at Chantilly.
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Post by scalydemon on Oct 18, 2015 11:59:07 GMT -6
Played Ceasar's War yesterday. My Barbarian son kicked my Roman butt. Hi derv, just curious as to more details of how the game played out for you guys. Did he use much of the fleet movement to come down after you along the western map side? Or did you get caught up in supply issues as the Romans? Or come out unlucky perhaps with the dice or card timing? Glad you guys got it to the table and assumedly enjoyed
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Post by derv on Oct 18, 2015 14:22:24 GMT -6
Hi derv, just curious as to more details of how the game played out for you guys. Did he use much of the fleet movement to come down after you along the western map side? Or did you get caught up in supply issues as the Romans? Or come out unlucky perhaps with the dice or card timing? Glad you guys got it to the table and assumedly enjoyed We did not use the advanced rules. Maybe next time we will, because my son is always keen on replaying games where he beat his dear old dad. Actually, I played a very agressive early game. I thought I had things wrapped up by turn 4 or 5 when I had occupied Alesia, Gergovia, Helviti, and was about to stomp out Avaricum when my luck turned. I had a streak of low roles while my son was turning sixes constantly and I failed to take Avaricum. The reinforced Celtae warbands then made a mess of my army with my recruiting box starting to pile up and very little new blood in return. My crucial mistake was not occupying Burdigala sooner so as to benefit from a fleet (I missed using one card for this). When I did establish a fleet on a following turn, I quickly moved up to Veneti then Dunium and my legion took Camuladunum. But by this time, the barbarians had pushed me out of Alesia (eliminating Caesar in the process). Then on the following turn they moved into Narbo Marticus and Cisalpine Gaul (where I had only left a weak garrison) and crushed my northern campaign dreams. He did not even start a fleet or have Vercingetorix on the map. I looked at his card pile after words and the Vercingetorix card was near the bottom. Where I had pulled De Bello Gallico too early and ended up reshuffling it back into the card pile. Anyhoo, fun little game. My son was very fond of the card driven mechanic.
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Post by scalydemon on Oct 19, 2015 8:52:55 GMT -6
Cool derv, yes I consider the 1st time I play a game sort of a play through usually to understand the mechanics completely and get a feel for the strategy. The second game is the 'real deal'. I like that Caesar's War is card driven, yet by a single card not a hand full of cards where it can get sort of 'out of hand' (pun intended
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Post by terrex on Oct 19, 2015 11:17:41 GMT -6
I played Twilight Struggle last week. It was my 2nd time playing, but 1st time in over a year. The rules were a bit foggy, but I really had a good time as the game went on. I won as the United States. The game handles the global theater of the Cold War well. I think the strengths of a CDG design play well for the cold war theme.
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Post by scalydemon on Oct 24, 2015 22:47:05 GMT -6
Played some light euro type games at an interesting tavern today piesandpints.com/Splendor, Mystery Rummy - Murders in the Rue Morgue, and Roma Arena II Lamb and potato pot pie and a local brown ale on tap
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Post by terrex on Nov 4, 2015 16:54:05 GMT -6
I played War of the Ring (Fantasy Flight) 1e w/ Expansion yesterday. I was the Free Peoples and pushed the ring toward Mordor nearly without incident. Meanwhile, the Shadow broke through winning his second siege attempt of the Woodland Realms and picking up a city points in Gondor and Rohan. An earlier attempt to sack the Woodland Realms failed and the Witch King slain, thanks in part to Legolas and Gimli. On the last turn, I advanced the ring to the Mordor track, but Helm's Deep along with Gandalf, Boromir, and a hobbit fell in a valiant defense. Minas Tirith and Dol Amroth, more lightly defended, fell easily on that same turn and the Shadow won a military victory.
War of the Ring is one of the best designed games, ever.
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