SGS Taipings

[Gusington]

Also very interested in Hue. And Stalingrad of course.

And NATO's nightmare.

And Spain at War...

...I need help.

[stolypin]

Still on my wish list until I actually buy one of the SGS series to try'em out.  Gamersgate puts them on sale occasionally.  I keep meaning to grab one like Afrika Korps or Pacific D-Day when they're on sale, but always seem to get side-tracked...

Grabbed Afrika Korps (along with 3 other titles) a month ago and am thoroughly enjoying it. 

[WallysWorld]

I bought this game and have played about 30 minutes of it so far. It's quite a souped-up engine that Wars Across the World was built with.

I don't know much about this conflict so I'll have to read up on it, but the game does have good atmosphere for that era. Lots of good looking units on the map and the map is like huge so it can be quite overwhelming at first. The only thing that I've noticed is that the game plays well with fps being at 144 Hz, but when the drawn cards are shown in the foreground up close, the fps drops down to 40 fps (system: i9-9900k at 5 Ghz with RTX 3080Ti at 1440p) so the smoothness is less just when the cards are showing on the screen. Otherwise it climbs back up to 144 fps as soon as the cards are minimized.

I'm pretty sure I'll keep the game and play more once I read about the Taiping Rebellion.

[Old TImer]

I'm in the same boat as you WallysWorld.  The game LOOKS interesting as hell.  Big.
I just don't know enough about the Taiping Rebellion to know what I'm supposed to
be doing.  So off to Amazon......https://www.amazon.com/Autumn-in-Heavenly-Kingdom-audiobook/dp/B007KGFXRC/ref=sr_1_10?crid=1LFAZPFSUBHGF&keywords=taiping+rebellion&qid=1674860129&s=books&sprefix=taipin%2Cstripbooks%2C107&sr=1-10
Stephen Platt (the author) is a well regarded China specialist so I'm looking forward to getting into his book.  And I have high hopes for the game.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

If you want an enjoyable historical novel about the Taiping Rebellion, check out Flashman and the Dragon.  One of the best in a great series of novels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashman_and_the_Dragon

[Old TImer]

Thanks for the recommendation Robot.  I see I made a hash of my link. 
I can't help it.  I'm old.  It's amazing I've even figured out how to
be here at all.

[Boggit]

Great game. Recommended.

[steve58]

On sale for $15.74 over at Gamersgate for the next 2 days.

...and Korean War for $11.24.

[Dammit Carl!]

Lions Led by Donkeys podcast just recently did a multi-parter on the Taiping Rebellion; could be a quick-n-dirty way for folks to get the lowdown on Brother Hong.  "Wow," is all I can say about it. 

[Gusington]

You don't say? Linky?

[Dammit Carl!]

https://open.spotify.com/episode/665rh5HOtbSzeS4KN0W1dQ?si=iQRbnn7cQvO8vsm_yKaFmA

Annnnndddd, if you dig what you get here, LLBD has done more than a few multi-ep series worth listening to; the Iran-Iraq War one springs to mind - just going to leave the phrase, "corpse road," as something you'd come across in that series.

[Gusington]

Thank you. I think.

[Dammit Carl!]

We aim to please!