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Computer Gaming / Re: Homeworld 3 Trailer
Last post by Grim.Reaper - Today at 02:49:21 AMToday people who bought certain versions get access to the game, guess we will hear if turns out to be good. Although past versions never stuck with me, considering jumping in just for a new shiny toy:)
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Computer Gaming / Re: Combat Mission new for 202...
Last post by Grim.Reaper - Today at 02:47:18 AMQuote from: ArizonaTank on Yesterday at 09:43:03 PMQuote from: Grim.Reaper on Yesterday at 06:29:53 PMBeen a few months since it was hinted we would find out about something unexpected coming....
Just as long as it's not that Space Lobsters thing again...
At this point, might be up for that game as long as something new from them:)
#13
GrogHeads Feedback / Re: Grogheads AAR! Second Fron...
Last post by Sir Slash - Yesterday at 09:58:33 PMI enjoyed it as well. Thanks for the write-up. 
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Computer Gaming / Re: Combat Mission new for 202...
Last post by ArizonaTank - Yesterday at 09:43:03 PMQuote from: Grim.Reaper on Yesterday at 06:29:53 PMBeen a few months since it was hinted we would find out about something unexpected coming....
Just as long as it's not that Space Lobsters thing again...
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Tabletop AARs / Re: Black Flag Fleet 1880
Last post by MengJiao - Yesterday at 08:21:39 PMQuote from: MengJiao on Yesterday at 06:05:11 PMThe Black Flag Army was the Chinese bandit force that triggered the war in Indochina between France and China in
1884. They were operating as early as 1865. What if the Black Flag Army had acquired German ships sooner than the rest of China and attacked the French Fleet in 1880 with the usual American mercenary cadres on the ships?
Frightening but vaguely possible. After all, Thetis ended up as a hulk in New Caledonia.
So that didn't go well for the Black Flag Fleet. About ten minutes into the action at ranges around 1500 yds,
One Black Flag ship blew up and the other two disengaged (they are faster than the French by 2-3 knots).
The problem is the French 10.8-inch gun -- very good. I was wondering how this game would handle that. It is probably slightly underrated since no French breechloaders in service blew up in this period unlike many other naval guns of the time, plus, of course, it was a reliable (for the time), accurate and powerful gun with a good explosive shell. The game seems to show it as quite plausibly very lethal against the average ironclad of the time.
Oddly enough, last time I ran a China vs. France scenario, I used the Fighting Iron system, which theoretically covers this kind of battle -- but the French 10.8-inch BL is represented as a muzzleloader on most ships that carried it and it is lumped in with all guns between 9 and 11.9 inches which pretty much halves the lethality of the French 10.8-inch BL of the 1870s.
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Computer Gaming / Re: Combat Mission new for 202...
Last post by Grim.Reaper - Yesterday at 06:29:53 PMBeen a few months since it was hinted we would find out about something unexpected coming....
#17
Computer Gaming / Re: DCS Discussion
Last post by Redwolf - Yesterday at 06:26:15 PMQuote from: Jarhead0331 on Yesterday at 04:42:23 PMQuote from: Redwolf on Yesterday at 03:53:22 PMQuote from: Jarhead0331 on May 07, 2024, 01:15:47 PMWow...release actually is in two weeks for once!
I wish they released the manual in advance, e.g. about now.
Hit the ground running you know?
They did quite some time ago...all 782 pages of it.
https://f4.manuals.heatblur.se/print.html
Oh yes. I forgot.
#18
Music, TV, Movies / Re: Peter Jackson going back t...
Last post by al_infierno - Yesterday at 06:07:58 PMOof. Directed by Andy Serkis? What a bait and switch.
"Hunt for Gollum" being directed by and starring Gollum is just weird as hell. This doesn't sound like it'll be good, but I hope to be disproven. Serkis' track record is pretty mediocre, so we'll see.
"Hunt for Gollum" being directed by and starring Gollum is just weird as hell. This doesn't sound like it'll be good, but I hope to be disproven. Serkis' track record is pretty mediocre, so we'll see.
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Tabletop AARs / Black Flag Fleet 1880
Last post by MengJiao - Yesterday at 06:05:11 PMThe Black Flag Army was the Chinese bandit force that triggered the war in Indochina between France and China in
1884. They were operating as early as 1865. What if the Black Flag Army had acquired German ships sooner than the rest of China and attacked the French Fleet in 1880 with the usual American mercenary cadres on the ships?
Frightening but vaguely possible. After all, Thetis ended up as a hulk in New Caledonia.
1884. They were operating as early as 1865. What if the Black Flag Army had acquired German ships sooner than the rest of China and attacked the French Fleet in 1880 with the usual American mercenary cadres on the ships?
Frightening but vaguely possible. After all, Thetis ended up as a hulk in New Caledonia.
#20
Computer Gaming / Company of Heroes 3 free to pl...
Last post by Destraex - Yesterday at 05:02:42 PMCompany of Heroes 3 is 50% off and free to try until may 13th for those who may want a look. I really enjoy it still. There are some features lole tank riding snd towing i'd really miss if I went back to the old ones.
I put this here as a new topic because I lnow coh3 is struggling for players and relic had a poor initial release I think it was over a year ago now with layoffs and such. Additionally men of war II is about to release which would be it's main competition.
I put this here as a new topic because I lnow coh3 is struggling for players and relic had a poor initial release I think it was over a year ago now with layoffs and such. Additionally men of war II is about to release which would be it's main competition.