My last game of 2013 I earned a checkmate playing as white against the Shredder engine. The first game of the New Year is yet to come...
No resolutions for me this year. I've still have the last decade or two worth of them to attempt and live up too.
Last game of 2014 and the first of 2015 is going to be FSX. Just finished a short trip from Port Angeles, WA over to Victoria, BC and back. First sim flight in a long time, really looking forward to getting back into it in 2015.
My gaming resolution for 2015 is to have some more focus on a few games I really like instead of just trying to keep up with All the new shiny. Amen.
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Quote from: Yskonyn on January 01, 2015, 03:29:10 AM
My gaming resolution for 2015 is to have some more focus on a few games I really like instead of just trying to keep up with All the new shiny. Amen.
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I think I have had that resolution every year but blow it pretty quickly:). Therefore, not going to bother setting any resolutions anymore:)
I need to play more games in general this year. Stupid real life always getting in the way.
having totally missed the steam sale this year because of Elite, i figure my gaming nirvanna has begun - maybe a little splurge on Atilla but other than that im ok
I'm with Yskonyn, I need to spend more time on the games I already have that aren't played much and not worry about getting so many new ones as they come out.
If I was going to make a gaming resolution, I guess it would be to buy some new ones to play. I'm sure everyone gets tired of reading the Friday thread and seeing, "I'll be playing Civ IV BtS MP and some Warlock MP if I can get my wayward opponents to commit to their commitment."
So, seeing as this is the Friday thread, I will be off today, work tomorrow and off for the weekend. I've got Age of Wonders III on tap along with either CK2 or EUIV. And maybe, just maybe, I'll fire up Skyrim that I just bought in the Steam Winter Sale.
Well I should just stop playing games for 2015. I managed to earn a checkmate as black this time.
Announce your retirement! Quick!
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on January 01, 2015, 07:29:43 AM
Quote from: Yskonyn on January 01, 2015, 03:29:10 AM
My gaming resolution for 2015 is to have some more focus on a few games I really like instead of just trying to keep up with All the new shiny. Amen.
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I think I have had that resolution every year but blow it pretty quickly:). Therefore, not going to bother setting any resolutions anymore:)
That's been my experience as well. Why bother? Just play and have fun.
Quote from: mirth on January 01, 2015, 09:16:33 AM
Announce your retirement! Quick!
Well I'd need to know if Iceland will give me citizenship when I resurface in a few decades completely bat shit crazy first.
Quote from: Rayfer on January 01, 2015, 09:18:30 AM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on January 01, 2015, 07:29:43 AM
Quote from: Yskonyn on January 01, 2015, 03:29:10 AM
My gaming resolution for 2015 is to have some more focus on a few games I really like instead of just trying to keep up with All the new shiny. Amen.
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I think I have had that resolution every year but blow it pretty quickly:). Therefore, not going to bother setting any resolutions anymore:)
That's been my experience as well. Why bother? Just play and have fun.
That is one thing I could improve on, which is my attention span on games....I'll never resolve to buy less, but I need to become better at actually "playing" my games...its amazing to see how little time I put into some games before moving on. I have become more of a game collector than a game player and that needs to change!
I resolve in 2015 to finish a Rome 2 game, update all my versions of Combat Mission, and finally finish exploring Skyrim. And lose manfully in DC Case Blue.
I definitely need to slow on purchases. I have a shit load of games that are bloody good. A few FPS games that I want to complete too.
So - I am very much hoping I can hold off new purchases. I'm not naïve enough to think I'll be able to hold off all year - so my attempt is to hold off as long as possible. If I make a month I'll be amazed....if I make 3 months, I'll be cured! ;D
Gaming rules. It just does.
CM:FI with Doug
DC: Case Blue with Doug...people, the "short" scenario is, well, not short.
PzC Normandy with Vance. He, however, has been luxuriating on a whole 'nother kind of beach.
Naval Action grinding...the Victory remains well out of sight at the moment...
Commander: The Great War. This game is really under appreciated.
R.U.S.E.: Bought the DLC on the Steam sale and am starting to appreciate this one more than I had in the past.
Best of the New Year!
Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)
I haven't played much in the last ten days on account of being busy with family and friends for the holidays and being immersed in the book I was reading (A Mad Catastrophe by Geoffrey Wawro). But the holidays are done and I am done with the book and I'm moving back into some fantasy gaming with Dragon Age: Inquisition, Shadow of Mordor, Grim Dawn and AoW3.
I started to level a Crusader in Diablo 3. I've had the character made for quite some time, but only got around to playing the game again today.
Quote from: Cyrano on January 01, 2015, 01:50:15 PM
Gaming rules. It just does.
CM:FI with Doug
DC: Case Blue with Doug...people, the "short" scenario is, well, not short.
Not only is the DC: Case Blue short scenario not short, it's taking me a few hours to complete a turn! Fortunately I've had the time the past few days and am enjoying it immensely.
At the same time I have other PBEM games going on: Hieligerlee (HPS Renaissance), Sabugal (JTS Bonaparte's Peninsular War) and the Dennewitz Campaign (JTS Liepzig) with Chris Maiorana - who does marvelous Command Ops scenarios - and Jim and I still have our Campaign Leipzig game that we're doing the AAR on in progress.
Solo I'm spending a lot of time with Scourge of War and HPS Antietam, specifically in both games the Battle of South Mountain. I'm also reading a book about Brandy Station, so that's probably next courtesy of SoW and JTS Gettysburg.
I'm mostly done with punching and trimming the counters for All is Lost Save Honour, and operational level boardgame about the campaigns of the Italian Wars of the Renaissance. Hope to get started with that later today or tomorrow. I just bought a big enough sheet of plexiglass to cover my gaming table and I'm eager to try it out.
When I need a break from wargaming I'm slowly working through Dragon Age: Inquisition - and I mean slowly, since I don't get tired of wargaming that frequently.
The holidays are great for my gaming habit. Too bad I have to concentrate on earning a living again in a few days!
OK. So, I spent the $5 on Skyrim. Just to see what I purchased, and to say that I gave it a shot, I loaded it up. Now, two hours does not a game make, but, it looks like I may have found something here. I'll let you know. Going back in now.
Man alive, MD. Skyrim is FANTASTIC! I envy you being able to experience it for the first time.
picked up junior this morning, ranting and raving about playing a game at her friends house and loving it - Disney Infinity
to the shops
home at 14:00, finally switched it off at 21:00 - loved every minute of it, split screen her as Mr Incredible me as Jack Sparrow, building her scenery so she could get to the floating islands blah blah the list is endless
This year my goal is to play a couple of games. Other than just work on the one we will release later in the year ourselves. I need to play a couple games myself to recharge the batteries and let the mind have a bit of a rest before giving you all one more reason to bring out your credit cards!!
Good Hunting.
MR
MD you don't know the goodness of what lies ahead for you. I sank in about 200 hours in Skyrim and that's nothing compared to some of the other fellers around here. One of my favorite games of all time.
Excellent then!
My resolution is to sit down, learn and play War in the West. I dropped the cash for that big ol' hardcover manual so I need to dive in
I enjoyed the Dawnguard DLC as well, MD.
I envy you MD! So much new to explore!
I've clocked around 700 hours in Skyrim and there are still things I haven't seen. Fair warning: after the freedom you have to do stuff in Skyrim, a lot of other RPGs feel pretty constrained.
Thanks guys. Haven't had this much envy since I dated the hot girl in high school.
And yes, I was in High School still, too.
What are you playing as MD?
A Nord. Tieg Jarlsson is my name. Haven't decided yet what I am going to specialize as. Concentrating on fighter stuff now.
Finally, I've found the mod I've always been looking for: The Khartoum and Zulu mod for Napoleon: Total War. I am in heaven!
I played the Battle of Isandlawana last night as the British, and got totally rocked by the Zulu horde. I found the outcome to be historically accurate!
Quote from: MetalDog on January 01, 2015, 08:07:51 PM
And yes, I was in High School still, too.
Ack! Yes! Skyrim was a lot of fun. But what am I doing these days? It looks like WitpAE PBEM (Allied air is starting to do some serious damage to the Japs occasionally) -- and maybe CMANO (editing submarines into some scenarios) and Red Orchestra 2 (I miss the Mosin-Nagant) and maybe some Wrath of Sparta and so on.
My gaming resolution this year is to join a regular gaming group of some kind. I'm tired of playing with myself, as it were. :)
I have enough games, but I would like to pick up Steel Beasts Pro if I can save enough pennies.
Quote from: mikeck on January 01, 2015, 06:04:09 PM
My resolution is to sit down, learn and play War in the West. I dropped the cash for that big ol' hardcover manual so I need to dive in
+1
Quote from: MetalDog on January 01, 2015, 04:44:43 PM
OK. So, I spent the $5 on Skyrim. Just to see what I purchased, and to say that I gave it a shot, I loaded it up. Now, two hours does not a game make, but, it looks like I may have found something here. I'll let you know. Going back in now.
:-) Told ya!
Slick where did you download the mod from? Last time I checked it was not available over at TWC.
My new gaming resolution will be 1920x1080...Actually it will be pretty much like everyone else's: learn to play the games I have before buying anything new
Quote from: Gusington on January 02, 2015, 12:44:33 PM
Slick where did you download the mod from? Last time I checked it was not available over at TWC.
Yeah, the links on TWC were really cornfusing, but ultimately I found one torrent site that works.
http://kat.ph/napoleon-total-war-the-khartum-zulu-mod-t4689855.html
I had to install the bitcomet torrent client first, though. But once I did that, it was easy peasy. The install instructions are not 100% accurate. Everything was straight-forward with the exception of where the user.script.txt goes. The correct place is C:\Users\John\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Napoleon\scripts. You would, of course, substitute the "John" part of the path for whatever you called your user.
I bet that leaves you wondering whether my name is John, or I am a John. Who knows....maybe both! :smiley6600:
^Thanks man. I played through that campaign years ago and loved it and made the mistake of uninstalling it.
Quote from: Slick Wilhelm on January 02, 2015, 01:43:30 PM
Quote from: Gusington on January 02, 2015, 12:44:33 PM
Slick where did you download the mod from? Last time I checked it was not available over at TWC.
Yeah, the links on TWC were really cornfusing, but ultimately I found one torrent site that works.
http://kat.ph/napoleon-total-war-the-khartum-zulu-mod-t4689855.html
I had to install the bitcomet torrent client first, though. But once I did that, it was easy peasy. The install instructions are not 100% accurate. Everything was straight-forward with the exception of where the user.script.txt goes. The correct place is C:\Users\John\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Napoleon\scripts. You would, of course, substitute the "John" part of the path for whatever you called your user.
I bet that leaves you wondering whether my name is John, or I am a John. Who knows....maybe both! :smiley6600:
I'm pretty sure that if you asked any one here what your name was, they'd say Borat. I know I would ;)
..or Sacha Baron Cohen to be precise.
To be even more precise, the beneficiary of Isla Fisher's naughty desires.
I'm replaying Avernum: Escape from the Pit. Spiderweb is planning to release the 2nd game in the saga this quarter.
I enjoyed as much as I played of it.
I am starting off the new year playing Rome 2 with the RTW Soundtrack Mod that swaps the vanilla Rome 2 game music with the excellent tracks from the original RTW game. Unfortunately the improved sounds haven't improved my gameplay any but now at least my soldiers die to a more epic score. So that's a win in my book.
^I'm also experiencing a RTW2 renaissance having not played the game in a long while. I forgot how much fun this game is.
MD I'm glad to see you got a chance to play Skyrim. Great game. What do you think about AoWIII? It's a little different than Warlock would you say?
In AoW III, I like that you can mix and match races and classes for your leaders. I like the tactical battles and the powers that your leaders and troops display during the battle. I don't like that it's a race to the highest level of soldier for your armies. And I don't like that it's easier to just auto resolve the tactical combats. Do I want to fight a hundred battles in the course of a game? No. But it does kind of suck that it's just easier to click Auto Resolve. Then it's just a matter of bringing the mostest with the bestest. Having said all that, I think it would be a lot of fun MP with guys that don't mind beating each other up in order to win a game. Any time someone wants to put one together, count me in.
As for Skyrim, I'm going to spend some time with it today.
Skyrim is a kind and generous lover.
No Skyrim yet. Lost the morning to following Cracked links. Lost the afternoon to MP Age of Wonders III. First with bob, then with W8taminute.
Cracked.com: Your ONLY news source...
Yes, Skyrim is that girl that you tell all the other girls that you're going to fall in love with and marry and they tell you that you're bat-shit crazy because that kind of girl doesn't exist. But they do. You just have to believe. And keep looking. Were we still talking about Skyrim? Yes, of course. I just wandered for a moment.
Skyrim...God what a game. :smitten:
I have to agree. Almost perfect. :D
That fantastic article on Armada 2526 Supernova inspired me to fire it up again. Have started a new campaign as the Volmar; have already found three star systems ripe for colonization. 8)
I also very much need to get back to my Athenian campaign in Rome II Total War: Wrath of Sparta. Must find a way to hold back the Theban/Korinthian hordes...
Quote from: MengJiao on January 02, 2015, 09:48:53 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on January 01, 2015, 08:07:51 PM
And yes, I was in High School still, too.
Ack! Yes! Skyrim was a lot of fun. But what am I doing these days? It looks like WitpAE PBEM (Allied air is starting to do some serious damage to the Japs occasionally) -- and maybe CMANO (editing submarines into some scenarios) and Red Orchestra 2 (I miss the Mosin-Nagant) and maybe some Wrath of Sparta and so on.
But what really happened? Just WitpAE and ARMA III.
I love Skyrim as well, mainly because it's the only Elder Scrolls game I've ever completed, and completed more than one play through for.
One of my (too) many acquisitions this past holiday season was Oblivion, which I didn't think I'd played before, but after putting in a couple of hours I realized how familiar it is. I hate that feeling. I don't remember playing it but the Oblivion Gates and the towers within and all that jazz...I'm all "hey, waitaminute...dammit, I've played this." It's sad I can't remember if I played all the way through it. I know for sure with Morrowind, I did not/could not spend more than a few hours with it.
Gents: 8)
I picked up Flashpoint Campaigns - Red Storm over the Holidays and plan to immerse myself in this excellent tactical modern warfare sim! O0
Got a couple of PBeM games underway, and enjoying the "heck" out of it! :)
Quote from: Kool Kat on January 05, 2015, 10:15:11 AM
Gents: 8)
I picked up Flashpoint Campaigns - Red Storm over the Holidays and plan to immerse myself in this excellent tactical modern warfare sim! O0
Got a couple of PBeM games underway, and enjoying the "heck" out of it! :)
It is a superb game.
Don't forget to post your AAR's and tactical thoughts in this thread...
http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=7155.0
...ohh...or is it this one?
http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=11792.0
I don't know anymore! :P