(Yeah, I know, I'm starting this a full day early. However, I'm likely going to be mostly offline after this til Monday evening, so you can all suck it. :P )
I won't get much gaming done during the actual weekend here, as I'll be off on my annual trek to my mom's hometown of Spring Grove, Minnesota...where just about everyone is of Norwegian heritage, and thus Syttende Mai (literally, "May Seventeenth") is their big yearly celebration. In addition to the usual -- watching the parade, checking out the various stands, shops, and (especially!) food -- I'll also get to see a good number friends & relatives in the area, including an aunt & uncle who are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. And as always, I'll pay a visit to the family matriarch, my Grandma Rosalie, who's still kicking at 104; I am simply amazed by this woman (and not because of her age). :smitten:
Anyway: Gaming-wise, I might actually get to sit down and play some good old 3.5 Dungeons & Dragons with a couple friends on Sunday, which would be a nice change of pace. I might be playing a Dwarven sorcerer, of all things...
When I get back on Monday, the plan right now is to resume my Cardassian campaign in Birth of the Federation (Ultimate Mod 5), my Athenian campaign in Rome II: Wrath of Sparta (although holy crap, it's tough going!), and start a new campaign in Sovereignty (I really want to play around with the Auzure Isles - the pirate nation).
Well, you didn't put a music video in so I'm happy!
GalCiv3 for certain. Maybe some Apollo4x.
Enjoy the time with your friends and family Martok! O0
I cannot decide whether Bison must be punished or must have his video elevated to some kind of symbol of the Internet...
Hmm, is that 80's New Wave? I seem to recall the band driftwood in the aquarium but not the song FINDING CURING AND ADDING. ::)
More casual ARPG with Marvel Heroes, if the digital gaming mood strikes.
May also start up a new Invisible, Inc. campaign in the next few days. :)
Lots of tabletop games in line to be learned, the top of the pile being: a Super Dungeon Explore: Forgotten King solitaire bout, Star Wars Imperial Assault, Prophecy + Dragon Realms solitaire, Merchants & Marauders + expansion, and organizing all my Federation Commander components into a huge D-ring binder and Plano box before making a solo test run (perhaps with the official automated opponent in the future). Whew. That's just the tip. ^-^
I probably won't post my in-work 1st Bull Run AAR until I've, you know, actually finished the battle; but I hope I can make some progress on that this weekend. Starting tonight! (But not tomorrow night, my last close cousin, and practice-niece, graduates high school then.)
I love Martok's style in his OP :)
I will be continuing my Wolfenstein: The Old Blood campaign (it's great) and hopefully some Order of Battle - Pacific soon. Grim Dawn has been beckoning for the last few days too.
And still tempted to get the Rome 2 - Wrath of Sparta campaign.
Oh and a Rome 2 campaign as Macedon is lurking also. Or Persia.
Not sure yet.
:)
Quote from: Gusington on May 14, 2015, 06:20:48 PM
I love Martok's style in his OP :)
I will be continuing my Wolfenstein: The Old Blood campaign (it's great) and hopefully some Order of Battle - Pacific soon. Grim Dawn has been beckoning for the last few days too.
And still tempted to get the Rome 2 - Wrath of Sparta campaign.
Oh and a Rome 2 campaign as Macedon is lurking also. Or Persia.
Not sure yet.
:)
I may purchase Old Blood. I thought the latest Wolfenstein was awesome - the only thing that would add icing on that cake is some cooperative multiplayer.
I will continue my struggle against the
jungles and Japanese pillboxes bugs that plague
Order of Battle: Pacific in order to finish the US campaign.
My initial impression of the game was poor, and I'd like to say its improving, but unfortunately it's not. There just seems to be lots of bugs - gamebreaking bugs that require cheats in order to win (http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=372&t=64395 (http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=372&t=64395)).
The biggest challenge within OOBP is not the tactics, but the mass employment of enemy units. I have found that I'm overmatched in every scenario. On the other hand, I will say the combined land-sea battles in the later part of the US campaign are much more fun than the earlier defense, and naval only. At least with these missions I have some latitude in how I want to employ units and fight.
Finally got back to doing some more of the BotF AAR for the mythical front page. FINALLY FOUND ALIENS!
I haven't noticed any updates on Steam lately for my copy of Order of Battle to address any bugs...it doesn't sound like they are game-breaking or anything though.
Quote from: Gusington on May 14, 2015, 07:30:55 PM
I haven't noticed any updates on Steam lately for my copy of Order of Battle to address any bugs...it doesn't sound like they are game-breaking or anything though.
Multiple scenarios with buggy victory conditions. For example, on the US Midway scenario you will lose regardless if you achieve both victory conditions.
The developers have said that a patch is in the works, but I havent seen a timeline.
Quote from: bbmike on May 14, 2015, 03:14:03 PM
Well, you didn't put a music video in so I'm happy!
You wound me, sir! For that, it will be a double shot of Huey Lewis & the News!!
And whilst all of you are cursing me mightily for this,
I will be playing some Civ. I might get some Sovereignty in or maybe Age of Wonders III.
I think right at launch for Order of Battle a few weeks ago there was an update but nothing since then.
Quote from: Cyrano on May 14, 2015, 04:03:25 PM
I cannot decide whether Bison must be punished or must have his video elevated to some kind of symbol of the Internet...
6 week old twins causes the brain to melt...
^ ::)
Also everyone knows that the best Huey Lewis song is I Want a New Drug.
As for gaming, I have packed up my gaming rig so I am going full-on retro on my aging laptop. We have:
ARMA: Cold War Assault
ARMA: Gold
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
Take Command Second Manassas with the CMP mod
That's a lot of good, old gaming there!
Don't dismiss funny cat videos. Watch them long enough and they always lead to bouncing boobs and obscure let's play videos.
I Want a New Drug is indeed Huey Lewis' best song. I sing along every time.
Youtube has so much more to offer than 80s music...
I'm pretty sure there is a management sim being developed somewhere...
That ended WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY too soon! (And yes, I see the pun. Doesn't count because thongs.)
Going to be spending a lot of time with family this weekend (long weekend up here). The likely frequent proximity of kids means that breaking in to GTA V might have to wait...
But I can't understand what they're saying! Wait, what am I saying? That soccer I'd watch. O0 After DC Case Blue handed me my head and ass for about the 4th time, I wanted to play something a little less stressful. So I dug out my M2TW CD and have been playing with the Darth Mod as Spain. A nice, slow paced game for old people who've had enough of Red Boots kicking them in the ass and don't have guts enough to try Attila as ERE. Yet.
I'll be continuing both my Distant Worlds and EUIV Austria games this weekend. Been playing both exclusively this week and that will continue this weekend.
There will probably be some Command scenario editing thrown in somewhere. Since I've been unable to get the AI ASW screen behaving like I want in my current scenario, I'm going to put it on hold and start work on another new scenario. Thinking of getting back to work on Operation Dreamland or the US/UK vs the EU air battle over northern Europe.
Quote from: Martok on May 14, 2015, 03:11:32 PM
(Yeah, I know, I'm starting this a full day early. However, I'm likely going to be mostly offline after this til Monday evening, so you can all suck it. :P )
I won't get much gaming done during the actual weekend here, as I'll be off on my annual trek to my mom's hometown of Spring Grove, Minnesota...where just about everyone is of Norwegian heritage, and thus Syttende Mai (literally, "May Seventeenth") is their big yearly celebration. In addition to the usual -- watching the parade, checking out the various stands, shops, and (especially!) food -- I'll also get to see a good number friends & relatives in the area, including an aunt & uncle who are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. And as always, I'll pay a visit to the family matriarch, my Grandma Rosalie, who's still kicking at 104; I am simply amazed by this woman (and not because of her age).
Martok, if you ever get the chance you should check out the Syttende Mai celebration in my dad's home town just across the border from the Twin Cities in Wisconsin, Woodville. Just a small farming town but they have a huge Syttende Mai festival, lots of fun.
Gaming for me...same as usual: Command, working on my next Northern Fury AAR, and SPMBT, playing a custom campaign from one of the posters over at the Shrapnel Games forums.
Bad news all around tonight.
First AMRA: Gold won't run on my computer...just too damn slow.
Then, it turns out that I still suck at TC2M. Crap. Well, I guess the game isn't going learn itself. ::)
CM:BS PBEM with UCG - Geek...I'm a bit concerned. I don't want to really give anything away, but I've only got 3 units fielded and I'm not sure wth I'm meant to be doing. Is there some trigger I haven't triggered which brings on my other forces?
Also - and mainly - I will likely solely be playing Project Cars. This game has blown me away with it's whole package. Superb racing game.
If I do get a bit bored of driving, I might fire up State of Decay and take my "family" further in their little virtual post apocalyptic world.
I'm away most of the weekend but Sunday evening will see
Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris Poland will fall. Really loving the game mechanics that makes each engagement feel like a mini operation.
And Heroes and Generals To unwind. Best shooter I've played.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on May 15, 2015, 03:53:21 AM
CM:BS PBEM with UCG - Geek...I'm a bit concerned. I don't want to really give anything away, but I've only got 3 units fielded and I'm not sure wth I'm meant to be doing. Is there some trigger I haven't triggered which brings on my other forces?
Also - and mainly - I will likely solely be playing Project Cars. This game has blown me away with it's whole package. Superb racing game.
If I do get a bit bored of driving, I might fire up State of Decay and take my "family" further in their little virtual post apocalyptic world.
I have 3, well 2 and a half due to a recent mechanical mishap, reinforcements, if there are any are triggered by the designer, he can pick - 5 more tanks at 08:45 am exact, or 5 more tanks at 08:45 and have a 20 minute +/- margin of movement - theyll come when he decided, if theres any at all, after 10 minutes of playing, im glad to find out we're on the same map!!
I shall also be PBEMing with JD, running like a mad man on fire from Con and his T90 army, there shall be CMANO with the french, chinese and Nigerians - always a recipe for a party, and some Invisible inc
have a great weekend Martok, well, everyone but Martoks sounds cool
Quote from: Bison on May 14, 2015, 09:11:18 PM
Youtube has so much more to offer than 80s music...
I'm pretty sure there is a management sim being developed somewhere...
It looks like another sports management sim I'm going to have to buy. I'll knock out an AAR on it soon.
Since no one here has taken me up on my
WiTP:AE offer, I'll probably keep slugging away at a solo game. I'm in 1/42 and things aren't looking too bad except I may lose Canton Island early. >:(
I celebrate Huey Lewis' entire catalog. Even Small World. Though, that album didn't have quite the fire that their previous albums did (Sports, Fore, Hard At Play, etc.). Hip To Be Square is definitely one of my favorites, but there's a lot of them that must be played at full volume.
My Spotify Huey songs
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Didn't we do an 80's weekend a few weeks back?
You just can't limit 80's...get on the wave :P
There was a limit on the 80's. It is commonly known as 1 January 1990.
'One that won't make me nervous, wonderin' what to do...one that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with YOUUUUUU...all alone with you!'
Quote from: Bison on May 15, 2015, 06:57:53 AM
There was a limit on the 80's. It is commonly known as 1 January 1990.
That's a "logical" limit - but in truth, there is NO limit to the 80's. They're like The King - they live on.
You all realize that Huey Lewis and the News was a US Government plot to gets kids off drugs right?!? :coolsmiley:
This weekend is a long one up here AND I have all the rest of next week off as well. It's planting season!
So most of my sunlight hours will be spent being muscle for planting my wife's vegetable garden.
Also, finally, got rid of the "House Guest That Wouldn't Leave"... my wife's nephew whom we hired to re-shingle our roof. Very good at his craft.... but slow and .... well.... young. :knuppel2:
So now I can get back my office and play some games.
I owe several PBEM's, sorry fellas.
I need to write a review, sorry BB.
I need to complete a CiV campaign as Washington.
I need to get some boardgaming in, and may post some AAR's.
A lot to jam into the next 9 days. 8)
Quote from: MetalDog on May 14, 2015, 07:50:14 PM
Quote from: bbmike on May 14, 2015, 03:14:03 PM
Well, you didn't put a music video in so I'm happy!
You wound me, sir! For that, it will be a double shot of Huey Lewis & the News!!
Ok, I didn't deserve that. ;D
Back in the Eighties, all women looked like sexy Brazillian Bikini Soccer players. But they just hadn't gone Brazillian yet, they were still just Bikini. ::) Some of them not even that. Usually women from France and Russia. And Mountain Women. That was before the invention of the Weed-Eater for women. What a time that was to be young and straight.
CM:BS vs. Doug...beginning to look the the Alamo, but the explosions in the last minute played were AWESOME.
Commander: Great War vs. Doug...the world is a big place, even at corps level...and what in the Sam G. Hill were the British doing in Iraq?
Someday a Canadian mechanical engineer I know will rise from his slumbers and send a Sicily '43 turn...someday...
Leipzig tournament Round 3 over at The Blitz. Fascinating scenario, but the French start out with almost all their troops fixed. Makes the turns easy to turn around, at least. I will also say that, as with most games, scenario design is absolutely everything. In this area, Leipzig is special.
News that the Warfighter (DVG version) wave two is fixing to come out inclines me to try a game with the boy over the weekend.
Best,
Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)
Quote from: Gusington on May 14, 2015, 06:20:48 PM
I love Martok's style in his OP :)
I will be continuing my Wolfenstein: The Old Blood campaign (it's great) and hopefully some Order of Battle - Pacific soon. Grim Dawn has been beckoning for the last few days too.
And still tempted to get the Rome 2 - Wrath of Sparta campaign.
Oh and a Rome 2 campaign as Macedon is lurking also. Or Persia.
Not sure yet.
:)
Definitely some RoF and boardgames. Possibly some Mordor and DCS and BoS and Attila.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on May 15, 2015, 03:53:21 AM
If I do get a bit bored of driving, I might fire up State of Decay and take my "family" further in their little virtual post apocalyptic world.
You could always run over zombie hordes in
State of Decay, if you feel the need to drive offensively. >:D
Quote from: Gusington on May 14, 2015, 06:20:48 PM
I love Martok's style in his OP :)
8)
Quote from: Gusington on May 14, 2015, 06:20:48 PM
And still tempted to get the Rome 2 - Wrath of Sparta campaign.
You know you want to!
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on May 14, 2015, 07:21:07 PM
Finally got back to doing some more of the BotF AAR for the mythical front page. FINALLY FOUND ALIENS!
Woot!
Quote from: Airborne Rifles on May 14, 2015, 10:20:21 PM
Martok, if you ever get the chance you should check out the Syttende Mai celebration in my dad's home town just across the border from the Twin Cities in Wisconsin, Woodville. Just a small farming town but they have a huge Syttende Mai festival, lots of fun.
Duly noted. Thanks for the tip,
AR!
Playing some EUIV as England with the 1356 and HaREM mods.
PBEM War Plan Orange and Tillers France '14
Maybe attempting to figure out Korsun Pocket if I have time.
I have given up on WITE
^ I actually judged updated my France 14 last night and want to spend some time this weekend playing it.
Really like Huey Lewis and the News....haven't been listening to them lately but have all their records and had many periods of my life where it was the only music i was listening to.
It's been almost a month without gaming for me....i just played a couple of turns of Civ IV but that was all....
Played a few turns of Pandora tonight (and finding out first why i couldn't make it work...Norton). Still....have to find the game that will bring me back behind my desktop. :(
Quote from: bbmike on May 15, 2015, 07:45:38 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on May 14, 2015, 07:50:14 PM
Quote from: bbmike on May 14, 2015, 03:14:03 PM
Well, you didn't put a music video in so I'm happy!
You wound me, sir! For that, it will be a double shot of Huey Lewis & the News!!
Ok, I didn't deserve that. ;D
Apparently, only you and I think hearing Huey Lewis is a bad thing ;) So, as I won't stop putting music in for the Friday threads I start, what do you prefer to listen to? As I hope I have proven, I like a lot of different stuff (ok, some Huey Lewis, too :P), so I am open to suggestions.
Well, you'll probably think it's as bad as Huey Lewis but I love Alan Parsons. He even has a song called "Games People Play"! :)
[edit] I should mention my taste in music is strange at best and all across the board.
You're going to have to do better than that. You do realize my avatar is Frank Zappa, right? ;)
Ugh, I need to find a Forum that's into real Music!.. The 60's and 70's!! :crazy2:
Zappa debuted in 1966 and Parsons in 1976. :coolsmiley:
Quote from: Tuna on May 15, 2015, 07:54:16 PM
Ugh, I need to find a Forum that's into real Music!.. The 60's and 70's!! :crazy2:
So, will it be the Dead or Little Feat for next Friday's thread?
When playing Victoria, I like to listen to Les Miserables. Come to think of it, Ill have to fire it up for my EU IV game also.
All for you MD :D :D :D :D :D
Quote from: MetalDog on May 15, 2015, 08:07:46 PM
Quote from: Tuna on May 15, 2015, 07:54:16 PM
Ugh, I need to find a Forum that's into real Music!.. The 60's and 70's!! :crazy2:
So, will it be the Dead or Little Feat for next Friday's thread?
Yay! :2funny:
How about some Brazillian Women's Soapy Soccer music next week? ^-^
Do we need to start a Huey Lewis thread?
We should indeed start another thread based on the 70s. And we should call it...
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Quote from: OJsDad on May 15, 2015, 09:11:41 PM
All for you MD :D :D :D :D :D
Watching that drunk was awesome and trippy. Even if it wasn't for me, thanks!
Quote from: Bison on May 15, 2015, 04:09:06 PM
^ I actually judged updated my France 14 last night and want to spend some time this weekend playing it.
It's really fun playing PBEM.
Well. It appears that OJsDad is at the far end of the Grogheads demographic. Nothing wrong with any of the choices they included in the mix, although I am a burnt out on "Wake Up Little Susie." If you want me to meet you somewhere in the middle, maybe we could go with some Motown next time. Or music from Muscle Shoals. Maybe some New Wave. How about, 'FRIDAY on the Moon?'
^One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands :)
Not to be all negative and stuff, but my favorite Police songs were:
and
Invisible Sun is another classic. Before I die I would like to see The Police reunited in concert. I couldn't afford to see them when they came around a few years ago.
^ excellent choices!
For some variety:
and
^Talking Heads is another band I would love to see live. David Byrne is certifiable.
Well, it's not very likely to see the Talking heads reform. Byrne had a big falling out with Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, and possibly with Jerry Harrison as well. The latter three might get together again. They did for a while but had to use the band name 'Heads' because Byrne sued them to keep them from touring and recording as the 'Talking' Heads.
I can dream eh?
Quote from: Gusington on May 17, 2015, 06:06:41 PM
I can dream eh?
"And you can ask your self, 'My God, how did I get here?'"
For LB:
♬"We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed"♬
Always heard the Talking Heads were fantastic live.
Stop Making Sense is a great concert movie, directed by filmmaker Jonathan Demme no less:
Quote from: MengJiao on May 15, 2015, 08:45:02 AM
Quote from: Gusington on May 14, 2015, 06:20:48 PM
I love Martok's style in his OP :)
I will be continuing my Wolfenstein: The Old Blood campaign (it's great) and hopefully some Order of Battle - Pacific soon. Grim Dawn has been beckoning for the last few days too.
And still tempted to get the Rome 2 - Wrath of Sparta campaign.
Oh and a Rome 2 campaign as Macedon is lurking also. Or Persia.
Not sure yet.
:)
Definitely some RoF and boardgames. Possibly some Mordor and DCS and BoS and Attila.
So as it turned out I played a lot of Invisible and a little RoF and some Bloody April.
Quote from: Nefaro on May 14, 2015, 04:33:34 PM
Star Wars Imperial Assault, Prophecy + Dragon Realms solitaire, Merchants & Marauders + expansion, and organizing all my Federation Commander components into a huge D-ring binder and Plano box before making a solo test run (perhaps with the official automated opponent in the future).
How do you like Imperial Assault? I kinda like the look and the Let's Play vids/reviews I've seen. I have a copy of it on the way to me and it should be here today actually.
Quote from: Nefaro on May 14, 2015, 04:33:34 PM
Whew. That's just the tip. ^-^
Uh....huh.