Picked up Guitar Hero for the first time in months tonight. I was average on Hard. Used to shred Expert pretty regular (all except the REALLY difficult songs). Love that game for all the great songs and genres it opened my mind to.
As for gaming, it will probably be light this weekend. Alabama/Texas A&M is on Saturday afternoon and Sunday is the NFL. Started off fantasy football Week 7 with Randall Cobb going 11/95/1 with a handful of carries for 21 yards. I pray that's a sign of the weekend to come. Any gaming will be some Civ mp and Alea Jacta Est.
Civ 6, Stellaris, and Afghanistan '11 if we have a new build for the weekend.
Skyrim here
Curse you Sir Slash! >:(
The tune is not available in my region MD
Band of Brothers:Ghost Panzers - get this Soviet onslaught completed.
F1 2016 - I kind of lost my mojo when I hit Monaco. I've just got to suck it up as a loss and get it done and get out of the hell hole.
Civ VI
Monaco is a beast. Stuck there too. I expect to end up dead last.
DCS?
Friday :smitten:
Binge reading this weekend. Books. Remember them? :coolsmiley:
Quote from: jomni on October 21, 2016, 12:26:13 AM
Monaco is a beast. Stuck there too. I expect to end up dead last.
DCS?
...lol - I forgot that one.
Maybe some
DCS
Quote from: Crossroads on October 21, 2016, 01:33:11 AM
Friday :smitten:
Binge reading this weekend. Books. Remember them? :coolsmiley:
I subscribed to Airfix Modeller back in February and I've (obviously) had a magazine every month. I've just finished the May edition ;D
Too many things to play, to little time and my wife using the main desktop most of the time!
On my Acer P3:
- Civilization V (not VI!): started a campaign as Korea....goal is to finish my first game of CIV V...ever. The touch option is really great (does CIV VI also have a touch option?).
- Stars in the Shadow: i have to see how will it runs (just installed it on my P3 with i3) but i'll need a mouse (not so easy when playing on the bed...the main desktop is in our bedroom).
On the main desktop:
- Master of Orion: an Alkari campaign
- Stellaris: finally starting to play the game.
Civ 6, franchise hockey 3, and football manager 17......and praying the steelers can beat the patriots without Big Ben:)
Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 21, 2016, 02:55:56 AM
Quote from: Crossroads on October 21, 2016, 01:33:11 AM
Friday :smitten:
Binge reading this weekend. Books. Remember them? :coolsmiley:
I subscribed to Airfix Modeller back in February and I've (obviously) had a magazine every month. I've just finished the May edition ;D
I have found out anything printed on paper is such a drag to read. With Kindle, I can read with the Kindle itself, or pick up my iPad or even cell phone if I am stuck somewhere while say commuting or what not. I very much like most of boardgame 'living rules' are out as PDFs nowadays as well, so can load them to my iBook and Kindle libraries.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 21, 2016, 02:54:48 AM
Quote from: jomni on October 21, 2016, 12:26:13 AM
Monaco is a beast. Stuck there too. I expect to end up dead last.
DCS?
...lol - I forgot that one. Maybe some DCS
Weekends, I'm up at the farm with the wife and kids so DCS...maybe, though my daughter seems to have lost interest and my son prefers Battle of Moscow. Maybe some Heros and Generals.
Reading -- Worlds Before Adam (Lyell is about to have a "secular" experience now that Charlotte and Murchison have taken the carriage back to Germany, leaving Lyell in Pompeii), The Predreadnought Revolution (HMS Warrior all over again) and the rules to By Shot, Shock and Faith (ou Par le feu, le fer et la foi). Mordieu!
Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 21, 2016, 12:26:06 AM
The tune is not available in my region MD
It's called Lay Down and it's by Priestess.
In typical fashion, I'm pounding away at World of Tanks and War Thunder sits over there and is all like, "hey...pssst....c'mere...don't you miss me? Why don't you play me, hmmm? Don't you remember your love of airplanes that brought you here in the first place? Oh...and don't forget our tanks too. [makes kissy faces]"
Perhaps I'm just hallucinating things again. I think I need help.
But, I don't know which is better in WT, killing an enemy fighter when he tries to head-on my Italian bomber (with forward facing .50) or sneaking through town in the dark while its raining in my Pz4 in "realistic," mode looking for T-34s to brew up and not be killed in return.
More Fallout 4 goodness, and continuing campaigns in HoI4 and WitP:AE.
Nothing but Civilization 6. :smitten:
Playing Civ 6 like the rest of the world, also got Pre-Civ Egypt so playing it.
And as usual some PBEM++ with DC:B and WitE.
I've been so tied up with projects piled on my plate and am finally clear and I am jumping back in to getting my gamming on. So this weekend will call for the following:
Wings Over Flanders Fields Ultimate Edition
HOI IV
Stellaris
Try to finish my game of Endless Legend......
Maybe I'll cave and purchase - play CIV 6 with the rest of the universe..... ::)
PE
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on October 21, 2016, 03:34:21 AM
Civ 6, franchise hockey 3, and football manager 17......and praying the steelers can beat the patriots without Big Ben:)
Put down the crack pipe....or maybe you shouldn't! :-\
Civ 6 - really looking forward to cracking it open
That'll be it probably
I might grab Witcher 3 since it is on sale to celebrate a recent promotion (for some reason they feel I am now qualified to supervise people, who knew)
Actually playing, who knows. Was on Stellaris yesterday... Seems like the new patch has slowed down the early game quite a bit.
Also finally starting to get Dom 4. Still trying to get warland series. Overall though I have way too much crap that I don't play as it is so I really shouldn't get anything new.
No idea what I'm playing (other than probably finishing the PC version of Arkham Origins for the first time, and grinding away at Magic Duels).
Presumably I may be giving another day's worth of non-orders in Cyrano's forum KS game. :))
The Microniece's birthday party should be Saturday morning at (up)Chuckee Cheese. That'll be fun so long as I go nowhere near their pizzas. >:D Afterward, if I'm lucky, I can take her shopping at Lifeway for her baptism present, too (from late last month).
Prowling the ghostly depths of the mines under Durgan's Battery in POE's 'White March' and tempting acctingman further about Skyrim. Did you know there's a 'Headless Horseman' in this game? Now... can you find him? ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Sir Slash on October 21, 2016, 02:39:01 PM
Prowling the ghostly depths of the mines under Durgan's Battery in POE's 'White March' and tempting acctingman further about Skyrim. Did you know there's a 'Headless Horseman' in this game? Now... can you find him? ;D ;D ;D
When my wife wants to divorce me because I'm spending too much time downstairs I'll send her your way! :knuppel2:
Going to our house in the country for some R&R. I plan on doing no work and playing games all weekend while I watch college ball. I think I'm going to play Dominions 4, Graviteam Tacrics and maybe fire up Tigers on the Hunt again.
There's a headless horseman in Skyrim??
Army vs. N. Texas tomorrow morning @ USMA in the wind and rain. Then if I don't catch pneumonia going to Vermont with The Wife for a few days.
Somewhere in between there will be more The Witcher 3 and perhaps some Grim Dawn. Been playing The Witcher 3 for more than a month and haven't gotten bored yet though.
Gussy, figured the FRIDAY song was right up your alley? Did you listen to it?
Not yet, I have Type O Negative on right now, for seasonal immersion, you see.
I'm probably not going to have much time for gaming this weekend. If I do, though, it'll undoubtedly be spent on Stellaris and/or Warhammer Total War.
^Tell us what you think of Warhammer TW immediately.
Quote from: Gusington on October 21, 2016, 05:13:15 PM
Not yet, I have Type O Negative on right now, for seasonal immersion, you see.
Then Lay Down is exactly what you need. Here it is again so you don't have to scroll up:
Glad to see so many wargames being played for a change.
I fired up Attila tonight, but decided instead to try some CK2 with the Game of Thrones mod on it...haven't tried that yet.
Gus, did you try Mercia in Attila? That's where I was leaning to go with. I can't get out of Britannia in any of these games it seems. God I'm predictable.
Have to work a bunch of overtime this weekend, but hopefully will have time for the following.
Wings Over Flanders Fields: Ultimate Edition. Bought it a few months ago, but never had time to learn the game. Now I will.
The Golf Club. Getting ready for my first tournament for TGCTours.
Civilization V. Still on the sidelines for VI.
Taking the little lady to the Nimitz museum on Saturday and ASL on Sunday and next week I'm on vacation so planning on all kinds of gaming with a buddy that lives close by (we just played VITP so probably more of that and maybe Fire in the Sky). I'm also in the mood for some modern miniatures stuff and have been reading the (very bloated) rules for Skirmish Sangin.
Non-wargaming related, some Puresim Baseball and probably a few rounds of Perfect Golf.
Quote from: Gusington on October 21, 2016, 05:19:11 PM
^Tell us what you think of Warhammer TW immediately.
GET IT NOWQuote from: Toonces on October 21, 2016, 05:30:22 PM
Glad to see so many wargames being played for a change.
I fired up Attila tonight, but decided instead to try some CK2 with the Game of Thrones mod on it...haven't tried that yet.
Gus, did you try Mercia in Attila? That's where I was leaning to go with. I can't get out of Britannia in any of these games it seems. God I'm predictable.
Mercia, while by no means impossible, is definitely tougher than I'd anticipated. Those Welsh kingdoms are a real thorn in your side, never mind your fellow Saxons (whom you must of course eventually take out if you wish to expand beyond Britain).
What's a good Attila faction for a n00b?
Not getting Warhammer TW until I find a good price.
Commander I won the game twice...once with the one of the Viking factions (not the Jutes or the Geats but the other one) and once as the Ethiopians.
I'm finishing reading the Call of Cthulhu 7th edition rules. I'm outlining a game for a convention.
Messing around on Fantasy Grounds with a buddy learning Castles and Crusades and the Pathfinder functionality.
Also rolling up Pathfinder characters with the kids using the beginners box rules and then planning on running through the beginners box adventure.
All Civ 6 for at least a week or so.
Mercia is in the Charlemagne campaign, Commander. Are you playing Charlemagne or the Grand Campaign?
I did play as the Celts in the Grand Campaign and got my arse handed to me. Great faction but very ornery neighbors. I have played the Charlemagne campaign only once but I'm going to play again very soon as the Lombards.
Listening to your track now Dawg.
I like the Priestess, Dawg. Can't put my finger on who they remind me of...
Monster Magnet maybe?
It's not the Monster Magnet. Good band though.
Definitely not Monster Magnet.
Well...working the weekend. Couple weeks ago I decided to grab Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 Enhanced Edition on sale. (Nice thing is GOG included the originals as well!) So I decided to give it a try. I'm liking it a lot. I can see why it's a classic.
I might boot up Stellaris and see how the Heinlein patch is too. As far as Leviathans, not entirely sure right now.
Otherwise that's really it.
Shadow Warrior 2 is pretty fun, very borderlandsish but the dick jokes get old FAST. Not getting Civ, find it pretty boring to be honest. Got an arma three mission, so gonna do that while drinking a bottle of the only red wine that doesnt make me gag
So I broke down and picked up shadow warrior 2 and Witcher 3 GOTY edition. Installing now.
I dunno, Wang jokes never get old to me. A healthy diet of South Park and general immaturity I guess.
Nice tune MD
I've jumped into PBEM with CSME after decades of playing AI only. finished two already where i didnt even sniff a draw and have 3 going, 2 with Crossroads, 1 with Jason, talk about jumping into the deep end. Having fun get my little pixel troops used and abused, you figure out quick how lazy your play is when playing another person vs the AI. I'll fit in a visit to 7 days to die server to check hows things are going and maybe some Action PC football or golf.
Played a little DCS yesterday morning and a lot of Civ V most of the afternoon (Still unemployed for another week, so can't do any splurges of release day software purchases yet). Battling a cold, but still will try and slip in some more DCS and Civ V, and maybe a little World of Warships as well.
Quote from: -budd- on October 22, 2016, 10:47:04 AM
Nice tune MD
I've jumped into PBEM with CSME after decades of playing AI only. finished two already where i didnt even sniff a draw and have 3 going, 2 with Crossroads, 1 with Jason, talk about jumping into the deep end. Having fun get my little pixel troops used and abused, you figure out quick how lazy your play is when playing another person vs the AI. I'll fit in a visit to 7 days to die server to check hows things are going and maybe some Action PC football or golf.
Glad you liked it, -budd-! Good luck in your battles! O0
Been dealing with a case of man flu this week. Due to work load and other people being gone I had to suffer at work the first half the week but was finally able to call out and rest Thursday and Friday. Which was fortunate because it let me dive into the new Stellaris patch and DLC.
Started an ironman (have come to regret this choice) as some Cat people. I set up the galaxy to have all races use warp line movement. Normally don't really like this style of movement, but it does make some of the otherwise worthless systems use full defensively if its a choke point. I had most of my arm to myself, and had started to expand into the next arm which only had one point of entry at the end. Things where going well. Then I decided to conquer some systems from a small empire that was pinned into a corner by me and another empire. Their fleet firepower ranking was equal but I had superior naval capacity and overall technology. They had a slight firepower edge in the first and only battle but my whole fleet disintegrated about 2 seconds after contact was made. That point I said **** it and deleted the save. Going to be starting a new game today using some mods now that most of the ones I normally use have been updated for the patch. Also thinking of doing my own ship mod. None of the ones I'm finding are really to my taste.
Keeping with the space theme for the weekend, I'll be continuing my journey to Bernard's Loop in Elite. I finally got around to configuring Voice Attack and damn is it cool. Configuring wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Didn't have to change any of my HOTAS bindings like I feared. I think the only ones that I ended up changing where my bindings for the galaxy and system maps. Best $20 I've spent for a game addon in a long time.
Rounding out my weekend will be World of Warcraft and possibly a match or two of World of Warships.
Quote from: Kushan on October 22, 2016, 12:42:55 PM
Best $20 I've spent for a game addon in a long time.
Rounding out my weekend will be World of Warcraft and possibly a match or two of World of Warships.
Voice Attack is very good...but you spent $20? Thought it was only $10? Either way, good stuff.
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on October 22, 2016, 01:34:24 PM
Quote from: Kushan on October 22, 2016, 12:42:55 PM
Best $20 I've spent for a game addon in a long time.
Rounding out my weekend will be World of Warcraft and possibly a match or two of World of Warships.
Voice Attack is very good...but you spent $20? Thought it was only $10? Either way, good stuff.
Voice Attack is $10 but then I spent another $10 on the ASTRA Voice Pack from HCS.
Quote from: Kushan on October 22, 2016, 01:42:50 PM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on October 22, 2016, 01:34:24 PM
Quote from: Kushan on October 22, 2016, 12:42:55 PM
Best $20 I've spent for a game addon in a long time.
Rounding out my weekend will be World of Warcraft and possibly a match or two of World of Warships.
Voice Attack is very good...but you spent $20? Thought it was only $10? Either way, good stuff.
Voice Attack is $10 but then I spent another $10 on the ASTRA Voice Pack from HCS.
Ah, gotcha...either way I agree with you, wonderful tool
Killer tune. Like Sabbath and Green Day had a love child. Forget the no work at the cabin. Swept the chimney. Watching the taped Bama-A&M game. Go Aggies. Not looking too promising at half.
Goddammit I sat through 7 hours of wind and rain to watch Army lose pathetically to North Texas. I need some gaming therapy.
Quote from: Crossroads on October 21, 2016, 03:37:43 AM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 21, 2016, 02:55:56 AM
Quote from: Crossroads on October 21, 2016, 01:33:11 AM
Friday :smitten:
Binge reading this weekend. Books. Remember them? :coolsmiley:
I subscribed to Airfix Modeller back in February and I've (obviously) had a magazine every month. I've just finished the May edition ;D
I have found out anything printed on paper is such a drag to read. With Kindle, I can read with the Kindle itself, or pick up my iPad or even cell phone if I am stuck somewhere while say commuting or what not. I very much like most of boardgame 'living rules' are out as PDFs nowadays as well, so can load them to my iBook and Kindle libraries.
I have to say that I don't think I could go back to regular box just for that reason. I buy a book on Kindle and I can read it on that or if I've got downtime at work I can pull it up on my cell phone and read. I have PDF manual's and probably about 70 books on that thing. Plus the new ones have color
Real books smell good and have a nice weight to them.
Civilization 6 and Battlefield 1 so far. Perhaps Stellaris will join them by the end of the weekend.
Quote from: Gusington on October 22, 2016, 08:19:32 PM
Real books smell good and have a nice weight to them.
I use both.
I have some series where I will pre-order every hardcover (right now this includes pretty much everything by Sanderson and Butcher)
For book series I'm not sure I want to re-read or if it is an ebook then my kindle comes in handy.
Plus with real books you can hide shit in them. Like little stashes of cash from the wife, or dirty pictures of old girlfriends, 'secret' phone numbers, and those old, dead, dried-up lizards that get in your house to scare the crap out of the wife and kids with. And you can read them too.
Quote from: -budd- on October 22, 2016, 10:47:04 AM
Nice tune MD
I've jumped into PBEM with CSME after decades of playing AI only. finished two already where i didnt even sniff a draw and have 3 going, 2 with Crossroads, 1 with Jason, talk about jumping into the deep end. Having fun get my little pixel troops used and abused, you figure out quick how lazy your play is when playing another person vs the AI. I'll fit in a visit to 7 days to die server to check hows things are going and maybe some Action PC football or golf.
Ha. It never ceases to amaze me how a human opponent can wreck my plans in pieces in what seems just a couple of turns when things go all snafu... Regardless the game I am playing :buck2:
Working nights the whole weekend but I managed to squeeze in some TW Warhammer and Path of exiles.