Oh and it's the monthly meeting for my Friday night table top group.
No idea what I'll be playing the rest of the weekend.
Is this your first FRIDAY thread? Good job by you O0
It's Memorial Day weekend here in the United States, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day so many of us while have Monday off. I have over scheduled my weekend with travel, all day D&D and a barbecue. If I accidentally have time to sit for a computer game, it will be Civ IV. Prolly mp.
Thank you to all the men and women who gave their lives for our freedom.
My wife and I are taking the train to Williamsburg this weekend. I won't visit the new revolutionary war museum that opened earlier this year near there, but my wife signed me up to shoot a flintlock rifle, and I'm looking forward to that, besides the usual things to do there.
No gaming for me. I have an ASL scenario that I've been playing for a while and am almost done. It won't take long to finish, but whenever I get close to getting a chance to playing it, life intervenes. I have been super busy this year, mostly dealing with my mother's declining health.
Quote from: MetalDog on May 26, 2017, 05:58:16 AM
Is this your first FRIDAY thread? Good job by you O0
No one was more shocked than I.
Well done mirth...excellent song choice! Steel Divisions...great game.
Great song! I cannot game until Sunday as this weekend is graduation at West Point and we rent out our house for the event. Once I get back home though I think I am going to take a break from Alien: Isolation (I am about 2/3 of the way through it) and play a Total War game. Not sure which...maybe Rome 2 as Macedon, maybe the Medieval 2 Crusades campaign as The Kingdom of Jerusalem, or maybe Shogun 2. Still have to crack open Warhammer: TW as well.
Additionally Dishonored 2 and Dying Light keep calling me.
On deck for this holiday weekend: Endless Space 2, Civilization 6 and Civ 4:Colonization.
Oh, and since everyone's just trying to be nice to you- Peter Gabriel. Meh.
SHOCK THE BBMIKE
1.) About halfway done producing Turn 3 of my schizo-game of Churchill vs myself; but it's unlikely I'll get that out this weekend, even with Monday off, because....
2.) ...Barthheart just sent back his 4th Turn of our Decisive Campaigns: Blitzkrieg game, so I'll naturally be working on that first. O0
3.) I might try playing one of the SD44 campaigns, now that the full game has released, probably Atlantikwall just because it'll be different; but more likely I'll skirmish and mp if I can.
4.) With SD44 whetting my WW2RTS appetite, and with Memorial Day now here (and June 6 D-Day around the corner), I've thought about going back to Company of Heroes to work on one of their other Normandy campaigns of which they have several fine ones. I started the British one back around the time I finally finished the main campaign, so I'll probably go there -- especially since the British team in CoH1 is all about the arty. :smitten:
4.1.) Relatedly, I was never able to get past the Overlord mission in Eugen Systems' original R.U.S.E. so I might take a stab at that again. (Getting up onto the beach isn't too hard, but I keep failing to defend the beachhead once established.)
5.) Scourge of War: Waterloo if I can finagle my schedule properly for the Dogs of War mp.
Quote from: mirth on May 26, 2017, 08:05:49 AM
Quote from: bbmike on May 26, 2017, 07:34:29 AM
Peter Gabriel. Meh.
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I think you meant: (https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aarcentral.com%2Fpics%2Fshakehead.gif&hash=d6326b4159f7e626ec4cddc26ebf21b107565a04)
Quote from: bbmike on May 26, 2017, 08:12:48 AM
Quote from: mirth on May 26, 2017, 08:05:49 AM
Quote from: bbmike on May 26, 2017, 07:34:29 AM
Peter Gabriel. Meh.
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I think you meant: (https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aarcentral.com%2Fpics%2Fshakehead.gif&hash=d6326b4159f7e626ec4cddc26ebf21b107565a04)
exactly
Williamsburg is great Trailrunner! Nice choice. O0 Been trying to get the Goths somewhere in Attila TW and getting my butt kicked pretty thoroughly in Alea Jacta Est as Rome vs the Samnites-- damn they're tough. But this weekend in honor of all who served, it's CMFI's Troina campaign with nothing but mountains and Germans as far as the eye can see. Thank you Veterans everywhere. O0
I have always wanted to go to Williamsburg...sigh
Star Wars:Rebellion board game with the daughter. Really enjoying it.
I have been on a Elite Dangerous kick lately, so I imagine that will continue this weekend. Also some Offworld Trading Company.
Mainly Gal Civ III Crusade just started the Revenge of the Snathi scenario >:D (that was the closest to an evil squirrel empire emoticon I could spot)
Mainly getting my ass handed to me in the SD44 campaigns.... :P
Quote from: Wolfe1759 on May 26, 2017, 02:15:51 PM
Mainly Gal Civ III Crusade just started the Revenge of the Snathi scenario >:D (that was the closest to an evil squirrel empire emoticon I could spot)
Evil Space Squirrel!
:DD
Well for me, I'm off as of now, and I have Saturday off and Sunday is just a short-sweet work schedule which leaves me Monday AND Tuesday Off!
So - I have been getting back into playing Emperor:ROTMK and I am sorely tempted to reinstall my good old castle sim Stronghold. I have the HD patch so I can patch it up.
Might dig into Crusader Kings II, or Pike and Shot: Campaigns. I have been enjoying that game immensely.
Excellent song! :notworthy:
I will mostly play Pandora: first contact...this game is tough....i've just lost my second game on easy. I will also probably try to finish my Civilization 5 game which i starded like an eternity ago. I also suspect that i will be playing some Endless Space 1.
I've been rediscovering King Arthur original campaign. I'm playing on Beginner level. ::)
Hoping to do some Scourge of War: Gettysburg as well.
Had to abandon my Snathi Revenge scenario as the DLC campaigns and scenarios aren't working yet with Crusade, 0 population bug being the most obvious as well as my citizens being ugly tail-less humans :(
Any way started up a sandbox campaign as the Snathi - Senātus Populusque Rodentus >:D
I loved that King Arthur game but I'll be damned if I can find anyone who has beaten it...
I may dive back into Obduction, the spiritual, though not literal, followup to the MYST series.
Otherwise, if it stops raining I may take a stab at Lawnmower Simulator.
Careful with that Lawnmower Simulator, it's easy to get 'clipped' playing it. ;D
Quote from: Rayfer on May 26, 2017, 07:09:38 AM
Well done mirth...excellent song choice! Steel Divisions...great game.
I modeled my standard default greeting on Peter Gabriel's "Hi Kids." So I think he is the greatest. Meanwhile -- definitely some Naval Action (so far fishing action after escaping
pirates) and that Steel Division thing sounds pretty good. Maybe some ARMA III and CLOD.
Dominions 4 using the complete Warhammer mod pack. My 7 player game with myself is down 4 players left.
I will also continue on with Heroes & Generals. There is something about that game that compels me to keep on playing where other admittedly better FPS games have only captured my attention for a few days. Logged in over 647 hours now.
Just picked up Ravensfield so I'll probably spend some time with that as well.
I am going through gaming and book withdrawal...finally get back to my toys tomorrow.
Quote from: trailrunner on May 26, 2017, 06:11:37 AM
My wife and I are taking the train to Williamsburg this weekend. I won't visit the new revolutionary war museum that opened earlier this year near there, but my wife signed me up to shoot a flintlock rifle, and I'm looking forward to that, besides the usual things to do there.
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FQ24N1dr.png&hash=f7565abb6c038545e72845fadf48aa55578215c9)
That looks like a lot of fun.
What would be even more fun would be a firing range where you could shoot matchlocks.
I wouldn't mind loading (and winding) and firing a wheel lock, but I would imagine that it's a lot like a flintlock, except for having to use a spanner.
"Good grief, what happened to your eyebrows?!"
"Heh, you should see what's left of my sleeve!" <:-)
^
:2funny:
Quote from: trailrunner on May 28, 2017, 06:20:16 PM
Quote from: trailrunner on May 26, 2017, 06:11:37 AM
My wife and I are taking the train to Williamsburg this weekend. I won't visit the new revolutionary war museum that opened earlier this year near there, but my wife signed me up to shoot a flintlock rifle, and I'm looking forward to that, besides the usual things to do there.
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FQ24N1dr.png&hash=f7565abb6c038545e72845fadf48aa55578215c9)
Damn, that looks like fun! O0
Quote from: bbmike on May 28, 2017, 07:30:40 PM
Quote from: trailrunner on May 28, 2017, 06:20:16 PM
Quote from: trailrunner on May 26, 2017, 06:11:37 AM
My wife and I are taking the train to Williamsburg this weekend. I won't visit the new revolutionary war museum that opened earlier this year near there, but my wife signed me up to shoot a flintlock rifle, and I'm looking forward to that, besides the usual things to do there.
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FQ24N1dr.png&hash=f7565abb6c038545e72845fadf48aa55578215c9)
Damn, that looks like fun! O0
My father in law has a black powder rifle we've shot occasionally. It's fun but requires a lot of maintence
You're going to shoot your eye out kid.
Damn, that looks like fun Nefaro. If I had tried that when we were at Williamsburg, there would've probably been blood and ambulances involved. ;D How was the kick on that thing?
Quote from: Sir Slash on May 29, 2017, 08:51:39 AM
Damn, that looks like fun Nefaro. If I had tried that when we were at Williamsburg, there would've probably been blood and ambulances involved. ;D How was the kick on that thing?
Actually, I was the one who shot it.
The kick was pretty light, but they didn't give us full loads. I asked them about that specifically, and I heard something like they had given us 70 something (grains?) of powder, but in 1775 they would have used 200 something (grains?) of powder. So that sounds like we used about 1/3 of the actual load. One of the instructors described it as shooting a 20 gauge with a target load. I shoot some sporting clays, but use a 12 gauge with target loads, and the kick from the musket was definitely less than my 12 gauge.
I found that the hardest thing about shooting the flintlock was the delay from pulling the trigger to the bullet leaving the barrel. One of my shots (I think it's the one from the photo) actually had a momentary hang fire, which made the delay even longer. The photo I posted is a still from a video that I recorded from that shot. When I view the video, I can see that I dropped the barrel slightly before the bullet came out.
The flash in the face wasn't bad. I really didn't notice it, to be honest. One of the instructors told us that a simple innovation was to put a small lip on the back of the primer pan to keep the flash out of the shooter's face. They didn't always have that, however.
We shot two guns. One was a common musket, and the other was a fouling piece. My only disappointment in the class was that I wanted to shoot a gun with a rifled barrel to see if it was more accurate. I've often read that the disadvantage of a rifled gun was that it was slower to load, so I also wanted to load a rifled gun and a smoothbore musket so that I could feel for myself the difference. However, besides shooting the gun, the only other thing we were allowed to do was to put some powder in the priming pan. We weren't allowed to load the ball or charge ourselves.
Speaking of the ball, those things were big! I think mine was .69 caliber. It may not have the range of a modern round, but I wouldn't want to get hit with it.
The rifling did make it harder to muzzle-load, but worse the black powder tended to clog up the barrel grooves. The rifled grooves also made the barrel harder to clean out than a smoothbore. So things compounded until there was significant risk of a backfire.