Going to be a Civilization IV weekend again. Got a Huge Monarch game going. I am Stalin and and getting ready to come out of the Dark Ages and show my true strength.
No Man's Sky (its much improved, but still a grind), Steel Fury 1942 wi5 STA mod, IL-2, in the air and in tanks, and maybe some ARMA 3? Maybe Gost Recon Wildlands to try out 5e new SF2 patch? Regardless, Sounds like a lot of simming going down.
Really wish CMSF2 would hurry up and come out.
Ugh, you know my feelings about Kiss :pullhair:. I used to respect your musical tastes MD!
Will try and continue my Mercia Attila campaign but playing time may be limited.
Buddy Guy concert tonight, then my stepson and his wife are coming home so we can host a baby shower for them Sunday. Tuna will become a grandpa soon, maybe after that I'll get to post in the Monday retirement threads... Although, I've only seen one of those, did all our retiree's pass away? Or do they just forget to post on Monday's cause they're old?
I've been playing a bit of Xenonauts since I backed the second game on Kickstarter, hoping to dabble again tonight while my wife's out with some friends.
Then Sat-Sun it's mainly table-top wargaming: Playing War of the Ring primarily, but I've also got as back ups LEADERS, Triplanetary (2018 Edition) and the 2GM tactical card/war game.
Minis gaming tomorrow: Franco-Prussian War.
Think I'm going to get back into Red Dead Redemption and try to finish it before Red Dead 2 comes out :P
Quote from: mirth on July 27, 2018, 06:10:29 AM
Minis gaming tomorrow: Franco-Prussian War.
Think I'm going to get back into Red Dead Redemption and try to finish it before Red Dead 2 comes out :P
Red Dead still console only?
Gonna have to boot up No Man's Sky to see the new changes/additions in action.
Need to get back to BattleTech.
New Kriegspiel is a go. So back in the saddle for that.
Got Seal Team Flix on the table. Trying to beat the second mission in the campagin.... very difficult even at Rookie level.... :pullhair:
Fancy new car jacking system needs to be tested out this weekend too. Need to make sure it works on all 3 of our vehicles. Still can't believe my wife let me buy it.... :smitten:
Recently, I've wandered away from my usual haunts of Red Orchesra/Rising Storm and have instead moved to the areas of the "battle royale," / "zombie survival," styled games of PUBG, H1Z1, and Just Survive. In addition to those that are loaded up, I've got the ability to DL DayZ and Miscreated, but may hold off on those two until I get a little more time in with the three I've bolded up.
I didn't buy them all at once - they were all gotten on sale at some point but like a lot of others, they've sat unloved in my Games box on Steam for a while.
It's kinda cool to see their shared traits/heritage from ARMA via their inventory system, key binds and so on. Gameplay is certainly different, though.
So, off to get my ass handed to me in PUBG / H1Z1!
Quote from: Tuna on July 27, 2018, 06:27:53 AM
Red Dead still console only?
Sadly, yes. I've seen some previous console-only titles cross over recently, but no news yet on RDR.
(Fortunately I've got a PS3 so I've played it to completion, including the alternate-campaign-finale zombie DLC, which is a much more satisfying ending than vanilla, and I like to let the nieces clop around on the horses -- although I had to stop that when they were showing off to their parents and found a man whose wife had died from bandits and then he shot himself. :o :hide: Uh, whoops. I TOLD THEM not to stop or even slow down much...)
Quote from: Tuna on July 27, 2018, 06:27:53 AM
Red Dead still console only?
Red Dead 2 may get a PC port - https://www.pcgamer.com/red-dead-redemption-2-pc-release-date/
eh...maybe I'll load up Steel Division again, and perhaps some Endless Space 2.
I'm slowly burning out on fantasy games for now like TW: Warhammer and Tyranny, and am in a steampunk mood, so I am sneaking and stabbing my way through Dishonored: Death of the Outsider. May also go back to Arcanum, and maybe even some Fallout 4 - which reminds me a lot of dieselpunk. Beyond that I just bought Sniper Elite 4 and Vietnam '65...they wait in the wings.
Quote from: Gusington on July 27, 2018, 09:44:02 AM
I'm slowly burning out on fantasy games for now like TW: Warhammer and Tyranny, and am in a steampunk mood, so I am sneaking and stabbing my way through Dishonored: Death of the Outsider. May also go back to Arcanum, and maybe even some Fallout 4 - which reminds me a lot of dieselpunk. Beyond that I just bought Sniper Elite 4 and Vietnam '65...they wait in the wings.
Arcanum...brings back some good old gaming memories, one of the few rpg's I actually finished. Otherwise...MD, I've liked most of your prior song choices, but KISS....one of the most over-rated bands in rock history. Just my opinion. ;) Not sure about gaming this weekend. Prior posts in this thread about Endless Space 2 had me thinking of firing it up again.
Can't go wrong with Endless Space 2...literally 1000s of hours of game there.
What's with all the Kiss hate? I am not real fan but I like a few of their tracks.
Quote from: Gusington on July 27, 2018, 12:11:35 PM
Can't go wrong with Endless Space 2...literally 1000s of hours of game there.
What's with all the Kiss hate? I am not real fan but I like a few of their tracks.
You nailed it...for a band around as long as they were they had a few good songs and a boat full of crap. Hey, it's all subjective. Lots of people love them. I don't.
I just thought there would be more fans here...and also Gene Simmons is a genius 😎
Tuna, all the old retirees were put into a room by ourselves to keep us from telling stories about how much harder we had to work than the current generation of Navel-Gazers do. We escaped when they brought us in our daily dose of Geritol and left the door ajar. :D Pillars of Eternity 2 and The First Triumvirate mod for Attila TW for this old retiree this weekend along with trying to remember where I left my car keys. Have a good one Grogs.
First Triumverate mod?
Quote from: Sir Slash on July 27, 2018, 12:20:48 PM
Tuna, all the old retirees were put into a room by ourselves to keep us from telling stories about how much harder we had to work than the current generation of Navel-Gazers do. We escaped when they brought us in our daily dose of Geritol and left the door ajar. :D Pillars of Eternity 2 and The First Triumvirate mod for Attila TW for this old retiree this weekend along with trying to remember where I left my car keys. Have a good one Grogs.
Cool, in 7 years hopefully I'll get access!
Quote from: Gusington on July 27, 2018, 12:19:11 PM
I just thought there would be more fans here...and also Gene Simmons is a genius 😎
There's the reason for Kiss hate, saying Gene Simmons is a genius, is like saying Kiss has talented musicians.
Quote from: Tuna on July 27, 2018, 12:45:56 PM
Quote from: Gusington on July 27, 2018, 12:19:11 PM
I just thought there would be more fans here...and also Gene Simmons is a genius 😎
There's the reason for Kiss hate, saying Gene Simmons is a genius, is like saying Kiss has talented musicians.
He didn't say what kind of genius ;). KISS was 10% talent, 90% marketing.
Luck on a gimmick. yeah they got rich because of marketing, nothing at all to do with talent.
Doesn't matter! Marketing genius. The music could be crap but you still bought your kid the lunch box.
lol, I'm not that old!!! I was 15 when Kiss Alive came out! I think, that's where a lot of the Kiss love is from, a lot of people who liked them as lol kids, like Power Rangers.
Ok so buy your grandkid the lunchbox 😎
:2funny:
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on July 27, 2018, 05:37:47 AM
No Man's Sky (its much improved, but still a grind), Steel Fury 1942 wi5 STA mod, IL-2, in the air and in tanks, and maybe some ARMA 3? Maybe Gost Recon Wildlands to try out 5e new SF2 patch? Regardless, Sounds like a lot of simming going down.
Really wish CMSF2 would hurry up and come out.
IL-2 BOX, Thrones of Britannia and Heroes and Generals. I'm pretty sure I'll stop playing H&G when I decide to go get shot more realistically in Post Scriptum ...
On the computer, GalCiv3 and maybe Stars in Shadow. On the table, I can't decide between running a PTO scenario in GMT's Cataclysm or Compass Game's Absolute Victory. Or should I just run a game of Washington's War. (https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aarcentral.com%2Femoti%2Fshrug.gif&hash=e0a2afcbceb2b10785692bf5b383f27aa0751dcc)
just observed the eclipse of the Moon (stunning) and Mars is only 4 fingers down below it (if you outstretch the arm for the makeshift angular bearing method) and real bright, orange and a disk not a pixel ...so i am in the mood for Mars stuff so i plan to continue my Surviving Mars game (or start over)
also we have a heatwave in Germany right now and it is still 26°C outside ....at midnight! Go figure!
to counter that i might continue with my Frostpunk game ;)
and i will take a look at No Man's Sky.
Tomorrow there are thunderstorms predicted and i might actually have time to play again instead work around the house and garden, or was just chilling like i did the last weeks and escaping the heat and not in gaming-mood at all.
We just had a thunderstorm and torrential rain and so the sky is still too cloudy to see the eclipse. Very humid though, but we did need the rain.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on July 27, 2018, 05:37:47 AM
Really wish CMSF2 would hurry up and come out.
With the delay in the web site, seems sadly it won't be released by the end of July like Battlefront indicated....they haven't even started to take pre orders which they always seem to have available many weeks prior to release. Hoping this is the first time thy just skip the pre orders and still release it by end of July.....we need them just to hit one date they say!
I had a 'Kiss' lunchbox. Unfortunately we were so poor that I could only afford it or food to put in it so..... :-[
Quote from: MetalDog on July 27, 2018, 09:41:50 PM
Is this better, Tuna?
;)
LOL, you really know what I HATE! :crazy2:
Quote from: Tuna on July 27, 2018, 10:38:23 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on July 27, 2018, 09:41:50 PM
Is this better, Tuna?
;)
LOL, you really know what I HATE! :crazy2:
Even 'virtuosos' can make a stinker. So cut a makeup clad dude a break ;)
Now for something we can both agree on
Quote from: MetalDog on July 28, 2018, 12:11:42 AM
Quote from: Tuna on July 27, 2018, 10:38:23 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on July 27, 2018, 09:41:50 PM
Is this better, Tuna?
;)
LOL, you really know what I HATE! :crazy2:
Even 'virtuosos' can make a stinker. So cut a makeup clad dude a break ;)
Now for something we can both agree on
An album of stinkers, don't forget Hell in a Bucket is on that album as well.
Brothers and Stones are awesome!
Same album Berry Oakely kicking Gene Simmons ass from the grave!!!.. Now this guy is genius..
How could anyone not like Touch of Grey? ???
It's funny how music takes you instantly back to where you were when you heard it first or most memorably. I was in the Navy when that album came out and it was on the radio a lot. I was stationed on the Independence which was in dry dock in Philadelphia; my first time in an exciting east coast city.
I had to stand midnight to eight watch in the boathouse guarding the Captains gig. That song would be on the radio while I walked around and stared across the Delaware at all the lights of cities and the passing ships. Now, every time I hear that song I'm seeing those lights.
Norah Jones Sunrise puts me in a tiny bedroom in Baltimore on a cold rainy winter night. That could be a new thread. Where does x song take you?
Quote from: Ubercat on July 28, 2018, 07:47:19 AM
How could anyone not like Touch of Grey? ???
It's funny how music takes you instantly back to where you were when you heard it first or most memorably. I was in the Navy when that album came out and it was on the radio a lot. I was stationed on the Independence which was in dry dock in Philadelphia; my first time in an exciting east coast city.
I had to stand midnight to eight watch in the boathouse guarding the Captains gig. That song would be on the radio while I walked around and stared across the Delaware at all the lights of cities and the passing ships. Now, every time I hear that song I'm seeing those lights.
Norah Jones Sunrise puts me in a tiny bedroom in Baltimore on a cold rainy winter night. That could be a new thread. Where does x song take you?
Go to it!
Quote from: Ubercat on July 28, 2018, 07:47:19 AM
How could anyone not like Touch of Grey? ???
It's funny how music takes you instantly back to where you were when you heard it first or most memorably. I was in the Navy when that album came out and it was on the radio a lot. I was stationed on the Independence which was in dry dock in Philadelphia; my first time in an exciting east coast city.
I had to stand midnight to eight watch in the boathouse guarding the Captains gig. That song would be on the radio while I walked around and stared across the Delaware at all the lights of cities and the passing ships. Now, every time I hear that song I'm seeing those lights.
Norah Jones Sunrise puts me in a tiny bedroom in Baltimore on a cold rainy winter night. That could be a new thread. Where does x song take you?
Memories do give special meanings to song.. As MD knows, I'm a huge GD fan, I just hated that they kind of were going 'pop' and 'mtvish".. hated the album before that too (the white one). American Beauty is my Favorite.
I remember Cyndy Lauper True Colors playing at midnight when I arrived a lil early for my first night of my career at Reebok (3rd shift Computer Operator back in 86).
I remember Coltrane's My Favorite Things waiting in my car in the pouring rain in a Church Parking lot, (I was waiting for Bingo to get out so I could give my mother a ride home).
I can remember Jessica when I was stuff in the very back of my friends station wagon behind all the camp gear on a trip to NH (From that point on, Jessica always was a 'driving song' for me).
But you're right, whether or not you are a fan of a group or not, sometimes songs get etched into your memory. I think people who have these situations with music are a lil blessed it adds some color to their journey of life.
I must've had a bad Kiss experience as a teenager!
That video was kind of dumb. I never thought of that album as pop, though. I guess it can be subjective.
I am not a fan of the Dead but I always liked Touch of Grey...:)
Here is a good modern version...War on Drugs is probably my favorite band of the last 10 years:
'Modern version'. Now I feel like I'm in that 'feeling old' thread. :-\
Hey I didn't give birth to you.
Surrogate Mother?
Let's see, this weekend, accomplished:
1.) Sitting around and doing nothing really in (one of) the forum's new Kriegspiels. Because I am a genius. >:D AUSTRIA! AUSTRIA! AUSTRIA! (Be warned that this is not a spoiler....)
2.) Punching above my weight as the Belgians in the Crisis Grogs FALLING GROGSKY. The game continues but I have recovered my homelands. For now.
3.) After wondering where Shelldrake's turn was, I finally went to go check and discovered I had already filed his turn about a week ago in our Strategic Command Classic forum tournament. So I got my turn in today. We have entered the start of September, and we've both done pretty well, in our own ways. I shall make a concerted effort to make time for at least one turn a day henceforth. (We're on the 41-45 east front campaign, so this will probably go on a while.)
4.) Got to spend time with nieces Saturday <:-) , although we didn't get to play any games. :'(
5.) Have managed to create decks in Tabletop Simulator for the Latin Era, Italian Era, and Civil War Era cards in THE REPUBLIC OF ROME. Lots of progress, but the main eras (Early, Middle, Late) still remain. On target for opening up a forum game petition sometime this month, though maybe later instead of sooner.