Bonfires and displays scheduled from Friday night all the way through to purists on Monday night. What are we gaming between the burning, firing, parkin eating, pie and pea munching, cinder toffee crunching and sparkler twirling?
Ill be:-
CMBN/FI PBEMing
CKII Parma AAR-ing for the front page
CKII Brandenburging
revisiting Bloodbowl and recommencing my attempt to win the league as the Orcs
and ill be buying Anno 1404 to chill out and build stuff - thanks Huw
and DLing Dwarf Fortress to see if i can get in again
This weekend:
Civil War Generals 2:
27 May 1862...day 1 of the battle at Harper's Ferry...T.J. Jackson and R.S. Ewell are trying to get rid of the Union's troops defending the region.
Gemini Wars:
The fleet's mission is to protect hospital ships leaving the Heremon System against Alien attacks...tougth mission as you can't lose a single evacuation ship (30 in total).
Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar:
My first attempt at the battle of Pharsalus ended in a defeat...i have to rethink my strategy this time.
War Thunder Beta - Still! 8) Best one of it's kind IMO, and it's not even out of closed beta yet.
Alea Jacta Est - For some strategy thinkin'
Football Mogul 2013 and/or FOF2k7 - Stress free button punching at my leisure.
The ones that could accidentally take over:
NEO Scavenger, Civ V, Blood Bowl Chaos Edition, Torchlight 2, Port Royale 3
Supposed to spend a goodly amount of time with the S.O. In between it will be Civ IV MP and CKII.
I will be playing World of Tanks to take advantage of the Halloween (http://worldoftanks.com/news/1727-special-offer-halloween/) and Day of the Dead (http://worldoftanks.com/news/1741-day-dead-weekend/) specials, but most importantly the Golden Joystick Celebration (http://worldoftanks.com/news/1742-golden-joystick-celebration/).
World of WarCraft also demands my attention--my craftsmen are in need of resources.
A goodly portion of my remaining time will be spent playing XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
My Games for the weekend will be:
Sword of the Stars 2 (yay it works now! And MP is FUN!)
Elemental: Fallen Enchantress
XCom: Enemy Unkown
Guild Wars 2 (for hanging out with guildies)
and some cruising in Forza Horizon on the XBox
More XCOM and Fallen Enchantress
Well
Take the new panzer campaigns game for a spin. Maybe some Achtung Panzer Op star with the new update (looks amazing). Maybe some XCOM. Some Alea and Decisive campaigns. Maybe take a mod I found for NTW for a spin. Then I want to really try and get into A10 Warthog. Then Fight some SAI from NWS and continue my campaigns in CMSF, CMBN and CMFI. Then I want to Look at ageods wars in america again.
you see the problem. And thats not listing the hundred others I want to try.
Even if I manage to make a decision - it will all probably be usurped by the fact I cant stop watching Breaking Bad on Netflix. Just at the end of series three and it is simply one of the best things I have ever seen.
I need two of me so I can do all the things I want.
Still - my six year old has developed an interest in Combat Mission - that maybe where my future lies.
War of the Roses if work allows me the time.
got back into skyrim recently so will be playing that. trying to roleplay a dark elf mage/thief. have a barking dog following me and it doesnt seem to affect my stealth! kinda breaks the immersion but it helps in fights and is involved in a quest so wont dismiss it yet.
I will be attempting to get in and out of NYC to help a good friend who has last his house. If I suck at this game it is going to get ugly...for me.
Quote from: Gusington on November 02, 2012, 08:05:14 AM
I will be attempting to get in and out of NYC to help a good friend who has last his house. If I suck at this game it is going to get ugly...for me.
Sorry to hear about that Gus. I couldn't keep my eyes off CNN during this entire ordeal. It's simply astonishing the desctruction Sandy waged on the Eastern U.S.
Couple of items on the agenda.... maybe Some Left 4 Dead 2 if anyone is up and I saw where Counter Strike GO is free this weekend.
- Fallen Enchantress
- X-Com
- A mission of SF2
- Alea Jacta Est
- The WarZ (Beta)
PE
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 02, 2012, 04:20:19 AM
Ill be:-
CMBN/FI PBEMing
CKII Parma AAR-ing for the front page
CKII Brandenburging
Sounds good. I will be playing Crecy Men of Iron Style and probably CarrierCommand and maybe CKII and AJE.
Playing more Distant Worlds: Legends as the Foundation.
I'm hoping to catch some of you lot playing L4D2 and get into a game.
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 02, 2012, 04:20:19 AM
and ill be buying Anno 1404 to chill out and build stuff - thanks Huw
Yay! You will
not regret it, I promise. I was right about AOW:SM after all! ;)
For myself...
Guild Wars 2. Yeah, I said I'd shelve it, but I started a different character "just to see" and...well, here we go again. :D
Also
Fallen Enchantress. I'm playing it slowly but I'm very impressed by what I've seen so far. Cautiously optimistic on this one! I hope they've solved the suicidal sovereign bug.
Quote from: MengJiao on November 02, 2012, 08:41:05 AM
I will be playing Crecy Men of Iron Style
Not heard of this - could you enlighten me?
I'm hoping for some Friday night Roffing and maybe getting my oldest to join me in a Darkest Hour realism scrim
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ash4%2Fc8.0.403.403%2Fp403x403%2F308042_10151224530712158_1424304189_n.png&hash=307ac9b76c85432e0f0faad5fc386e45bbe33dc4)
Quote from: Gusington on November 02, 2012, 08:05:14 AM
I will be attempting to get in and out of NYC to help a good friend who has last his house. If I suck at this game it is going to get ugly...for me.
good luck Gus, and take care!
Working 7pm Friday until 7 am Monday. Wheee......ugh
But then, week off! YAY!
Thanks Geek. The Wife hates me right now for playing this game and I had less gas in my canisters than I thought (couple of gallons). Other than that this game is loads of fun.
Quote from: Gusington on November 02, 2012, 08:05:14 AM
I will be attempting to get in and out of NYC to help a good friend who has last his house. If I suck at this game it is going to get ugly...for me.
Good luck Gus hope it goes well for you. I'll be helping with the clean up around my area and hoping they get the power on soon while still counting my blessings .... I still have a gaming computer to go back to when the power comes on and some people lost everything.
Hoping to get some time with:
- Just Cause 2
- Sleeping Dogs
- Xcom
Since we turn back our clocks this weekend, maybe I will actually squeeze some extra time in:)
Sword of the Stars II...totally and completely hooked. FINALLY!
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on November 02, 2012, 07:20:05 PM
Sword of the Stars II...totally and completely hooked. FINALLY!
Ill have to admit, after seeing your recent screenshots, you have my interest peaked....might finally have to give it a try again.
^I went from maybe 2 or 3 hours played since release, to 15 hours played in the last 2 days. Its a great game now...105 turns into my current campaign, and I haven't even made first contact with a major alien empire, so no diplomacy as of yet. But I love the research, survey, colonize, fleet and combat options so far. its definitely got that "just one more turn" hook into me.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on November 02, 2012, 07:37:50 PM
^I went from maybe 2 or 3 hours played since release, to 15 hours played in the last 2 days. Its a great game now...105 turns into my current campaign, and I haven't even made first contact with a major alien empire, so no diplomacy as of yet. But I love the research, survey, colonize, fleet and combat options so far. its definitely got that "just one more turn" hook into me.
I just checked my Steam account and I have only had 7 minutes logged in it:) I will certainly give it more of a try now...thanks again.
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on November 02, 2012, 07:43:43 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on November 02, 2012, 07:37:50 PM
^I went from maybe 2 or 3 hours played since release, to 15 hours played in the last 2 days. Its a great game now...105 turns into my current campaign, and I haven't even made first contact with a major alien empire, so no diplomacy as of yet. But I love the research, survey, colonize, fleet and combat options so far. its definitely got that "just one more turn" hook into me.
I just checked my Steam account and I have only had 7 minutes logged in it:) I will certainly give it more of a try now...thanks again.
My pleasure...let me know if you have any questions or run into any problems.
Back up my system tonight. Think I'm going to pull the trigger on Win8 tomorrow. My current Win7 install is only about 10 months old, but has been giving me a few issues these last few weeks.
I'll mainly be playing Fallout 3 and CK2. First time playing FO3. Playing with a few overhaul mods. Enjoying it so far, except the mods I'm playing with have made it really difficult at the beginning. I've actually had to turn the game down to easy, which I never do. Even with modded FONV and Skyrim, I could at least play it on normal or expert.
In CK2 I plan to finish my conquest of Burgundy. That will give me 3 king titles. Not sure what I'm going to do after that. Probably do my own version of the Hapsburg plan and marry off all my kids to the royalty of Europe. Soon branches my dynasty will sit on every throne in Europe.
I'll also Get some modded X-Com time in as well. With all the positive feedback, I'm probably going to install Fallen Enchantress as well.
I plan to squeeze more goodness from the Team Fortress 2 Halloween event while it continues to exist.
Probably continue with Torchlight II.
And...I dunno. I'll likely continue making my way through other installed games that I haven't gotten to trying yet. Must remove the chaff!
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on November 02, 2012, 07:46:14 PM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on November 02, 2012, 07:43:43 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on November 02, 2012, 07:37:50 PM
^I went from maybe 2 or 3 hours played since release, to 15 hours played in the last 2 days. Its a great game now...105 turns into my current campaign, and I haven't even made first contact with a major alien empire, so no diplomacy as of yet. But I love the research, survey, colonize, fleet and combat options so far. its definitely got that "just one more turn" hook into me.
I just checked my Steam account and I have only had 7 minutes logged in it:) I will certainly give it more of a try now...thanks again.
My pleasure...let me know if you have any questions or run into any problems.
Well, my experience has not been good so far....I can't even get into the game. In the past, I could at least get in. It just locks up on the loading screen and never lets me in. I tried unintalling and reinstalling, plus verifiying the cache, no luck.
Quote from: Gusington on November 02, 2012, 08:05:14 AM
I will be attempting to get in and out of NYC to help a good friend who has last his house. If I suck at this game it is going to get ugly...for me.
I'm sorry I missed this yesterday Gus :(. I hope you were able to get your friend into a better situation, even if temporary. I hope you are safe and back home when you read this.
^Wound up not going...not enough gas to get in and out safely.
Tried playing FE a little bit this afternoon. Just not grabbing me.
done the fireworks, and played 1404, and nothing else, awesome game, love zooming in and just watching the town at work
That's 2/2 Geek! I am your gaming muse! ;)
There's an expansion available too, but to be honest there's so much packed into the base game already that I never felt compelled to get it. Glad you're enjoying.
lol, yeah
playing the campaign at the mo to get used to the interface and different buildings then cracking open the continuous play sand box job
Quote from: MengJiao on November 02, 2012, 08:41:05 AM
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 02, 2012, 04:20:19 AM
Ill be:-
CMBN/FI PBEMing
CKII Parma AAR-ing for the front page
CKII Brandenburging
Sounds good. I will be playing Crecy Men of Iron Style and probably CarrierCommand and maybe CKII and AJE.
But no! I did play Crecy, but the big game of the weekend was Moscow '42. First Shock Army punched through a gaggle of panzer divisions. It's a frozen nightmare: 3000 dead elite panzer troops, 150 elite guns gone, dozens of panzers knocked out by a zoo of
Russian T-26s, BT-7s, KV-1s, light tanks, aerosleighs, T-34s (5 of them!). At one point, 38 poorly-trained and ill-equiped Russian Sappers obliterated 5 88s in improved positions. The endless horror of it all never ended. In fact its still going on sort of or will be as soon as
I restart the game.
Friday I spent some time checking out the Warlock: Master of the Arcane demo.. My laptop didn't do to will with it..
Finished off with some Rome Total War.
Yesterday put a lot of time into Napoleon Total War .. then finished up with a lil Civ V before retiring to do some catchup on the DVR..
Quote from: Tuna on November 05, 2012, 11:39:57 AM
Friday I spent some time checking out the Warlock: Master of the Arcane demo.. My laptop didn't do to will with it..
Sorry to hear that. It's a great game.