Matrix Holiday Sale

[Gusington]

^See you in 5 years.

[Staggerwing]

Also, what's peoples opinion of Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich.  I always liked Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, and have been looking for something to fill that void.

Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich has no actual 'flight sim' component such as SWOTL had. A closer comparison with SWOTL's strategic layer over a flight sim would be Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory and it's only 10 US bucks during the sale.

[bbmike]

My first casualty - I had to buy World in Flames, the physical copy. If nothing else I'm sure I'll enjoy the books.

[jomni]

Oh no! Not that title.

[Bison]

Should I bother to get the RUS boxed version? I have this and the WOFF expansion teed up.

There is no benefit to the physical copy besides a disc and disc case.  The manual is just a pdf on the disc, which is the exact same as the download but you get the privilege of paying $10 more for it.

[JudgeDredd]

Nothing of any great interest for me that I don't already own.....looks like I should have waited until this year for world in flames, although not sure even worth the sale price.

Mate - it's still broke. Apparently switching some things off helps, but IIRC the things to switch off are pretty core to the game...i.e. part of the fun - supply being one. From what I gather (and I could be wrong) supply still isn't working.

[JudgeDredd]

My first casualty - I had to buy World in Flames, the physical copy. If nothing else I'm sure I'll enjoy the books.

Enjoy the books

[JudgeDredd]

Command Ops games are not on sale  ???

I know there's no "link" there now, but I would've thought they could still "sale" the products when they are still on sale there.

Strangely HTTR and CotA ARE on sale?? 

[GDS_Starfury]

BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH  Im not listening to you mad men!

[Toonces]

<sigh>

Every time there is one of these sales I say it's the time when I'm finally going to buy into the Field of Glory series.

I am also looking at Great Battles Medieval. 

[Martok]

Hmm.  I notice there's a distinct lack of Distant Worlds titles on sale. 

Should I bother to get the RUS boxed version? I have this and the WOFF expansion teed up.

There is no benefit to the physical copy besides a disc and disc case.  The manual is just a pdf on the disc, which is the exact same as the download but you get the privilege of paying $10 more for it.

What Bison said.  Unless you are (like myself) overly enamored of owning a physical copy of the disk, there's no reason to get the boxed version. 

You should definitely pick it up, though.  >:D  I still can't believe you haven't already! 

[jomni]

<sigh>

Every time there is one of these sales I say it's the time when I'm finally going to buy into the Field of Glory series.

I am also looking at Great Battles Medieval.

Ill help discourage you. FOG AI sucks big time. Only worth it if you plan to do MP. In fact Pike and Shot proved that the Battle Academy engine is better at doing FOG. Rules although it cannot implent it to the letter.

[Anguille]

Tempted as usual but i hope i won't buy anything...too many games on my "to play" list that i already own. 

[FlickJax]

Thinking of COH Storm of Steel - not sure though as forum looks rather dead

[JudgeDredd]

Thinking of COH Storm of Steel - not sure though as forum looks rather dead

The CoH game was one that didn't transition well into a computer game. The main reason for that was the 3D implemented and rules change - both of which made the boardgame. The graphics and counters on the boardgame are top notch...something was lost in the transition to computer.

I believe the developer changed the game to have a 2D option with the chits looking as the boardgame, but the game still had the 3D implementation of the LoS iirc.

It didn't hit the sweet spot for me I hoped it had. Not a bad game, especially with the developer eventually adding the board game feel, looks and rules.

To be fair, boardgames seldom do translate well. Something (for me) to do with the physical feel and setup of everything