FRIDAYs falling all around, time, I was on my way

JudgeDredd · January 30, 2015, 10:59:47 AM

I'm seriously doubting it's release, but if it is, Combat Mission:Black Sea

More Shadow of Mordor and I might take a peak at War in the West

I will also be tinkering with Voice Attack - see if I can't get it to recognise my commands!

And lastly - DCS - which one I do not know, but one of Black Shark, A-10 or Mig-21. Whichever one I choose, I intend to stick with for the foreseeable future though.

If I am going to play Fleet Commander:Nimitz this weekend, it'll be a fresh start because the Godzilla Cat attacked my board. Apparently repeated pleas from myself to my wife and kids to NOT allow the cats into the back room when a board game is out goes unheard!

MengJiao · January 30, 2015, 11:13:09 AM

Quote from: Blucher on January 30, 2015, 07:19:43 AM
I keep rambling on War in the East and Icewind Dale II maybe some France '14

My Alienware monstrousity died weeping and beeping -- so I'm shifting to the backup system (its coming up from the basement and going back to the Manloft) and it has a nice installation of France '14 on it IIRC. So I may be playing some of that this weekend.

Cyrano · January 30, 2015, 11:30:44 AM

CM:BS...if it comes.

CM:BN PBEM

Flashpoint PBEM in which Jim slowly learns the art of not being seen...

Still yet more Memoir '44...on the last battle of the basic set...

Legion of Honor...this one would be an hoot six players, I think...

Best,

JIm
"Cyrano"
:/7)

bbmike · January 30, 2015, 11:49:17 AM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on January 30, 2015, 10:59:47 AM
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If I am going to play Fleet Commander:Nimitz this weekend, it'll be a fresh start because the Godzilla Cat attacked my board. Apparently repeated pleas from myself to my wife and kids to NOT allow the cats into the back room when a board game is out goes unheard!

;D That's another reason I can't order Fleet Commander:Nimitz. We have two cats that would also love to play Godzilla in the Pacific!
I'm hoping for a Vassal module at some point.

BanzaiCat · January 30, 2015, 11:58:23 AM

I'm joining a local gaming group tonight, though I think they're more into games that aren't war-centric. Might be a refreshing change of pace, who knows.

Got a new pair of glasses that came in today...if that's the high point of my week then I'm getting very very old.

Will do some more Gary Grigsby's War in the West over the weekend. I really want to break out Shadows of Brimstone.

Nefaro · January 30, 2015, 02:35:07 PM

Quote from: Banzai_Cat on January 30, 2015, 11:58:23 AM
I really want to break out Shadows of Brimstone.

Did you finish assembling the minis?

undercovergeek · January 30, 2015, 02:43:29 PM

The engineer who will be switching my broadband on isn't coming until next Thursday so I get to stare at my elite icon while all the new beta stuff gets tested, and these fancy new community goals come out - build a space station!!!!!

I opted not to take my free copy of CMBS for beta testing - I couldn't put enough time in and it felt wrong to take a freebie, I have decided to retire as a beta tester, it spoils the game for me, It's like seeing your favourite model without make up on, you get to see all the wrinkles and imperfections that you probably wouldn't have noticed as a player

So as long as tethering my phone is enough to kickstart steam into letting me launch a game, I'll be playing wargame red dragon

Have a great weekend all

BanzaiCat · January 30, 2015, 02:53:08 PM

Quote from: Nefaro on January 30, 2015, 02:35:07 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on January 30, 2015, 11:58:23 AM
I really want to break out Shadows of Brimstone.

Did you finish assembling the minis?

Yep, during vacation in December. I laid everything out to dry, then carefully put them back in the box and equally carefully stored the box in my office. Haven't pulled the game out yet, though. :(

JudgeDredd · January 30, 2015, 03:37:49 PM

Quote from: undercovergeek on January 30, 2015, 02:43:29 PM
The engineer who will be switching my broadband on isn't coming until next Thursday so I get to stare at my elite icon while all the new beta stuff gets tested, and these fancy new community goals come out - build a space station!!!!!

I opted not to take my free copy of CMBS for beta testing - I couldn't put enough time in and it felt wrong to take a freebie, I have decided to retire as a beta tester, it spoils the game for me, It's like seeing your favourite model without make up on, you get to see all the wrinkles and imperfections that you probably wouldn't have noticed as a player

So as long as tethering my phone is enough to kickstart steam into letting me launch a game, I'll be playing wargame red dragon

Have a great weekend all

Totally agree. Seeing it in all it's ugliness takes away from the release.

Kushan · January 30, 2015, 08:59:59 PM

Because I'm weak and couldn't resist buying the founders pack, it looks like I'll also be playing some Heroes of the Storm this weekend as well.

MetalDog · January 31, 2015, 01:07:17 AM

So, I went with an old standby, Civ VI BtS, solo on Monarchy. It's Turn 167. I am Elizabeth of the English. There are five other AI's on the board. I have taken my closest neighbor from six cities to two. I am at a comparable tech level to anyone on the board and I sit atop said board by a small margin. The VC is Time. Let's see where this one goes.

Toonces · January 31, 2015, 01:33:55 AM

I'm getting a bit of a late start tonight, but I believe I'm going to fire up Combat Mission Battle for Normandy. I've been watching Black Sea videos and it's got me fired up to play some CM until I pick up BS.

I also watched some Morrowind videos and I'm itching to get back into that tomorrow and through the weekend.

And as usual, CK2 as Scotland.

GDS_Starfury · January 31, 2015, 02:27:02 AM

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on January 30, 2015, 07:06:24 AM
Combats Mission Black Sea, ARMA 3 and maybe some more Grey Goo.

is grey goo the result?

Huw the Poo · January 31, 2015, 04:10:43 AM

It's an embarrassment of riches for once. I scarcely know where to begin.

Starbound. The looooong-awaited stable update is mega. So much stuff to do in the game it's ridiculous. I'm in for the long haul, so I'm carefully going through all the tutorial stuff. Currently looking for iron ore which I'm not having much luck with, but I might cheese it by jumping on the GamingOnLinux server and just helping myself to the stash. I love that characters can move seamlessly between online and offline modes! I think I'll be playing Starbound for quite a while.

Pandora: First Contact. OK so I'm a little late to the party here, but I picked up the game+expansion and I've been very pleasantly surprised. It's pretty much a spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri, and unlike the later Civ games, it's still very worthwhile carefully planning your cities. The new eclipse mechanic is cool as well; it was thrilling to watch the whole planet get darker and darker as the years-long eclipse approached. I'm well into it now, and desperately fending off the packs of native animals who have gone mental due to the darkness. :)

Unepic. I'm having trouble getting this to work, having just picked it up in the Humble Weekly Bundle, but I'm determined because it looks really cool. Essentially a Metroidvania with loads of loot and RPG stats and stuff. It looks like a lot of fun.

VoidExpanse. I'm desperately waiting for the first point release to this game because I love it but it's not very stable on Linux at the moment (that's why you haven't seen me on the server yet Ysk, if you're reading). As soon as it's stable I'll be in this one for the long haul, too. Brilliant game.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

BanzaiCat · January 31, 2015, 11:37:41 AM

The gaming group last night was a lot of fun. The guy that hosted lives in my old neighborhood about 4 miles from my current home, so it's very easy to get over there. Nice people, nice house, and they had all kinds of geeky stuff around (including a friggin' awesome TARDIS shower curtain in one bathroom, LOL).

We first played 7 Wonders, which I'd never played before, and seemed rather complex as there were tons of moving parts to it and different requirements. I scored last out of 6 players but I chalk that up to inexperience.

Then we played Tragedy Looper, which was a very, very odd game. It had a magna/anime theme to it, and the players are time-traveling investigators that have to stop another player from executing some plot to kill off characters. Through his actions we had to play cards to try to figure out which character was what in order to protect the key characters from getting offed. We were not successful.

Finally by 2300 there were three of us left (some had filtered out after 7 Wonders, another after Tragedy Looper), and we played Legendary Encounters, which is a really fun deck-building game based on the Aliens universe. We had a lot of fun with this one! I played a Gunner and we managed to do pretty well in the first half of the game, but then a self-destruct sequence activated which went right down to the wire before we managed to shut it off. Then I got hit by a facehugger, and had to shuffle a Chestburster into my deck. Of course, after shuffling my deck and dealing myself 6 cards on the next round, I drew the damn Chestburster and died. Not that it mattered because somehow the self-destruct sequence got activated again and we immediately lost. I thought it would be a quick game but it was 0200 before I ended up leaving for the night.

I have to clean out and rearrange my home office today but I should get in some more War in the West tomorrow to try to round out my review.