Until I FRIDAY, I'm never gonna stop searchin'...

[JudgeDredd]

...JD - good luck for avoiding the wooden spoon

Thanks - there's a chance - but it's very slim...and Scotland put themselves in that position. They should've beat France, Wales AND Italy. England at Twickenham was a big ask and unlikely to happen, but Scotland, given the way they played, should've been sitting pretty on 6 points. Instead, they're on nil point and the last game.

Deja vu - such is the life of a Scotland supporter!  :'(

[Huw the Poo]

I'm in for some Interstellar Marines.... Ooh Rah.

'Twould be fantastic to get some regular IM sessions in, timezones permitting.  It's a bloody good game.

[Father Ted]

I'm in for some Interstellar Marines.... Ooh Rah.

'Twould be fantastic to get some regular IM sessions in, timezones permitting.  It's a bloody good game.

I'd give that a go - are we all Steamed Up?

[Skwerl]

Given the recent news of the SSI reunion (of sorts):

Fantasy General
Star General
Age of Rifles

[Huw the Poo]

Good news: I ordered my new PC! \o/

Bad news: The stupid "helpful" automated form-filling of my browser filled in my home postcode at the end of my work address.  Nooooo!  I immediately sent an email to the seller to ask them to change accordingly.  I hope this doesn't throw a spanner in the works. :(

[Airborne Rifles]

Command for me. That and doing my taxes.

[Nefaro]

I am finding myself drawn, yet again, into the vortex that is the American Civil War.  I booted up Scourge of War: Gettysburg last night and played a sandbox Army v. Army scenario and just had a blast fighting as BG Wadsworth's First Corps against the evil Rebels.  A full-on nail-biter that went on for 1.5 hours of real time with the Iron Brigade making a final, desperate stand on the hill with the cemetery on it.  So, definitely some more Scourge of War.  I'd really like to make a study of the game and learn how to play it properly.

It may sound weird, but I've been avoiding playing SOW lately because I know that once I start again I probably won't stop for awhile and everything else on "my list" will suffer.   :D

Once you get familiar with it's idiosyncrasies, you'll want to binge on it.  O0

[JasonPratt]

Well, I haven't gamed anything yet this weekend except Vietnam '65.

But I did start the Absolute Newbie AAR on it, as I'm learning the game, so there's that.

Also, werewolves are involved somehow. Vietnamese Verewolves. (Not in the game. But in the game.)

[JasonPratt]

About to do Day Four in the AAR.

NOW NAMING VILLAGES AFTER GROGS who post in the thread!

[bbmike]

About to do Day Four in the AAR.

NOW NAMING VILLAGES AFTER GROGS who post in the thread!

Well, then I really shouldn't post in that thread. You can't have a village named bbmike. Even I don't like my username! 

[GJK]

About to do Day Four in the AAR.

NOW NAMING VILLAGES AFTER GROGS who post in the thread!

Well, then I really shouldn't post in that thread. You can't have a village named bbmike. Even I don't like my username! 

"bbMike" sounds like the name of a firebase.....I say go with it Jason.  ;)

I too found myself firing up SOW after getting an ACW urge again.  I'm reading the rules for The Gamers/MMP's "Line of Battle" series for an ultimate game of G'Burg but to scratch the itch quickly, I fired up SOW for a few hours. 

[JasonPratt]

Does Bbmike sound Vietnamese? -- I'm naming villages right now, not the forward bases.

Oh well; I've got to name a fourth village, soon, so if you post, Mike, I'll name it whatever you like.  O0

(Or even if you don't post, if you want to tell me here or by pm. :) )

So far, Besilarius, Banzai_cat, and undercovergeek, have villages named for them, btw.

[Martok]

Thanks guys!  For the curious...bearing in mind I have an extremely limited budget, I think that something like this is going to give me the best bang for my buck - also bearing in mind that I have a recently-donated GTX 570 to plug in there too.  For the money, I think I'm going to have a fairly respectable rig.  Certainly a quantum leap forward from my current Pentium D Dual Core 1.8GHz, 4GB RAM piece of crap. ;)

Looks pretty, Huw!  Here's hoping it gives you many happy hours of gaming enjoyment.  O0 

[undercovergeek]

Thanks guys!  For the curious...bearing in mind I have an extremely limited budget, I think that something like this is going to give me the best bang for my buck - also bearing in mind that I have a recently-donated GTX 570 to plug in there too.  For the money, I think I'm going to have a fairly respectable rig.  Certainly a quantum leap forward from my current Pentium D Dual Core 1.8GHz, 4GB RAM piece of crap. ;)

Looks pretty, Huw!  Here's hoping it gives you many happy hours of gaming enjoyment.  O0

Wherever it gets sent to

[Huw the Poo]

I know!  No reply to my email yet, hopefully just because it's the weekend.  What worries me is that delivery drivers probably use postcodes in their satnav systems so if this doesn't get sorted the PC may well not get delivered. :(

Martok - thanks!  I already have a number of games I can't really play properly so at least I'll have plenty of gaming goodness straight away. :)  I'm particularly looking forward to diving back into Rising World, Interstellar Marines, Starbound and maybe even Dota 2 (I was always the guy holding up the start of a game because mine took so long to load).