NWS Rule the Waves

mirth · July 12, 2015, 02:08:38 PM

Quote from: Gusington on July 12, 2015, 02:05:49 PM
^Nice:)

Mimosa instead of bloody mary, mirth?? wtf

Took the day off yesterday, so I don't need the Bloody. Plus it's 2-for-1 on Mimosas on Sundays.

Philippe · July 12, 2015, 02:12:38 PM

Whenever I see the title of this game I have a flashback to when I was in college. The now long-defunct Trocadero Burlesque House used to run adds in the local newspapers about Miss Brit Tania who waves the rules.

Gusington · July 12, 2015, 02:16:50 PM

^Greatest gaming double entendre ever.

Asid · July 13, 2015, 09:21:19 AM

I must apologise gentlemen for the delay in my posting screenshots etc. There is an ongoing real life "issue" which is taking my time.

I will post as soon as I can.

Regards

spelk · July 17, 2015, 09:16:00 AM

The Flare Path is overjoyed with it...

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/07/17/the-flare-path-rule-the-waves/

panzerde · July 17, 2015, 09:51:15 AM

Damn, I was going to hold off a couple of more weeks on this since I have a stack of un-played stuff and a raft of PBEM going on right now, but this is just too good to wait.

Cyrano · July 17, 2015, 09:52:34 AM

Goodness I like how he writes...cracks me up...

Has there been any word about bringing MP to this series? I honestly do appreciate the wonders that this small shop has brought to the table, but MP, or lack thereof, is a big block for me with most games.

TacticalWargames · July 17, 2015, 09:55:25 AM

Put this on land and turn it into a Steampunk Mecha game!!!

Nefaro · July 17, 2015, 04:58:26 PM

Quote from: TacticalWargames on July 17, 2015, 09:55:25 AM
Put this on land and turn it into a Steampunk Mecha game!!!

At least you didn't say, "turn it into a WW2 game!". :)

mirth · July 17, 2015, 05:28:10 PM

Maybe there'll be a Thunderchild vs the Martians scenario

MinmatarCitizen · July 17, 2015, 06:55:25 PM

It is definately fun, did a full campaign in it earlier as the US and I pretty much dominated the Americas. Me and Germany ended up having a navy which combined was larger than the UK's. The only things that I don't like are that the campaign is only 25 years and, well, I can't seem to find where the torpedo boats are. There is an event that revolves around building them, but I can't find them in the build lists. Making "destroyers" that have torpedo as their main armament doesn't work. Anyone know how you deal with that event?

Another thing, perhaps its an oversight, but you can have shipyards that are larger than the largest battleship size that you can build. I think the BB cap is 52000 tons. Imagine my disappointment when I found that I couldn't build a 60000 ton ship in my 60,000 ton yard. :)

em2nought · July 18, 2015, 12:06:45 PM

Quote from: spelk on July 17, 2015, 09:16:00 AM
The Flare Path is overjoyed with it...

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/07/17/the-flare-path-rule-the-waves/

That's an awesome review.

Staggerwing · July 18, 2015, 01:59:40 PM

Quote from: mirth on July 17, 2015, 05:28:10 PM
Maybe there'll be a Thunderchild vs the Martians scenario

If you have a copy of Avalanche Press' Jutland board game you can play that out on the table top:

http://www.avalanchepress.com/War_of_the_Worlds.php

Gusington · July 18, 2015, 02:03:23 PM

"Maybe there'll be a Thunderchild vs the Martians scenario"

Now you're cookin' with gas. :D

Steelgrave · July 18, 2015, 05:12:21 PM

I'm a hair trigger away from purchasing this game, but having never played anything in the series, I would like to ask how in-depth the combat system is? The strategic description of the game has hooked me, but I find my attention span for deep learning curves in games to decrease as I get older. So.....where does this game rank in terms of complexity?