Huge Matrix sale on Steam

[Rayfer]

39 Slitherine/Matrix titles on sale on Steam until Friday. Some with good discounts!

[mirth]

So much for not buying more games

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/slitherine_midweek

[Crossroads]

So much for not buying more games

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/slitherine_midweek

Resistance is futile   

FlashPoints Campaigns: Germany Reforged DLC this time. 

[Lord Zimoa]

Slitherine Mid week Sale Madness on Steam: Panzer Corps, Commander, Sovereignty and Warhammer 40K game series with up to 75% discount, do not miss this!

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/slitherine_midweek

[kludger]

Resistance is futile   

FlashPoints Campaigns: Germany Reforged DLC this time. 

Yep that was on my wish list, can't resist picking it up on sale.

Great sale.

[glen55]

Crap, Brother vs Brother was the one I really wanted.   :-\

Does anybody recommend Sovereignty?

[Lord Zimoa]

Yes, I do!

Sorry this was cheeky, but could not resist... they pull me back in!

[airboy]

Anyone played Vietnam '65?  Impressions?

[Hofstadter]

Bugger, theres nothing there that interests me

[Nefaro]

Does anybody recommend Sovereignty?

Sovereignty is currently in Early Access, PLUS currently undergoing an engine change.  So the end product is likely to change in the near future.

But that's probably a good thing!  The game's concepts are very cool, but the original engine was pretty sparse on UI bits.  Hopefully the new hotness is out of closed testing and into public hands before long.  Looking forward to starting a campaign with it.  O0

[bob48]

Anyone played Vietnam '65?  Impressions?

Yeah, I have it. Its a quite nice little game.

[Wolfe1759]

Just caved and bought Alea Jacta Est - Complete £22 as opposed to c£70 if I'd bought them all separately so seems like a good deal and I've liked the AGEOD system since I picked up the original Birth of America years ago so I've always been meaning to buy AJE but never got round to it until now.

[jomni]

Omg.  Will this finally push me to buy Panzer Corps Soviet and Order of Battle? Maybe not.

[jomni]

Anyone played Vietnam '65?  Impressions?

Really good and replayable but short lived in my case.  Play about three rounds and you have seen everything. But of course the game has random setup so in theory, it is infinitely repayable if you like the theme.
They're making an Afghanistan version.

[JasonPratt]

I liked the original release of Viet'65 quite a lot, and my impression is that the last major update improved things more (but I haven't played it much since the update).

If you like the idea of the game, and if you think of it as more of a boardgame than an operational simulation, you should be pretty happy with it. As jomni says, after three campaigns you'll have seen everything -- maybe after one -- but a campaign can be played in about 2 hours, maybe less, so it makes a nice full experience on an afternoon.

My absolute newbie campaign, trying to learn the system, has an AAR here on Grogheads. Be aware that the campaign is complete, and shows a lot of everything available in the first build; also that I didn't understand some of the game mechanics even out to the end of the game. To be honest, my one key gripe about the game is that the game balance requires the enemy to necessarily misplay what would otherwise be an omnipotent game mechanic in order to give you a chance to win -- which I gripe about a lot, and with some misunderstanding, in the AAR. But that griping doesn't overthrow my unabashed love for the game.